Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1988 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."

"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 9, Oakland Athletics 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 0 1 1
Browne 2b 3 1 0 0
Espy lf,rf 5 1 1 1
Sierra rf 4 1 1 2
  Brower lf 0 0 0 0
Petralli 1b 2 1 0 1
  Stanley 1b 2 0 1 0
Reimer dh 5 1 2 0
Kreuter c 5 2 2 3
Buechele 3b 4 1 2 0
  Kunkel 3b 1 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 4 1 2 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 2 0 0 0
  Javier cf 1 0 0 0
Canseco rf 2 0 0 0
  Jose rf 1 1 1 0
Parker dh 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 0 0
  Jennings 1b 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips 3b,ss 2 0 1 0
Steinbach c,3b 4 0 1 1
Weiss ss 2 0 1 0
  Sinatro c 1 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
  Blankenship 2b 1 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Otto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Texas 000 090 0009120
Oakland 000 000 001163
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (1-0) 9.0 6 1 1 4 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (18-12) 4.1 8 9 8 3 6
  Honeycutt   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Otto   4.0 3 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
4
10

  E–Henderson (6), Stewart 2 (5).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Texas McDowell (15,off Stewart), Oakland Jose (1,off Brown).  HR–Texas Kreuter (1,5th inning off Stewart 2 on, 1 out).  SF–McDowell (4,off Stewart); Petralli (4,off Stewart).  SB–Sierra (15,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  CS–Weiss (4,2nd base by Brown/Kreuter).  WP–Stewart (14).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:46.  A–14,519.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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