Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers 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)
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Texas Rangers 3, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wilkerson 2b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 1 1 0
Sierra rf 2 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 3
Porter dh 2 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,dh 1 0 1 0
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Petralli c 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
Brower lf 3 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 4 0 1 2
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0
Canseco lf 4 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 1
Jackson dh 4 1 1 2
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
Tettleton c 4 2 2 1
Griffin ss 3 1 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Texas 000 300 000351
Oakland 050 100 01x7100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (5-6) 8.0 10 7 5 0 6
Totals
8.0
10
7
5
0
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (8-7) 6.0 4 3 3 2 7
  Leiper   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (2) 2.2 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
12

  E–Guzman (1).  2B–Oakland McGwire (6,off Guzman); Tettleton (3,off Guzman); Polonia (6,off Guzman); Griffin (11,off Guzman); Lansford 2 (12,off Guzman 2).  HR–Texas Parrish (17,4th inning off Stewart 2 on, 1 out), Oakland Tettleton (2,4th inning off Guzman 0 on, 1 out); McGwire (22,8th inning off Guzman 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Sierra (6,2nd base off Stewart/Tettleton).  CS–Sierra (10,3rd base by Stewart/Tettleton).  WP–Stewart (5).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:18.
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