Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 14, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1987 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 1, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0
Jackson dh 2 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 1 0
Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 0
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 1 1 0 0
Petralli c 3 2 3 2
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 3 1 1 2
Incaviglia lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 2 0 0 0
  Fletcher ss 1 0 0 0
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Porter dh 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 3 1 1 0
  Buechele 3b 0 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 6 4
Oakland 000 010 000130
Texas 201 010 10x560
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Plunk  L (1-3) 6.0 5 5 5 5 11
  Lamp   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
5
12
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (6-2) 9.0 3 1 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
1
8

  E–None.  PB–Petralli (6).  2B–Oakland Lansford (9,off Hough), Texas Sierra (14,off Plunk); Petralli (7,off Plunk); Wilkerson (2,off Plunk).  SH–Browne (2,off Lamp).  SB–Lansford (16,3rd base off Hough/Petralli).  CS–Jackson (1,2nd base by Hough/Petralli); Browne (7,2nd base by Plunk/Steinbach).  WP–Plunk (4).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:11.  A–32,743.
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