Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 4, Oakland Athletics 0

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 1 0
Sierra lf,rf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 2 0
Porter dh 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 2 1 1
  Wilkerson 2b 0 0 0 0
Incaviglia rf 4 2 2 3
  Brower lf 0 0 0 0
Slaught c 4 0 0 0
Buechele 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Correa p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Javier lf,cf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
  Davis rf 1 0 0 0
Lansford 1b 4 0 1 0
  Sakata 2b 0 0 0 0
Canseco dh 3 0 0 0
Baker rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Hill 3b 4 0 2 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
  Nelson 1b 0 0 0 0
  Tillman ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Texas 000 010 210470
Oakland 000 000 000061
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Correa  W (10-13) 8.2 6 0 0 3 10
  Williams  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (0-1) 7.2 7 4 4 3 1
  Howell   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
1

  E–Hill (8).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 2.  HR–Texas Incaviglia 2 (27,5th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Rodriguez 1 on, 0 out); Parrish (27,8th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Sierra (7,2nd base off Rodriguez/Steinbach); Javier (7,2nd base off Correa/Slaught); Lansford (12,2nd base off Correa/Slaught).  WP–Correa (17), Rodriguez (1).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:34.  A–4,513.
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