Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Chalk 3b 2 0 1 1
Essian c 4 0 0 1
Newman 1b 5 0 1 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Armas rf,lf 3 0 1 0
Bryant lf 2 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray rf 1 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 4 2 2 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 3 1
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 3 0 2 2
Sample lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 2 1 1 0
Soderholm dh 3 0 0 0
  Gamble ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Zisk rf 2 1 1 0
Washington cf 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,cf 1 0 1 0
  Oliver pr,cf 1 0 1 1
Roberts c 1 1 0 0
  Putnam ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Oakland 001 010 100380
Texas 000 200 011481
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton   3.2 3 2 2 6 3
  Heaverlo   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Langford   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Todd  L (2-5) 1.0 2 1 1 3 0
Totals
8.1
8
4
4
11
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.1 6 3 3 2 3
  Kern  W (10-1) 2.2 2 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
7

  E–Norman (16).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Edwards (8,off Johnson); Picciolo 2 (3,off Johnson 2), Texas Wills (10,off Hamilton); Sundberg (11,off Todd).  SH–Picciolo (6,off Johnson); Henderson 2 (2,off Johnson,off Kern); Zisk (1,off Langford).  SF–Essian (2,off Kern).  IBB–Armas (1,by Johnson); Wills (4,by Todd); Gamble (9,by Todd).  WP–Langford (9), Todd 2 (2).  IBB–Todd 2 (6,Wills,Gamble); Johnson (1,Armas).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:03.  A–22,439.
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