Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 24, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1999 at The Ballpark in Arlington. 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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Oakland Athletics 4, Texas Rangers 12

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Becker cf 5 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 4 1 3 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 0 1
  Saenz 1b 0 0 0 0
Jaha dh 3 1 0 0
Stairs rf 3 1 2 1
  McDonald rf 0 0 0 0
Grieve lf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 2 1
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Kubinski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 5 2 3 2
Rodriguez c 5 2 4 2
Greer lf 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 5 3 4 5
Palmeiro dh 3 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 5 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 5 2 2 0
Clayton ss 3 2 3 3
Goodwin cf 3 1 1 0
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 18 12
Oakland 010 000 021482
Texas 000 046 11x12182
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  L (13-8) 5.1 10 6 6 2 3
  Groom   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  McMichael   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Harville   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Kubinski   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
18
12
12
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  W (18-8) 7.0 5 1 0 3 5
  Crabtree   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Zimmerman   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
6

  E–Stairs (5), Macfarlane (1), Rodriguez (7), Clayton (22).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Stairs (26,off Sele); Macfarlane (16,off Sele), Texas Zeile (40,off Heredia); McLemore (20,off Heredia); Clayton (19,off Heredia); Stevens (30,off Harville).  3B–Oakland Velarde (7,off Crabtree).  HR–Oakland Stairs (38,8th inning off Crabtree 0 on, 2 out); Macfarlane (4,9th inning off Zimmerman 0 on, 2 out), Texas Gonzalez 3 (37,5th inning off Heredia 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off McMichael 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Kubinski 0 on, 0 out); Clayton (12,6th inning off Heredia 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Goodwin (7,off Heredia).  CS–Velarde (8,3rd base by Sele/Rodriguez).  SB–Goodwin (37,2nd base off Groom/Macfarlane); McLemore (16,3rd base off Groom/Macfarlane).  WP–Groom (2).  BK–Heredia (1).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–3:01.  A–40,207.
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