Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 13, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 2 0 0 0
Garbey lf 3 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Stanley dh 4 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  Espy ph 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  Petralli ph 1 0 1 0
  Browne pr 0 0 0 0
Kunkel 2b 3 0 1 0
  Reimer ph 1 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 1 0
  Javier lf 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 1 1 0
Canseco rf 2 1 1 2
Parker dh 3 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
  Hassey c 0 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 2
Texas 000 000 100160
Oakland 000 002 00x240
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (11-12) 6.0 3 2 2 4 7
  Henry   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
5
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (10-8) 7.2 4 1 1 3 6
  Cadaret   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Eckersley  SV (40) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 1.  HR–Texas Stanley (3,7th inning off Young 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Canseco (39,6th inning off Guzman 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Canseco (37,3rd base off Williams/Sundberg).  CS–Polonia (8,3rd base by Williams/Sundberg).  BK–Guzman (11), Henry (1).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:34.  A–16,255.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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