Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1983 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers dh 6 1 1 0
Richardt 2b 6 1 0 0
Sample lf 5 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 3 0 0 1
  Stein ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Dent ss 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1
O'Brien rf 5 0 1 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
  Hostetler ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Wright cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson c 2 0 1 0
  Sundberg ph,c 3 0 1 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 2 6 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby cf 6 2 3 0
Ford rf 6 0 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 7 0 1 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Sakata ph 1 0 0 0
  Dwyer lf 1 0 0 0
Ayala dh 3 1 2 1
  Singleton ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 1 0
Hernandez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 5 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 3 10 2
Texas 200 000 000 000 00260
Baltimore 001 001 000 000 013102
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   6.2 5 2 2 4 2
  Tobik   3.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Tanana   3.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Jones  L (1-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.2
10
3
3
7
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   8.0 5 2 0 0 1
  Martinez   4.0 1 0 0 0 7
  Stoddard  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
14.0
6
2
0
0
12

  E–Hernandez (2), Rodriguez (1).  DP–Texas 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Shelby (3,off Matlack); Ayala (1,off Matlack); Dauer (4,off Tanana).  3B–Baltimore Singleton (1,off Tanana).  HR–Baltimore Ayala (1,6th inning off Matlack 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Sample (1,off Palmer).  IBB–Dauer (1,by Tanana).  WP–Matlack (1).  IBB–Tanana (1,Dauer).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:33.  A–10,311.
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