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Athletics 2 @ Rangers 1
Arlington Stadium
June 19, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics, played on June 19, 1978 at Arlington Stadium. The home team Rangers were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJune 19, 1978 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Texas Rangers
R: 1 H: 3 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 1
Hits: 3
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherSteve Renko  
Losing PitcherJon Matlack  
SaveElias Sosa  
Game Winning RBIJeff Newman 

Game Info

DateJune 19, 1978 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamTexas Rangers 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Renko  
Home Starting PitcherJon Matlack  
BallparkArlington Stadium 
CityArlington 
StateTX 
Attendance17,029 
Time of Game2 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Palermo
1B: Don Denkinger
2B: Dave Phillips
3B: Larry McCoy

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Wallis  Center Fielder 
Dell Alston  Left Fielder 
Mario Guerrero  Shortstop 
Taylor Duncan  Third Baseman 
Mitchell Page  DH 
Tony Armas  Right Fielder 
Dave Revering  First Baseman 
Jeff Newman  Catcher 
Rob Picciolo  Second Baseman 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mike Hargrove  First Baseman 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Bump Wills  Second Baseman 
Richie Zisk  Left Fielder 
Bobby Bonds  Right Fielder 
Pat Putnam  DH 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Bobby Thompson  Center Fielder 
Billy Hunter  Manager 

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Athletics 2 @ Rangers 1
Arlington Stadium
June 19, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/19/1978 -- Oakland at Texas (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Texas              AB  R  H RBI
Wallis J, cf          2  1  1  0   Hargrove M, 1b        3  0  1  1   
Dilone M, rf          2  0  0  0   Campaneris B, ss      4  0  0  0   
Alston D, lf          3  0  1  0   Wills B, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Gross W, 3b           0  0  0  0   Zisk R, lf            3  0  0  0   
Guerrero M, ss        4  0  1  0   Alomar S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Duncan T, 3b          4  0  1  1   Bonds B, rf           4  0  2  0   
Murphy D, lf          0  0  0  0   Putnam P, dh          4  0  0  0   
Page M, dh            4  0  0  0   Sundberg J, c         2  0  0  0   
Armas T, rf-cf        4  0  0  0   Harrah T, 3b          2  1  0  0   
Revering D, 1b        3  0  0  0   Thompson B, cf        2  0  0  0   
Newman J, c           3  1  2  1                                      
Picciolo R, 2b        3  0  0  0                                      
Edwards M, 2b         0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  2  6  2                        28  1  3  1

Oakland          100 000 010 --  2
Texas            000 010 000 --  1

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Renko S (W)*          7.0  2  1  1  4  3
Lacey B               1.1  0  0  0  1  0
Sosa E (S)            0.2  1  0  0  1  0

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Matlack J (L)         9.0  6  2  2  0  5
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Edwards M
DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Oakland 4, Texas 7
HR -- Newman J
SB -- Harrah T, Alston D
SH -- Alston D, Thompson B
T -- 2:18
A -- 17029

    

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