Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
July 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Texas Rangers 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald cf 4 3 2 1
Brosius rf 5 0 2 1
Magadan 3b 3 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 2 2
Canseco dh 4 1 1 0
Lennon lf 3 0 2 0
  Stairs ph 0 0 0 0
  Bellhorn ph 1 0 1 1
  Mashore lf 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 3 0 0 1
Batista ss 4 0 0 0
Mayne c 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Karsay p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 0 0
Greer lf 4 2 2 2
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 3 1
Stevens dh 4 1 3 4
Cedeno 3b 3 0 0 0
Buford cf 4 0 1 0
Gil ss 4 1 2 0
Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Oakland 101 020 0206110
Texas 015 010 00x7110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Karsay  L (2-8) 4.1 9 7 7 1 3
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Groom   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W (5-5) 6.2 8 4 4 3 5
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Vosberg   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Texas 3.  2B–Oakland McGwire (18,off Hill); Canseco (16,off Patterson), Texas Gil (8,off Karsay); W Clark (18,off Karsay); Stevens (11,off Groom).  3B–Oakland McDonald (1,off Hill), Texas Stevens (2,off Karsay).  HR–Oakland McDonald (2,1st inning off Hill 0 on, 0 out), Texas Stevens (10,3rd inning off Karsay 2 on, 2 out); Greer (12,5th inning off Karsay 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Spiezio (4,off Vosberg).  HBP–Rodriguez (3,by Karsay).  SB–Buford (15,2nd base off Johnson/Mayne).  HBP–Karsay (9,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:00.  A–46,934.
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