Texas Rangers vs Milwaukee Brewers
September 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1978 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers 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 6, Milwaukee Brewers 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample 2b 1 0 1 0
  Wills pr,2b 4 1 2 2
Harrah ss 5 0 0 0
Bevacqua 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 1 1
Bonds rf 3 1 0 0
Zisk dh 4 1 3 3
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Yount ss 5 0 1 0
Money 2b 5 2 3 0
Cooper 1b 5 2 2 1
Hisle dh 4 0 1 1
Oglivie lf 4 2 3 3
Lezcano rf 3 1 0 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 2
Thomas cf 4 1 2 2
Moore c 4 1 2 1
Augustine p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Texas 040 000 2006101
Milwaukee 001 102 60x10150
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   6.1 9 6 6 1 5
  Barker  L (1-5) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Cleveland   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Alexander   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
10
10
1
6
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Augustine   1.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Rodriguez   5.1 5 2 2 2 4
  Castro  W (5-4) 2.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
5

  E–Bonds (8).  2B–Texas Hargrove (23,off Augustine); Beniquez (15,off Rodriguez), Milwaukee Money (24,off Medich); Oglivie (21,off Medich).  HR–Texas Zisk (17,2nd inning off Augustine 1 on, 0 out), Milwaukee Thomas (30,3rd inning off Medich 0 on, 0 out); Oglivie (16,4th inning off Medich 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Oliver (8,off Rodriguez).  SH–Hisle (3,off Medich).  IBB–Lezcano (5,by Medich).  SB–Wills 2 (45,2nd base off Augustine/Moore,2nd base off Rodriguez/Moore); Oliver (4,2nd base off Rodriguez/Moore); Lowenstein (11,2nd base off Rodriguez/Moore).  IBB–Medich (2,Lezcano).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:46.  A–17,795.
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