Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
July 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 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 5, Texas Rangers 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 1 1
Hammonds lf 5 1 2 1
Berroa rf 2 1 1 0
  Tarasco pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 2
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 0 0 1
Hoiles dh 3 0 0 0
Webster c 4 0 1 0
Reboulet 2b 4 1 1 0
Bordick ss 4 0 1 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 2 0
Greer lf 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 1
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Simms dh 3 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ripken ss 4 0 1 0
Buford cf 3 0 0 0
  Newson ph 1 0 0 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Baltimore 000 002 210580
Texas 100 000 000180
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (13-6) 6.0 6 1 1 1 7
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Benitez   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
11
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  L (6-10) 6.1 6 4 4 4 3
  Hernandez   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Vosberg   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
4

  E–None.  2B–Baltimore Bordick (12,off Oliver); Webster (4,off Oliver); Reboulet (4,off Hernandez), Texas Gonzalez (14,off Orosco).  3B–Baltimore Hammonds (2,off Oliver).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (19,6th inning off Oliver 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Berroa (2,by Oliver); Palmeiro (3,by Oliver).  IBB–Berroa (3,by Oliver).  WP–Vosberg (1).  HBP–Oliver 2 (8,Berroa,Palmeiro).  IBB–Oliver (3,Berroa).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:09.  A–35,842.
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