Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1986 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 6, Oakland Athletics 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 0 0 0
Sierra lf,rf 4 1 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 2
Porter dh 2 1 0 0
  Paciorek ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0
  Wilkerson 2b 0 0 0 0
Incaviglia rf 3 1 1 1
  Brower pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Slaught c 2 0 0 1
Buechele 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 3 1 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 6 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 1
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 0 0 0
Canseco lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 2 0
Tettleton c 3 1 1 1
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Texas 004 002 000660
Oakland 000 011 000272
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (13-10) 5.0 3 2 2 4 5
  Russell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic  SV (7) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (9-3) 5.2 5 6 4 5 4
  Leiper   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Plunk   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Ontiveros   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
4
8
6

  E–Hill (7), Bochte (8).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Slaught (7); Tettleton (11).  HR–Oakland Tettleton (8,5th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out); Lansford (17,6th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Slaught (2,off Stewart).  SH–Davis (4,off Hough).  CS–Brower (1,2nd base by Plunk/Tettleton); Slaught (2,2nd base by Plunk/Tettleton).  SB–Tettleton (6,2nd base off Hough/Slaught); Canseco (15,2nd base off Hough/Slaught).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:57.  A–9,082.
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