Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 14, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1983 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers lf 3 1 2 0
  Capra ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Dunbar rf 3 1 0 0
  Sample ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Wright cf 5 1 1 0
Parrish dh 4 1 2 4
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 2 0
Richardt 2b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 4 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Heath c 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 0
  Almon 1b 0 0 0 0
Lopes dh 4 0 2 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 2
Meyer 1b 2 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 0 0
  McNealy cf 0 0 0 0
Hill ss 4 0 2 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hancock ph 1 0 1 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Texas 003 000 010480
Oakland 000 000 020291
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (14-12) 8.0 7 2 2 3 3
  Tobik  SV (7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (6-8) 7.1 8 4 4 4 6
  Underwood   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
7

  E–Underwood (2).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Parrish (23,off McCatty), Oakland Gross (16,off Hough).  HR–Texas Parrish (24,8th inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Wilkerson (1,2nd base off McCatty/Heath); Rivers (7,2nd base off McCatty/Heath).  CS–Henderson (18,2nd base by Hough/Sundberg).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:34.  A–8,890.
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