Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1976 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 0

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Clines lf 5 0 2 0
Randle 2b 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 0 0 0
Burroughs dh 2 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 4 1 1 1
Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North rf 2 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
Williams dh 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
McMullen 1b 4 0 1 0
Washington cf 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 0 0
Haney c 2 0 0 0
  Lintz pr 0 0 0 0
  Hosley c 1 0 0 0
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 1 0
Texas 000 000 000 1160
Oakland 000 000 000 0010
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (5-8) 10.0 1 0 0 4 8
Totals
10.0
1
0
0
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L (3-4) 10.0 6 1 1 3 4
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
3
4

  E–None.  PB–Sundberg (4).  HR–Texas Grieve (9,10th inning off P Mitchell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Burroughs (1,off P Mitchell).  CS–Randle (4,2nd base by P Mitchell/Haney); Beniquez (3,2nd base by P Mitchell/Haney).  SB–Bando (6,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:35.  A–21,800.
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