Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 24, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1983 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Texas Rangers 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 2 0
Gross 1b 4 2 2 1
Burroughs dh 3 1 1 0
  Page pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Lopes 2b 4 1 3 2
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 2
Hancock lf 4 0 1 0
  Peters pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 1 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
  Kearney c 0 0 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 4 2 1 1
Stein 2b 5 0 2 0
Bell 3b 3 1 2 2
Parrish rf 5 1 1 0
Wright cf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 1 1 1
Hostetler dh 3 0 1 1
  Dent pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Anderson ss 3 0 1 0
Johnson c 2 0 1 0
  Rivers ph 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 1 0 1 1
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Oakland 401 000 0005111
Texas 210 000 1116110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   5.2 6 3 3 4 2
  Jones   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Baker  L (3-1) 2.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Burgmeier   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.1
11
6
6
6
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (6-5) 9.0 11 5 5 2 7
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
7

  E–Phillips (19).  DP–Oakland 2, Texas 1.  2B–Oakland Gross 2 (11,off Smithson 2); Lansford (3,off Smithson).  3B–Texas Hostetler (2,off Underwood); Parrish (1,off Baker).  HR–Texas Bell (7,1st inning off Underwood 1 on, 1 out); Sample (8,7th inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Phillips (4,off Smithson); Anderson (2,off Baker).  HBP–Sample (4,by Underwood).  SB–Davis 2 (21,2nd base off Smithson/Johnson 2); Lopes (8,2nd base off Smithson/Johnson); Almon (12,2nd base off Smithson/Sundberg).  CS–Page (3,2nd base by Smithson/Sundberg); Peters (1,2nd base by Smithson/Sundberg).  WP–Underwood (2).  HBP–Underwood (2,Sample).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:59.
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