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Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 8, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, played on September 8, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Charlie Hough |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gene Nelson |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 12,287 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Derryl Cousins 1B: Ted Hendry 2B: Dale Ford 3B: Jim Evans |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Browne | Second Baseman |
| Scott Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Ruben Sierra | Right Fielder |
| Pete O'Brien | First Baseman |
| Larry Parrish | DH |
| Tom O'Malley | Third Baseman |
| Oddibe McDowell | Center Fielder |
| Geno Petralli | Catcher |
| Bob Brower | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Polonia | DH |
| Mike Davis | Right Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
| Jose Canseco | Left Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Tettleton | Catcher |
| Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 8, 1987
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Nelson
Browne hits a line drive towards third. Lansford reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Nelson
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Nelson
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Hough
Polonia strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hough
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Malley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Hough
The umpire calls a balk on Hough Davis moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Hough
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lansford vs. Hough
Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Canseco vs. Hough
The ball gets by Petralli for a passed ball. Davis moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Canseco vs. Hough
Canseco strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Nelson
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Nelson
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Malley vs. Nelson
O'Malley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDowell vs. Nelson
McDowell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Hough
McGwire hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Brower. McGwire reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bernazard vs. Hough
Bernazard bunts towards the mound. Hough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tettleton vs. Hough
Tettleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGwire moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Griffin vs. Hough
Griffin strikes out. Petralli drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Griffin out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petralli vs. Nelson
Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brower vs. Nelson
Brower hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Nelson
Browne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Nelson
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Hough
Polonia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Hough
Hough fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Hough. Polonia moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Hough
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out. Polonia moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Hough
Murphy takes first base on ball four. Polonia scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Hough
The ball gets by Petralli for a passed ball. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lansford vs. Hough
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Malley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Canseco vs. Hough
The ball gets by Petralli for a passed ball. Murphy moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Canseco vs. Hough
Canseco strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Nelson
Sierra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Nelson
There goes Sierra. The throw from Tettleton and he is safe. Sierra steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Nelson
O'Brien hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis. O'Brien reaches second base with a double. Sierra scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Parrish vs. Nelson
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Malley vs. Nelson
O'Malley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Brien moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McDowell vs. Nelson
McDowell takes first base on ball four. O'Malley moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Petralli vs. Nelson
There's a wild pitch. O'Brien scores. O'Malley moves to third. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Petralli vs. Nelson
Petralli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis who is chasing the ball. Petralli reaches third base with a triple. O'Malley scores. McDowell scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brower vs. Nelson
Brower hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Canseco. Brower reaches second base with a double. Petralli scores. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Browne vs. Honeycutt
Rick Honeycutt now pitching.
There goes Brower. The throw from Tettleton and he is out, Lansford applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Honeycutt
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Honeycutt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Hough
McGwire strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Hough
Bernazard hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Malley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Hough
Tettleton strikes out. Petralli drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tettleton out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Honeycutt
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Honeycutt
Sierra hits a line drive beyond second. Bernazard can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Honeycutt
O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Honeycutt
Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Hough
Griffin hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Hough
Polonia hits a line drive into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hough
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Malley vs. Honeycutt
O'Malley hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Honeycutt covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Honeycutt
McDowell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petralli vs. Honeycutt
Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brower vs. Honeycutt
Brower hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Brower reaches second base with a double. Petralli moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Browne vs. Honeycutt
Petralli is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hough
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Hough
Lansford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Lansford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Canseco vs. Hough
Canseco hits a line drive into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGwire vs. Hough
McGwire strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Honeycutt
Browne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Honeycutt
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Honeycutt
Sierra hits a fly ball into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Honeycutt
There goes Browne. The throw from Tettleton and he is safe. Browne steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Honeycutt
O'Brien takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Parrish vs. Rijo
Jose Rijo now pitching.
Parrish hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Malley vs. Rijo
O'Malley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Hough
Bernazard hits a line drive into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Hough
Tettleton hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Hough
Griffin strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Rijo
Stan Javier now playing center field. Terry Steinbach now playing third base. Mike Gallego now playing second base. Walt Weiss now playing shortst
McDowell hits a fly ball into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petralli vs. Rijo
Petralli strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brower vs. Rijo
Brower strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Hough
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hough
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Hough
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Hough
Steinbach hits a popup, foul, towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Otto
Dave Otto now pitching.
Browne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Otto
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Browne moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sierra vs. Otto
Sierra hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Paciorek vs. Otto
Tom Paciorek pinch hits for Pete O'Brien.
Paciorek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Javier. Paciorek reaches second base with a double. Browne scores. Fletcher goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Parrish vs. Otto
Parrish hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 12 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaught vs. Otto
Don Slaught pinch hits for Tom O'Malley.
Slaught hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 12 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Otto
McDowell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 12 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Hough
Curt Wilkerson now playing shortstop. Tom Paciorek now playing first base. Steve Buechele now playing third base.
Canseco hits a popup towards first. Paciorek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 12 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Hough
McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 12 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallego vs. Hough
Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards first. Paciorek scoops it up and throws to first, with Hough covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/1987 -- Texas at Oakland (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Browne J, 2b 3 2 1 0 Polonia L, dh 3 1 0 0
Fletcher S, ss 5 1 1 0 Davis M, rf 4 0 1 0
Wilkerson C, ss 0 0 0 0 Murphy D, cf 1 0 0 0
Sierra R, rf 5 1 2 0 Javier S, cf 0 0 0 0
O'Brien P, 1b 3 2 1 1 Lansford C, 3b 3 0 1 0
Paciorek T, ph-1b 1 1 1 2 Steinbach T, 3b 1 0 0 0
Parrish L, dh 5 2 2 5 Canseco J, lf 4 0 0 0
O'Malley T, 3b 4 1 2 0 McGwire M, 1b 4 0 1 0
Slaught D, ph 1 0 0 0 Bernazard T, 2b 3 0 0 0
Buechele S, 3b 0 0 0 0 Gallego M, 2b 1 0 0 0
McDowell O, cf 3 1 0 0 Tettleton M, c 3 0 0 0
Petralli G, c 4 1 1 2 Griffin A, ss 3 0 0 0
Brower B, lf 4 0 2 1 Weiss W, ss 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 12 13 11 30 1 3 0
Texas 000 500 304 -- 12
Oakland 001 000 000 -- 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Hough C (W) 9.0 3 1 0 4 9
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson G (L) 3.1 6 5 5 2 2
Honeycutt R 3.1 3 2 2 2 0
Rijo J 1.1 1 1 1 0 3
Otto D 1.0 3 4 4 1 1
E -- Hough C
LOB -- Texas 4, Oakland 6
2B -- McGwire M, O'Brien P, Brower B 2, Lansford C, Paciorek T
3B -- Petralli G
HR -- Parrish L 2
SB -- Sierra R, Browne J
CS -- Brower B, Petralli G
WP -- Nelson G
Balk -- Hough C
PB -- Petralli G 4
T -- 3:01
A -- 12287
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