Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
August 31, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1990 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 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Huson ss 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 2 0
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Franco 2b 4 0 2 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 0
Petralli c 2 0 0 0
  Daugherty ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez dh 4 0 0 0
Kunkel 3b 3 1 1 1
Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 2
Canseco rf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 2 0
McGee cf 4 1 0 1
Steinbach dh 2 0 1 0
  Baines ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Gallego ss 2 1 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 3
Texas 001 100 000271
Oakland 210 000 01x491
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  L (1-6) 2.2 6 3 3 2 0
  McMurtry   4.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Rogers   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
5
0
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (22-5) 7.1 6 2 1 1 8
  Honeycutt   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (40) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
1
9

  E–Rogers (2), R Henderson (4).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Pettis (14,off Welch), Oakland R Henderson (27,off Moyer); McGwire (10,off Moyer).  HR–Texas Kunkel (3,3rd inning off Welch 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Franco (26,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Gallego (4,2nd base off Moyer/Petralli).  CS–R Henderson (7,2nd base by McMurtry/Petralli); Baines (2,2nd base by McMurtry/Petralli).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:41.  A–35,306.
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