Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
April 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1998 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 10, Texas Rangers 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 5 1 2 1
Baines dh 4 1 1 0
  Carter ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 3 2 0
Davis rf 4 3 2 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 1 3 1
Surhoff lf 3 0 2 3
Hoiles c 2 1 1 3
Bordick ss 5 0 2 1
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,cf 2 1 1 1
McLemore 2b 4 3 3 4
Greer lf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 0
Clark 1b 5 0 1 2
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Stevens dh 3 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Elster ss 4 0 1 0
Alicea 3b 3 1 0 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 7
Baltimore 001 230 00410150
Texas 201 010 0048110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki  W (2-0) 5.0 5 4 4 4 4
  Rhodes   3.1 4 3 3 1 2
  Benitez   0.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
5
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (1-2) 4.0 11 6 6 2 4
  Gunderson   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Bailes   0.2 1 2 2 1 1
  Crabtree   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro (2,off Burkett); Hoiles (2,off Crabtree), Texas Clark (2,off Kamieniecki); Gonzalez (8,off Kamieniecki); Kelly (2,off Rhodes).  HR–Texas McLemore 2 (2,5th inning off Kamieniecki 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Benitez 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Surhoff 2 (3,off Gunderson,off Crabtree); Hoiles (1,off Gunderson).  SB–Davis (2,3rd base off Burkett/Rodriguez); Surhoff 2 (2,2nd base off Burkett/Rodriguez,2nd base off Bailes/Rodriguez).  CS–Alomar (2,2nd base by Burkett/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:31.  A–43,883.
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