Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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 2, Baltimore Orioles 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 1 0 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 1 2 2
Gonzalez rf 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Stevens dh 4 0 1 0
Tatis 3b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno ss 4 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 2 4 2
Hammonds rf 3 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 3
Anderson cf 3 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 2 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 1 0
Berroa dh 3 1 1 1
Hoiles c 4 0 1 1
Bordick ss 4 1 1 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 7
Texas 200 000 000281
Baltimore 002 004 01x7130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (10-6) 5.0 8 5 5 1 4
  Whiteside   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Vosberg   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
6
2
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (11-4) 7.0 6 2 2 1 6
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Benitez  SV (8) 1.1 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
10

  E–Tatis (1).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas W Clark (26,off Mussina), Baltimore Berroa (14,off Witt); Anderson (23,off Witt); Hoiles (7,off Hernandez).  HR–Texas Greer (15,1st inning off Mussina 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Alomar (10,3rd inning off Witt 1 on, 2 out); Palmeiro (23,6th inning off Witt 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Berroa (4,off Whiteside).  SB–Goodwin (35,2nd base off Mussina/Hoiles).  CS–Anderson (7,3rd base by Whiteside/Rodriguez).  WP–Hernandez (5).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:03.  A–47,627.
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