Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
May 12, 1993 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1993 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 7, Oakland Athletics 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hulse cf 4 1 4 1
  Redus ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Dascenzo cf 0 0 0 0
Franco dh 5 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 2 1 1
Gonzalez lf 3 3 2 2
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 0 2
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 1
Lee ss 4 1 0 0
Ripken 2b 2 0 0 0
  Strange pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Bronkey p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 8 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. dh 4 2 1 0
Blankenship lf 3 3 3 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 2
McGwire 1b 3 1 2 4
  Darling pr 0 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 4 0 0 0
  Fox cf 0 0 0 0
  Neel ph 1 1 1 1
Seitzer 3b 5 0 0 0
Gates 2b 5 0 2 1
Bordick ss 4 1 2 0
Hemond c 4 0 0 0
Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Texas 301 001 002782
Oakland 004 010 1028120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lefferts   4.2 5 5 5 3 7
  Bronkey   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Whiteside   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Henke  L (1-1) 0.2 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.2
12
8
8
5
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Downs   5.0 5 4 4 3 7
  Gossage   2.1 2 1 1 2 2
  Honeycutt   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  W (1-1) 1.1 1 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
5
13

  E–Palmer (7), Lee (4).  PB–Hemond (1).  2B–Texas Gonzalez (10,off Downs), Oakland Blankenship (4,off Lefferts); Gates (2,off Henke).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (11,9th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 1 out), Oakland McGwire (9,3rd inning off Lefferts 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Canseco (2,by Eckersley).  SF–Sierra (3,off Lefferts).  IBB–McGwire (5,by Lefferts).  SB–Canseco (4,2nd base off Downs/Hemond); Hulse (8,2nd base off Gossage/Hemond); Strange (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Hemond).  CS–Seitzer (2,2nd base by Bronkey/Rodriguez); Gates (1,2nd base by Whiteside/Rodriguez).  WP–Downs (1), Gossage (1).  BK–Downs (1).  HBP–Eckersley (2,Canseco).  IBB–Lefferts (2,McGwire).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:32.  A–20,498.
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