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 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 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Norman ss 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Bonds dh 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 4 1 1 0
Ellis c 3 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 3 0 3 1
Harrah 3b 1 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 4 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Burke cf 4 0 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 0
  Woodard pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Page lf 3 0 1 0
Newman 1b 3 1 2 1
Duncan 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
Alston rf 1 0 0 0
  Revering ph 1 0 0 0
  Dilone rf 0 0 0 0
  Hosley ph 1 0 1 1
Essian c 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Texas 000 010 000141
Oakland 000 000 002290
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (8-4) 8.2 9 2 1 2 2
Totals
8.2
9
2
1
2
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg  W (10-11) 9.0 4 1 1 4 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
5

  E–Wills (13).  DP–Texas 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Texas Zisk (15,off Broberg), Oakland Edwards (15,off Comer).  SH–Campaneris (24,off Broberg); Harrah (8,off Broberg); Alston (4,off Comer); Newman (3,off Comer).  CS–Beniquez (10,2nd base by Broberg/Essian); Newman (3,2nd base by Comer/J Ellis).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:14.  A–2,739.
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