San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers
June 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The San Francisco Giants 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

San Francisco Giants 4, Texas Rangers 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 0 1 0
Vizcaino ss 4 1 1 0
Kent 2b 4 1 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 1 0
Lewis 3b 4 0 1 1
  Mueller 3b 0 0 0 0
Hill dh 3 0 0 1
Javier rf 4 1 3 2
Snow 1b 3 0 1 0
Jensen c 4 0 0 0
Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Newson rf 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 0 3 0
Gonzalez dh 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 4 1 1 1
Buford cf 3 1 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
Ripken ss 3 0 2 2
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
San Francisco 001 000 300491
Texas 010 002 000380
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  W (7-2) 8.0 8 3 2 1 4
  Beck  SV (20) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  L (3-8) 7.2 8 4 4 1 2
  Hernandez   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
3

  E–Kent (6).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–San Francisco Javier (7,off Oliver); Bonds (5,off Oliver), Texas Greer (18,off Gardner).  3B–Texas McLemore (1,off Gardner).  HR–San Francisco Javier (1,3rd inning off Oliver 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hill (6,off Oliver).  HBP–Bonds (4,by Oliver).  IBB–Snow (5,by Oliver); W Clark (6,by Gardner).  CS–Snow (1,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez).  SB–Buford (13,2nd base off Gardner/Jensen); Greer (4,2nd base off Gardner/Jensen).  HBP–Oliver (4,Bonds).  IBB–Gardner (3,W Clark); Oliver (2,Snow).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:23.  A–46,507.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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