Athletics @ Rangers
September 5, 1988

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 11 15 1
Rangers 4 9 1
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Athletics 11 15 1
Rangers 4 9 1

Jeff Russell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .000
At Bats 0 0
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Gene Nelson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 6 3
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Arlington Stadium - September 5, 1988
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Gene Nelson
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Lance Blankenship
Tony Phillips
Mike Gallego
Felix Jose
Stan Javier
Doug Jennings
Jeff Russell
Jerry Browne
Bob Brower

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 11 15 1 8
Texas Rangers 4 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Storm Davis
Losing Pitcher Paul Kilgus
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mark McGwire
Attendance 10,934
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Jeff Russell pinch hits for Mike Jeffcoat. Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Browne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garbey scores. Brower moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Brower hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego misplays the ball. That's an error on Gallego. Garbey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Garbey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Lance Blankenship now playing second base. Mike Gallego now playing shortstop. Felix Jose now playing left field. Gene Nelson now pitching. Kunkel hits a fly ball into left field. Jose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Phillips strikes out.
Top 9 Lance Blankenship pinch hits for Walt Weiss. Blankenship strikes out.
Top 9 Mike Jeffcoat now pitching. Geno Petralli now playing third base. Barbaro Garbey now playing right field. Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Espy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Browne trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 8 Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rick Honeycutt now pitching. O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Davis covering, for the out. Brower moves to third. Browne moves to second.
Bottom 8 Browne hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire fields the ball and throws to Davis covering. Safe. Brower moves to second.
Bottom 8 Brower hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Baylor hits a popup towards third. Garbey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Garbey hits a line drive towards short. Weiss reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kunkel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tony Phillips now playing third base. Luis Polonia now playing left field. Doug Jennings now playing right field. Stan Javier now playing center fEspy strikes out.
Top 7 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Canseco hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Luis Polonia pinch hits for Dave Henderson. Polonia strikes out.
Top 7 Mike Stanley now catching. Barbaro Garbey now playing third base. Jeff Kunkel now playing shortstop. Tony Phillips pinch hits for Carney Lansford.Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 6 Petralli hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Brien hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sierra hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Browne scores.
Bottom 6 Browne hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Browne reaches second base with a double. Sundberg scores. Brower goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Brower takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Sundberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Mike Stanley pinch hits for Curt Wilkerson. Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Weiss hits a popup, foul, towards short. Wilkerson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gallego takes first base on ball four. Javier moves to second.
Top 6 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Baylor hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bob Brower now playing center field. Jerry Browne now playing second base. Curt Wilkerson now playing shortstop. Scott May now pitching. Steinbach hits a popup towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kunkel hits a fly ball into left field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Espy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Petralli hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McGwire hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilkerson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Weiss tags and scores.
Top 5 Henderson strikes out.
Top 5 Lansford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gallego scores. Weiss moves to third.
Top 5 Weiss hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gallego moves to third. Weiss moves to second.
Top 5 Jeff Kunkel now playing third base. Gallego hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 O'Brien strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sierra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dwayne Henry now pitching. Baylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McGwire scores. Steinbach moves to third.
Top 4 Steinbach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. McGwire moves to second.
Top 4 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second.
Top 4 Canseco hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lansford hits a line drive into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilkerson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kilgus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gallego strikes out.
Top 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to second for the out. Steinbach scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Baylor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Steinbach moves to third.
Top 3 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. McGwire scores. Steinbach moves to second.
Top 3 McGwire hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Espy. McGwire reaches second base with a double. Canseco scores.
Top 3 There goes Canseco. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Canseco steals second.
Top 3 Canseco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Henderson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Espy hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Espy for the out.
Bottom 2 Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Petralli for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lansford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilkerson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sierra strikes out. There goes Fletcher. The throw from Steinbach to Weiss, and Fletcher is out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 McDowell hits a line drive into left field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Baylor is hit by the pitch. Steinbach moves to second.
Top 1 Steinbach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 McGwire hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Canseco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McDowell. Canseco reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.