Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1999 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 6, Baltimore Orioles 15

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 1 1 0
McLemore 2b 5 1 2 1
Greer lf 3 0 0 0
  Shave 1b 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 5 1 2 2
Palmeiro dh 4 1 2 1
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0
  Alicea 3b 0 1 0 0
Zeile 3b 3 0 0 0
  Kelly lf 2 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 3 1 3 0
  Zaun c 1 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 0 2 1
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 2 1 1
Bordick ss 5 3 3 3
Surhoff lf 3 1 2 3
  Otanez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Belle rf 3 1 0 1
  Coppinger p 0 0 0 0
Conine 1b,lf 5 2 2 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 1 1 2
  Reboulet 3b 1 1 0 0
DeShields 2b 5 1 3 2
Amaral dh,rf 4 1 1 1
Johnson c 4 2 2 1
  Davis c 0 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 15 15 15
Texas 100 000 1226140
Baltimore 1001 010 03x15151
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (6-4) 0.2 5 8 8 1 0
  Burkett   6.1 7 4 4 1 3
  Patterson   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
15
15
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (7-1) 7.0 9 2 2 2 2
  Coppinger   2.0 5 4 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
14
6
5
4
5

  E–Reboulet (2).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Texas Goodwin (5,off Mussina); Stevens 2 (13,off Mussina 2), Baltimore Conine (10,off Morgan); Ripken (7,off Morgan); Bordick 2 (11,off Burkett,off Patterson); Amaral (3,off Burkett); DeShields (4,off Patterson).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (13,8th inning off Coppinger 0 on, 1 out); McLemore (2,9th inning off Coppinger 0 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (10,9th inning off Coppinger 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Surhoff (7,1st inning off Burkett 1 on, 2 out); C Johnson (10,3rd inning off Burkett 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Surhoff (1,off Morgan); Amaral (2,off Morgan).  HBP–Anderson 2 (8,by Morgan 2).  HBP–Morgan 2 (4,Anderson 2).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:49.  A–40,516.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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