Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
July 23, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1984 at Arlington 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 9, Texas Rangers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rayford 3b 5 0 1 0
  Sakata 2b 1 0 0 0
Shelby cf 4 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 3 1
Murray 1b 4 2 2 1
Roenicke lf 3 1 1 3
  Lowenstein ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Ayala dh 2 1 1 0
  Singleton ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Young rf 4 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 2 1 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 5 0 3 3
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Dunbar lf 4 1 2 1
  Sample ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Ward cf 5 0 1 0
Bell 3b 5 1 1 0
Parrish dh 5 1 3 1
O'Brien 1b 5 0 0 0
Wright rf 4 2 2 2
Kunkel ss 4 0 3 0
Scott c 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 0 1 1
Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Baltimore 013 200 3009130
Texas 000 002 1205131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (11-8) 7.1 12 5 5 1 4
  Martinez  SV (14) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
1
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  L (6-9) 4.0 8 6 5 3 2
  Stewart   3.0 4 3 3 1 5
  Schmidt   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
6
8

  E–Bell (12).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (22,off Mason); Murray (13,off Mason), Texas Parrish (27,off Boddicker); Ward (6,off T Martinez).  3B–Baltimore Ripken (6,off Mason).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (4,3rd inning off Mason 2 on, 1 out), Texas G Wright (3,6th inning off Boddicker 1 on, 2 out); Dunbar (2,7th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 1 out); Parrish (15,8th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Murray (16,by Mason).  SB–Kunkel (1,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey).  WP–Boddicker (4), Stewart (8).  IBB–Mason (2,Murray).  T–2:48.  A–14,983.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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