California Angels vs Texas Rangers
September 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Texas Rangers 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 1 3 0
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
  Polidor 3b 0 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 1
Downing dh 4 0 1 1
Davis rf 2 1 2 0
  Bichette rf 0 0 0 0
Eppard lf 3 0 1 1
  Brown pr,lf 1 1 0 0
McLemore 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Boone c 4 0 2 1
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Dorsett c 0 0 0 0
Schofield ss 4 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Harvey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 1 1
Fletcher ss 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 2 0 0 1
Sierra rf 4 0 2 0
Petralli dh 4 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brower pr 0 0 0 0
Espy lf 3 1 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Browne 2b 4 1 2 1
Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
California 000 000 2204121
Texas 002 000 100360
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (13-12) 8.0 6 3 3 2 0
  Harvey  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Russell   7.1 8 3 3 2 1
  Williams  L (2-6) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Guante   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Vande Berg   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
2

  E–Witt (2).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–California Eppard (3,off Russell); Downing (17,off Guante), Texas Sierra 2 (28,off Witt 2); Browne (4,off Witt).  3B–Texas McDowell (5,off Witt).  IBB–C Davis (13,by Guante).  SH–Sundberg (3,off Witt); Espy (5,off Witt).  HBP–Fletcher (9,by Witt).  SB–C Davis (7,2nd base off Russell/Sundberg); Schofield (19,2nd base off Russell/Sundberg); White (16,2nd base off Russell/Sundberg).  CS–C Davis (9,2nd base by Russell/Sundberg).  HBP–Witt (5,Fletcher).  IBB–Guante (4,C Davis).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:00.  A–7,455.
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