Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Texas Rangers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 1 1 0
Jennings lf 4 1 1 0
  Henderson cf 1 1 1 1
Canseco rf 4 2 3 2
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
  Baylor ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Blankenship pr,dh 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 1
Javier cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Weiss ss 2 0 0 0
Otto p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 1 1 1
Fletcher ss 4 0 2 1
O'Brien 1b 3 0 0 0
  Garbey 1b 2 0 1 0
Sierra rf 5 0 2 1
Stanley dh 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 2 0
  Espy pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Brower lf 1 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 2 0 0 0
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Oakland 000 021 201670
Texas 110 000 001391
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Otto   3.0 3 2 2 4 1
  Nelson  W (8-6) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Honeycutt   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Plunk   1.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Eckersley  SV (38) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
7
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (11-11) 6.2 6 5 4 5 6
  McMurtry   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
6
7

  E–Browne (8).  DP–Oakland 2, Texas 1.  HR–Oakland Canseco (37,5th inning off Guzman 1 on, 2 out); Henderson (24,9th inning off McMurtry 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Weiss 2 (8,by Guzman 2).  IBB–Canseco (8,by Guzman).  SB–Javier (19,2nd base off Guzman/Sundberg); McDowell 2 (30,2nd base off Otto/Steinbach 2); Espy (26,2nd base off Plunk/Steinbach); Browne (6,2nd base off Plunk/Steinbach).  WP–Plunk (4), Guzman 2 (10).  BK–Otto (1), Guzman (10).  HBP–Guzman 2 (4,Weiss 2).  IBB–Guzman (3,Canseco).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:11.  A–11,409.
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