Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 14, Oakland Athletics 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 6 2 2 0
Rodriguez c 5 3 3 1
  Brown ph,c 1 0 0 0
Greer lf 5 2 3 1
Gonzalez dh 4 1 1 4
Stevens 1b 5 3 3 3
Cedeno 2b 4 1 2 1
Tatis 3b 5 1 3 1
Diaz rf 4 1 1 3
Ripken ss 5 0 2 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 14 20 14
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald cf 4 1 0 0
Magadan dh 4 1 2 0
  Lennon ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Grieve rf 4 1 3 1
  Lesher ph 1 0 0 0
Stairs lf 3 1 2 0
  Young ph 1 0 1 1
Giambi 1b 4 1 1 4
Spiezio 2b 5 0 0 0
Mayne c 4 0 0 0
Bellhorn 3b 3 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Telgheder p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Kubinski p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Lorraine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Texas 401 013 23014201
Oakland 001 030 0026111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  W (8-12) 8.0 9 4 4 3 7
  Bailes   1.0 2 2 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
4
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Telgheder  L (4-6) 3.0 7 5 5 1 2
  Reyes   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Kubinski   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Witasick   2.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Wengert   1.0 2 3 2 0 0
  Lorraine   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
20
14
13
2
3

  E–Ripken (5), Tejada (4).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Texas Goodwin (25,off Telgheder); Rodriguez 2 (33,off Telgheder,off Reyes); Cedeno (17,off Witasick), Oakland Magadan (10,off Burkett).  HR–Texas Stevens 2 (18,1st inning off Telgheder 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Telgheder 0 on, 1 out); Diaz (1,6th inning off Kubinski 2 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (40,8th inning off Wengert 2 on, 1 out), Oakland Giambi (20,5th inning off Burkett 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Gonzalez (9,off Telgheder); Giambi (7,off Bailes).  U-HP–Ray DiMuro, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:55.  A–9,968.
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