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Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 8, 1989
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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 July 8, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 8, 1989 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 8, 1989 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kevin Brown |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Stewart |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 38,220 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 25 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Evans 1B: Dale Scott 2B: Jim Joyce 3B: Tim Welke |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cecil Espy | Center Fielder |
Sammy Sosa | Left Fielder |
Rafael Palmeiro | First Baseman |
Ruben Sierra | Right Fielder |
Julio Franco | Second Baseman |
Jack Daugherty | DH |
Steve Buechele | Third Baseman |
Jeff Kunkel | Shortstop |
Chad Kreuter | Catcher |
Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
Dave Parker | DH |
Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
Dave Henderson | Center Fielder |
Tony Phillips | Second Baseman |
Stan Javier | Right Fielder |
Mike Gallego | Shortstop |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 8, 1989
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Stewart
Espy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Stewart
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Palmeiro vs. Stewart
There goes Espy. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Espy steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Palmeiro vs. Stewart
Palmeiro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Sierra vs. Stewart
Sierra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Espy moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Franco vs. Stewart
Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stewart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Brown
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Brown
Lansford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Brown
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Daugherty vs. Stewart
Daugherty hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Buechele vs. Stewart
Buechele hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Kunkel vs. Stewart
Kunkel strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kreuter vs. Stewart
Kreuter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Brown
McGwire hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Brown
Steinbach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Brown
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Brown
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Stewart
Espy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stewart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Stewart
Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Stewart
Palmeiro hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson 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: ---
Javier vs. Brown
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gallego vs. Brown
Gallego strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Brown
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Espy throws the ball in to Kunkel who tags Henderson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Stewart
Sierra hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Stewart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sierra for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Franco vs. Stewart
Franco hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Daugherty vs. Stewart
Daugherty strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Brown
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Brown
Parker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Brown
McGwire hits a line drive into left field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Brown
Steinbach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Parker moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Brown
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Buechele vs. Stewart
Buechele hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kunkel vs. Stewart
Kunkel hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kreuter vs. Stewart
Kreuter hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Stewart
Espy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Brown
Phillips takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Brown
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gallego vs. Brown
Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Brown
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Phillips scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Lansford vs. Brown
Lansford strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Stewart
Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Stewart
Palmeiro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Stewart
Sierra hits a popup towards short. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Brown
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Brown
McGwire hits a line drive into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Brown
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Franco vs. Stewart
Franco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daugherty vs. Stewart
Daugherty hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Franco moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Buechele vs. Stewart
Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Franco scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kunkel vs. Stewart
Kunkel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kreuter vs. Stewart
Kreuter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kunkel moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Espy vs. Stewart
Espy hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Brown
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Brown
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Brown
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Stewart
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Stewart
Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Stewart
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Blankenship vs. Hall
Ron Hassey pinch hits for Mike Gallego. Drew Hall now pitching. Lance Blankenship pinch hits for Ron Hassey.
Blankenship takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Russell
Jeff Russell now pitching.
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Russell
Lansford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Russell
There goes Lansford. The throw from Kreuter and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Parker vs. Russell
Parker is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
McGwire vs. Russell
McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Steinbach vs. Russell
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields it and throws to second for the out. Lansford scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Russell
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Franco vs. Burns
Lance Blankenship now playing second base. Tony Phillips now playing shortstop. Todd Burns now pitching.
Franco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Daugherty vs. Burns
Daugherty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buechele vs. Burns
Buechele hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Buechele reaches second base with a double. Daugherty moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Bosley vs. Burns
Thad Bosley pinch hits for Jeff Kunkel.
Bosley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Daugherty scores. Buechele scores. Bosley moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Young
Rick Leach pinch hits for Chad Kreuter. Matt Young now pitching. Glenn Hubbard now playing second base. Lance Blankenship now playing right field.
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Espy vs. Young
Espy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Russell
Jim Sundberg now catching. Mike Stanley now playing third base. Steve Buechele now playing shortstop.
Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. Russell
Hubbard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Blankenship vs. Russell
Blankenship strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Russell
There goes Hubbard. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Hubbard steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Russell
Henderson strikes out. View Play
Top 10
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Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Young
Sosa hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Young
Palmeiro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Young
Sierra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Palmeiro moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Franco vs. Nelson
Gene Nelson now pitching.
Franco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Palmeiro scores. Sierra moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Daugherty vs. Nelson
Daugherty hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Buechele vs. Nelson
Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Russell
Lansford hits a line drive into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Russell
Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Russell
McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/8/1989 -- Texas at Oakland (D) Texas AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Espy C, cf 5 0 1 0 Henderson R, lf 5 1 3 3 Sosa S, lf 5 0 0 0 Lansford C, 3b 4 1 1 0 Palmeiro R, 1b 4 1 2 0 Parker D, dh 3 0 1 0 Sierra R, rf 5 0 1 0 McGwire M, 1b 5 0 0 0 Franco J, 2b 5 1 2 1 Steinbach T, c 4 0 2 1 Daugherty J, dh 5 1 2 0 Henderson D, cf 4 0 0 0 Buechele S, 3b-ss 5 2 3 1 Phillips T, 2b-ss 3 1 0 0 Kunkel J, ss 3 0 1 0 Javier S, rf 3 0 0 0 Bosley T, ph 1 0 1 2 Hubbard G, 2b 0 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 0 0 0 0 Gallego M, ss 2 0 0 0 Kreuter C, c 3 0 1 0 Hassey R, ph 0 0 0 0 Leach R, ph 0 0 0 0 Blankenshi, ph-2b-rf 1 1 0 0 Stanley M, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 42 5 14 4 34 4 7 4 Texas 000 010 102 1 -- 5 Oakland 000 010 030 0 -- 4 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Brown K 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 Hall D* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 Russell J (W) 3.0 3 2 1 2 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Stewart D 8.0 8 2 2 1 5 Burns T 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 Young M (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 Nelson G 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- Kreuter C DP -- Texas 2, Oakland 2 LOB -- Texas 8, Oakland 6 2B -- Henderson R, Buechele S HR -- Buechele S, Henderson R SB -- Espy C, Lansford C, Hubbard G T -- 3:25 A -- 38220
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