Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
September 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1989 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 1, Texas Rangers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 3 0 1 0
Finley rf 3 1 1 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 1
Sheets dh 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Devereaux cf 4 0 2 0
Melendez 1b 4 0 1 0
Worthington 3b 4 0 1 0
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
Hulett 2b 2 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 4 0 1 0
Manrique ss 4 0 1 0
Baines dh 3 1 2 0
Sierra rf 3 1 1 2
Franco 2b 3 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 0
Kreuter c 3 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 1 0 0 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Mielke p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Baltimore 000 001 000191
Texas 200 000 01x380
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (4-4) 6.1 6 2 2 4 0
  Hickey   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  McDonald   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
6
0
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (12-9) 6.2 6 1 1 3 8
  Mielke   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Rogers   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Russell  SV (34) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
9

  E–Hulett (3).  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Kreuter (20).  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (26,off Brown), Texas Baines (26,off Johnson).  HR–Texas Sierra (26,1st inning off Johnson 1 on, 2 out); Incaviglia (17,8th inning off McDonald 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Espy 2 (19,2nd base by Johnson/Quirk,2nd base by Hickey/Quirk).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:09.  A–15,080.
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