Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1998 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 16, Oakland Athletics 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 3 2 2
Alicea 2b 5 2 1 3
Greer lf 4 1 3 1
Gonzalez rf 5 1 1 1
  Simms ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Clark 1b 5 1 1 3
Rodriguez c 6 4 3 0
Stevens dh 6 2 4 2
Cedeno ss 4 1 2 3
Tatis 3b 5 1 1 1
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 16 19 16
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf,cf 4 2 2 4
Spiezio 2b 5 2 2 0
Grieve rf 5 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 2 1 2
Giambi 1b 2 1 0 1
Blowers 3b 5 0 2 2
Macfarlane c 4 1 2 1
Christenson cf 3 1 1 0
  Abbott ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 2 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 10
Texas 114 063 01016191
Oakland 301 240 00010131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Sele   4.0 12 10 8 3 2
  Gunderson   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Crabtree  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bailes   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Patterson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
8
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stein  L (1-3) 4.1 9 9 9 3 7
  Small   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Groom   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Mathews   2.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Fetters   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
16
16
5
9

  E–Tatis (8), Blowers (5).  DP–Texas 2, Oakland 1.  PB–Rodriguez (5).  2B–Texas Greer (9,off Stein); Clark (10,off Stein); Stevens (7,off Stein); Tatis (6,off Small).  3B–Texas Rodriguez (2,off Mathews).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (18,5th inning off Stein 0 on, 0 out); Alicea (2,5th inning off Small 2 on, 2 out), Oakland Stairs (10,3rd inning off Sele 0 on, 1 out); Henderson (5,5th inning off Sele 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Alicea (1,by Stein); Goodwin (2,by Small); Macfarlane (2,by Sele).  SF–Giambi (3,off Sele).  SB–Rodriguez (3,3rd base off Groom/Macfarlane).  CS–Cedeno (1,2nd base by Stein/Macfarlane).  HBP–Sele (6,Macfarlane); Stein (1,Alicea); Small (3,Goodwin).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:31.  A–5,973.
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