Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 4 0 0 0
Daugherty dh 2 1 1 0
  Sosa ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Franco 2b 4 0 1 0
Leach lf 3 0 1 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 0 0
Kunkel ss 4 0 2 0
Kreuter c 2 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mielke p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 2 3 1 0
  Phillips ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 1
  Quirk ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Parker dh 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 2 1 2 3
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Blankenship rf 3 1 1 0
Gallego ss 4 1 2 1
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 6
Texas 100 000 000164
Oakland 102 001 30x792
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (5-10) 6.1 5 7 5 5 6
  Mielke   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rogers   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Guante   1.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
7
5
7
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (10-4) 6.1 6 1 0 0 5
  Honeycutt  SV (11) 2.2 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
0
9

  E–Buechele (6), Kunkel (9), Kreuter (2), Hough (1), Quirk (1), Hassey (1).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Kreuter 2 (8); Hassey (2).  2B–Texas Leach (8,off Welch); Kunkel (12,off Welch).  HR–Oakland McGwire (17,6th inning off Hough 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Palmeiro (5,by Welch).  SF–McGwire (8,off Hough).  IBB–McGwire (3,by Rogers).  SB–Franco (11,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Lansford (14,2nd base off Hough/Kreuter); R Henderson (36,3rd base off Hough/Kreuter); Blankenship (3,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  CS–D Henderson (3,2nd base by Hough/Kreuter).  WP–Hough (3), Rogers (4).  HBP–Welch (3,Palmeiro).  IBB–Rogers (6,McGwire).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:11.  A–40,060.
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