Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 1 0 1 0
Canseco rf 4 0 1 0
Parker lf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 1
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 1 2 1
Incaviglia dh 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 2 0 0 0
Petralli c 3 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 2 1 1 0
Espy lf 3 1 1 1
Wilkerson 2b 3 0 1 1
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Oakland 010 000 001260
Texas 021 000 00x350
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (9-5) 8.0 5 3 3 2 7
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
2
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (6-7) 9.0 6 2 2 3 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
7

  E–None.  PB–Petralli (7).  2B–Oakland Steinbach (4,off Hough), Texas Sierra (15,off Stewart); Espy (5,off Stewart).  HR–Oakland Baylor (3,9th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out), Texas Sierra (10,3rd inning off Stewart 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Henderson (1,2nd base by Hough/Petralli).  WP–Hough (6).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:11.  A–17,867.
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