Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
April 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1998 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 2 0
Hammonds cf 3 1 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Carter dh 4 0 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 2 0 1 2
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 1 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 2 0
Webster c 4 1 1 0
  Reboulet pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 1 1 1 1
  Guillen ph 0 0 0 0
  Hoiles ph,c 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 1 3 0
McLemore 2b 3 1 1 1
Greer lf 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez rf 5 1 3 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 1
Stevens dh 5 1 2 1
Elster ss 4 0 1 1
Tatis 3b 3 0 0 1
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Pavlik p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 14 6
Baltimore 002 200 0004100
Texas 006 000 00x6141
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (3-1) 2.2 11 6 6 0 0
  Charlton   1.2 2 0 0 4 2
  Mathews   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mills   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
6
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver   4.0 8 4 3 2 2
  Pavlik  W (1-1) 3.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Gunderson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
5
5

  E–Elster (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Texas 2.  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro (1,off Oliver); Bordick (1,off Oliver), Texas McLemore (2,off Erickson).  3B–Texas Greer (1,off Mills).  SH–Bordick (4,off Oliver).  HBP–Carter (2,by Oliver); Bordick (1,by Pavlik).  IBB–Clark (3,by Mills).  CS–Alomar (1,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez).  SB–Goodwin 2 (11,2nd base off Charlton/Webster 2); Tatis (3,2nd base off Mills/Webster).  BK–Oliver (1).  HBP–Oliver (3,Carter); Pavlik (1,Bordick).  IBB–Mills (1,Clark).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:24.  A–37,415.
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