Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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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Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Peters cf 4 0 2 0
Page dh 4 0 1 0
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Hill ss 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Meyer 1b 3 1 0 0
Almon 3b 3 0 2 1
Kearney c 3 0 0 0
Phillips ss,2b 3 0 2 1
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers dh 3 0 1 0
Sample lf 3 0 1 0
Wright cf 4 0 1 0
Parrish rf 4 0 0 0
Stein 3b 4 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 1
  Wilkerson pr 0 1 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 1 1 2
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Tolleson 2b 3 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Oakland 020 000 000280
Texas 000 000 003370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty   6.0 4 0 0 1 5
  Atherton  L (2-4) 2.1 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.1
7
3
3
2
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (15-12) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Tolleson (13,off McCatty); Stein (15,off Atherton).  HR–Texas B Jones (1,9th inning off Atherton 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Davis (30,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  CS–Phillips (5,2nd base by Hough/Sundberg); Peters (9,2nd base by Hough/Sundberg).  WP–McCatty (5).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:29.  A–5,272.
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