Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 28, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 3, Oakland Athletics 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Manrique 2b 4 0 1 0
Leach 1b 3 0 0 0
  Palmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Palmeiro 1b 0 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 1 1 1
Bosley lf 3 0 2 0
  Incaviglia lf 0 1 0 0
Stanley c 2 1 1 1
Coolbaugh 3b 3 0 1 1
Gonzalez cf 3 0 0 0
  Espy ph 1 0 0 0
Kunkel ss 2 0 0 0
  Daugherty ph 1 0 0 0
Arnsberg p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Blankenship 2b 4 1 2 1
Javier cf 3 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 1
  Phillips ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Parker dh 3 1 2 2
  Gallego ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Phelps 1b 3 0 0 0
Jose rf 4 0 1 0
Jennings lf 2 0 0 0
  Beane ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 1 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
Texas 000 000 003371
Oakland 014 000 00x590
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Arnsberg  L (2-1) 4.2 8 5 5 1 1
  Hall   3.1 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (21-9) 5.0 4 0 0 3 6
  Burns   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Young   1.0 2 3 3 1 2
  Eckersley  SV (33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
8

  E–Manrique (20).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Texas Bosley (1,off Stewart), Oakland Blankenship (5,off Arnsberg).  3B–Texas Stanley (1,off M Young).  HR–Texas Sierra (29,9th inning off M Young 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Parker (22,2nd inning off Arnsberg 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Coolbaugh (1,off Eckersley).  SB–Bosley (2,3rd base off Stewart/Steinbach); Stanley (1,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  WP–Arnsberg (6).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–(none), 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:29.  A–21,127.
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