Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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."

"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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Oakland Athletics 1, Texas Rangers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Willard dh 2 0 1 0
  Weiss pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Canseco lf 1 1 0 0
Tettleton c 3 0 0 0
Gallego 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 1
  Bernazard 2b 0 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 2 2 2 1
  Buechele 3b 1 0 1 1
Porter dh 3 1 1 2
Petralli c 3 0 0 0
McDowell cf 3 0 0 0
Brower lf 3 0 0 0
Espy rf 3 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Oakland 000 010 000131
Texas 000 201 01x450
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (19-11) 8.0 5 4 4 4 3
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (17-11) 9.0 3 1 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
7

  E–Gallego (8).  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Tettleton (4); Petralli (34).  HR–Texas Porter (6,4th inning off Stewart 1 on, 2 out); Parrish (31,6th inning off Stewart 0 on, 2 out).  SB–M Davis (16,2nd base off Hough/Petralli).  CS–Canseco (2,2nd base by Hough/Petralli); Browne (15,2nd base by Stewart/Tettleton).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:25.  A–10,953.
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