Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 3 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 1 1 1
Sierra rf 5 1 2 2
Petralli c 3 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,c 2 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 5 1 3 2
Parrish dh 5 0 1 0
  Steels pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Garbey lf 3 0 0 0
  Espy ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 3 1 1 0
Hayward p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 0 2 0
Henderson cf 1 1 0 0
  Polonia ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Canseco rf 5 2 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 1
Baylor dh 2 0 0 0
  Parker ph,dh 2 1 1 1
Javier lf,cf 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Gallego ss 3 0 0 0
  Weiss ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Texas 220 000 000 01580
Oakland 000 102 001 00481
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hayward   7.0 5 3 3 3 5
  McMurtry  W (1-0) 3.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Williams  SV (10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   7.0 5 4 4 4 7
  Honeycutt  L (2-1) 4.0 3 1 1 0 4
Totals
11.0
8
5
5
4
11

  E–Hubbard (5).  DP–Texas 2, Oakland 2.  HR–Oakland Canseco (18,6th inning off Hayward 1 on, 1 out); Parker (7,9th inning off McMurtry 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Fletcher (3,off Davis); Steinbach (1,off Hayward).  SH–Henderson (2,off Hayward).  SB–Sierra (5,2nd base off Davis/Steinbach); Canseco (19,2nd base off Hayward/Petralli); Javier (11,2nd base off McMurtry/Stanley); Lansford (13,2nd base off McMurtry/Stanley).  WP–Hayward (5), Davis (9).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:31.  A–35,133.
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