Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 11, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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Texas Rangers 3, Baltimore Orioles 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 3 0
Greer lf 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 2 1 0 0
Stevens 1b 3 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 3 0 0 1
Devereaux rf 3 0 0 1
Buford cf 3 0 0 0
Silvestri ss 3 0 0 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 4 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson dh 3 2 2 1
Alomar 2b 4 0 2 1
  Walton rf 1 1 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 5 2 2 4
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 5 0 1 0
Incaviglia rf 4 0 1 0
  Reboulet pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Hammonds cf 4 1 2 0
Hoiles c 3 2 2 0
Bordick ss 4 1 3 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 16 7
Texas 000 100 002341
Baltimore 120 100 14x9160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (0-1) 5.1 10 4 3 2 6
  Gunderson   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Patterson   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Vosberg   1.0 3 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
9
8
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (1-1) 7.0 3 1 1 2 4
  Benitez   1.1 1 2 2 4 2
  Mathews   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
6
6

  E–McLemore (2).  DP–Texas 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Surhoff (1,off Burkett).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro 2 (4,7th inning off Gunderson 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Vosberg 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Devereaux (1,off Mathews).  SB–Buford (2,2nd base off Benitez/Hoiles).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:03.  A–40,575.
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