Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
April 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 9, Texas Rangers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson dh 5 1 2 0
Walton lf 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 1
Davis rf 5 3 3 1
  Tarasco rf 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 2 3
Hammonds cf 4 1 1 0
Webster c 3 1 1 3
Reboulet 2b 5 0 2 1
Bordick ss 5 0 1 0
Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 5 0 1 2
Greer lf 3 1 0 0
Palmer 3b 5 1 1 1
Stevens 1b 4 1 2 3
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 3 1 1 1
Devereaux rf 3 1 0 0
Buford cf 3 0 0 0
Gil ss 3 1 1 0
  Cedeno ph 1 1 1 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 7 7
Baltimore 500 010 0039141
Texas 004 001 002772
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie   4.0 4 4 4 2 5
  Rhodes  W (2-0) 3.0 1 1 1 0 4
  Mathews   1.1 1 2 2 1 2
  Myers  SV (3) 0.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
7
5
11
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  L (0-1) 4.0 7 6 6 4 1
  Witt   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   3.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
5
4

  E–Ripken (2), Rodriguez (1), Gil (2).  2B–Baltimore Webster (1,off Oliver); Davis (2,off Oliver); Palmeiro (1,off Hernandez), Texas Gil (1,off Boskie).  HR–Baltimore Ripken (2,9th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 0 out), Texas Stevens (2,3rd inning off Boskie 2 on, 2 out); Tettleton (1,6th inning off Rhodes 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Palmeiro (1,off Oliver); Ripken (1,off Oliver).  HBP–Tettleton (1,by Boskie).  SB–Buford (1,2nd base off Boskie/Webster).  HBP–Boskie (1,Tettleton).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:34.  A–39,073.
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