Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 14, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 3 1 1 0
  Henderson ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Willard ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 5 0 0 0
Canseco lf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b,1b 3 0 2 1
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
  Gallego ph,3b 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 1 0 0 0
  Javier pr,rf,cf 1 0 0 0
Davis M. rf 3 0 1 0
  Phillips ph,3b,rf 2 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 0
  Weiss pr 0 0 0 0
  Tettleton c 0 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Davis S. p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 8 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 0 1 0
Brower lf 5 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 3 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Porter dh 4 0 0 1
Petralli c 3 0 2 0
  Espy pr 0 0 0 0
  Slaught c 1 0 0 0
McDowell cf 3 0 1 0
Meier rf 3 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek rf 0 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 4 1 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 6 2
Oakland 100 000 000 00180
Texas 000 001 000 01260
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   7.0 4 1 1 2 9
  Ontiveros  L (8-8) 3.2 2 1 1 3 3
Totals
10.2
6
2
2
5
12
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   7.0 5 1 1 8 7
  Williams   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Mohorcic  W (7-4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
8
1
1
9
9

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2, Texas 3.  2B–Oakland Canseco (31,off Witt).  HR–Texas Brower (14,6th inning off S Davis 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (10,off Mohorcic); Browne (7,off Ontiveros).  IBB–Lansford (9,by Witt).  SB–Polonia (27,2nd base off Witt/Petralli); Lansford (26,2nd base off Witt/Petralli); Canseco (13,3rd base off Witt/Petralli); McDowell (19,2nd base off S Davis/Steinbach).  WP–S Davis (1), Witt (7).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:34.  A–11,888.
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