Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 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."

"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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Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 1
Revering dh 4 0 2 1
Newman 1b 4 1 3 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Wallis rf 4 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 1 1
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 1 1
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 3 1 1 0
  Sample pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Putnam dh 3 1 1 0
  Ellis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 1
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 1 1 1
Norman ss 4 0 3 1
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Oakland 200 000 100391
Texas 030 000 11x590
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (7-7) 6.1 7 4 3 3 2
  Minetto   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Norris   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
4
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   6.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Kern  W (13-5) 2.1 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4

  E–Kingman (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Texas 1.  2B–Oakland Murphy (9,off Medich).  IBB–Sundberg (5,by Norris).  SB–Henderson (30,2nd base off Medich/Sundberg); Sample (8,2nd base off Minetto/Essian).  WP–Kingman (10).  IBB–Norris (9,Sundberg).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:31.  A–6,322.
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