Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1986 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Texas Rangers 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis rf 5 0 1 1
Murphy cf 5 0 0 0
Canseco lf 3 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 1
Kingman dh 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 1 0
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Willard c 3 1 2 0
  Javier pr 0 1 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 2 2
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Mooneyham p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 2 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ss 1 1 0 0
O'Brien 1b 1 1 0 0
  Paciorek 1b 1 0 1 2
Incaviglia rf 3 1 0 1
  Brower lf 0 0 0 0
Sierra lf,rf 4 1 1 3
Parrish dh 3 1 0 0
Slaught c 2 1 1 0
  Mercado c 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 1
  Stanley 3b 0 0 0 0
Browne 2b 4 1 2 1
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Loynd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 7 8
Oakland 101 000 102580
Texas 007 000 02x974
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (1-2) 2.2 3 5 5 3 1
  Plunk   1.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Mooneyham   3.1 0 2 2 3 5
  Bair   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
9
9
8
9
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (1-0) 5.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Loynd  SV (1) 4.0 2 3 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
5
2
2
11

  E–Sierra (6), Stanley (1), Browne (1), Loynd (1).  PB–Willard (3); Slaught (13).  2B–Oakland Canseco (29,off Brown); Willard (7,off Brown); Griffin (23,off Loynd).  HR–Texas Sierra (16,3rd inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Incaviglia (4,by Plunk).  SB–Davis (25,2nd base off Brown/Slaught); Lansford (16,2nd base off Loynd/Mercado).  CS–Griffin (15,2nd base by Brown/Slaught).  WP–Loynd (2).  BK–Rodriguez (1).  HBP–Plunk (4,Incaviglia).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:06.  A–6,908.
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