Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
Revering dh 4 0 0 0
Newman 1b 4 1 1 1
Gross 3b 4 1 2 1
Wallis rf 4 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 1 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 1 2
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 3 1 0 0
Zisk rf 3 1 1 1
Putnam dh 3 0 1 0
Sundberg c 2 1 2 1
Norman ss 2 0 0 1
Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Oakland 010 000 001250
Texas 000 000 50x561
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (12-16) 8.0 6 5 5 2 2
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
2
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (17-11) 9.0 5 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
2

  E–Wills (20).  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Sundberg (9).  HR–Oakland Gross (14,2nd inning off Comer 0 on, 0 out); Newman (22,9th inning off Comer 0 on, 1 out), Texas Rivers (9,7th inning off Langford 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Norman (3,off Langford).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–1:56.  A–6,369.
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