Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 3 2 1 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 1 2 2
Lowenstein 3b 3 1 0 0
  Alomar 3b 1 0 0 0
Oliver lf 5 0 2 2
  Grubb lf 0 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 1 1 0
  Thompson rf 0 0 0 0
Zisk dh 5 1 2 1
Sundberg c 2 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 0 0
Harrah ss 2 1 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0
Burke cf 4 2 3 0
Carty dh 3 0 1 2
Page lf 3 1 1 0
  Dilone lf 0 0 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson c 3 0 0 0
  Meyer c 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 1
  Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0
Wallis rf 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Wirth p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Texas 002 400 200890
Oakland 011 000 010384
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (8-9) 9.0 8 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (0-4) 3.0 3 6 2 5 5
  Wirth   3.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Sosa   2.1 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
8
4
7
9

  E–Newman (11), Robinson (4), Gross (20), Norris (2).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Gross (8,off Alexander).  3B–Oakland Carty (1,off Alexander); Burke (1,off Alexander).  SH–Harrah (7,off Norris); Newman (2,off Alexander).  HBP–Lowenstein (2,by Wirth).  SF–Carty (7,off Alexander).  SB–Lowenstein (15,2nd base off Wirth/Robinson); Bonds (35,2nd base off Wirth/Robinson); Page (23,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg).  CS–Harrah (7,2nd base by Norris/Robinson); Wills 2 (8,2nd base by Wirth/Robinson 2); Burke (8,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  WP–Norris (1), Sosa (3).  BK–Sosa (2).  HBP–Wirth (3,Lowenstein).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:40.
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