Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1988 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 2, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Hubbard 2b 0 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 1 1 1
Parker lf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Javier cf 2 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Sinatro c 2 0 1 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
  Steinbach c 0 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 4 1 1 0
  McDowell ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 5 0 2 1
Sierra rf 5 1 1 2
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 2 0
Parrish dh 4 0 1 0
  Espy pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Petralli c 3 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 2 2
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 2 0
Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5
Oakland 100 000 010260
Texas 200 000 03x5132
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (5-3) 7.2 12 5 5 1 3
  Plunk   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Russell  W (5-0) 9.0 6 2 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
2
4

  E–Brower (1), Russell (3).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Brower (4,off Davis); Fletcher (7,off Davis); Wilkerson (6,off Davis).  HR–Oakland Canseco (15,1st inning off Russell 0 on, 2 out), Texas Sierra (8,1st inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out); Buechele (9,8th inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Lansford (11,2nd base off Russell/Petralli).  WP–Davis (6).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:35.  A–31,435.
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