Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 6 0 2 1
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason ss 2 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 0 0 0 0
  Alomar pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 7 0 1 0
Zisk lf 5 0 1 0
Bonds rf 5 0 0 0
Lowenstein dh 5 0 0 0
Sundberg c 5 1 3 0
Harrah 3b 5 0 1 0
Thompson cf 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 1 8 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 6 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Edwards pr,2b 2 0 1 1
Page lf 3 0 1 0
  Dilone lf 3 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 5 0 1 0
Revering 1b 6 0 1 0
Duncan dh 2 0 1 0
  Alston pr,dh 4 1 1 0
Gross 3b 6 0 2 0
  Picciolo pr 0 1 0 0
Newman c 4 0 0 1
  Essian c 1 0 0 0
Armas rf 5 0 1 0
  Burke pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Broberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 2 11 2
Texas 000 000 100 000 000181
Oakland 000 010 000 000 0012112
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   10.0 8 1 1 1 5
  Cleveland   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Barker  L (1-3) 3.2 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
14.2
11
2
2
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   6.0 4 1 1 4 6
  Lacey   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Sosa   3.1 2 0 0 4 2
  Broberg  W (8-6) 5.0 2 0 0 4 3
Totals
15.0
8
1
1
12
12

  E–Wills (7), Gross (16), Newman (4).  DP–Texas 2, Oakland 2.  PB–Newman (1).  2B–Texas Harrah (8,off Renko), Oakland Revering (9,off Alexander); Dilone (6,off Alexander).  SH–Campaneris (13,off Renko); Zisk (1,off Sosa); Harrah (1,off Broberg); Wallis (1,off Barker); Essian (11,off Barker).  IBB–Sundberg (4,by Renko); Bonds (4,by Sosa); Hargrove (4,by Sosa); Jorgensen (1,by Broberg).  SB–Lowenstein (5,2nd base off Renko/Newman); Bonds 2 (15,2nd base off Renko/Newman,3rd base off Renko/Newman); Sundberg (2,2nd base off Renko/Newman).  CS–Bonds (7,3rd base by Renko/Newman); Sundberg (3,2nd base by Sosa/Newman); Wallis (1,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  WP–Alexander (2).  IBB–Renko (1,Sundberg); Sosa 2 (5,Bonds,Hargrove); Broberg (3,Jorgensen).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–4:02.  A–2,346.
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