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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

1987-09-16 · Night game · Arlington Stadium · Att: 10953 · 2:25

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 4–1. Texas Rangers put up 2 in the 4th. Charlie Hough earned the win. Darrell Porter went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
TEX	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		4	5

W: Charlie Hough L: Dave Stewart SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim Welke · 1B: Larry Young · 2B: Joe Brinkman · 3B: Mike Reilly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dwayne Murphy	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Davis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carney Lansford	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Willard	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	1	1	0	0	2	1
Mickey Tettleton	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	2	0	1	0	1	0
Alfredo Griffin	3	0	0	1	0	0
Reggie Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Browne	4	1	1	0	0	0
Scott Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete O'Brien	3	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Parrish	2	2	2	1	1	0
Darrell Porter	3	1	1	2	1	0
Geno Petralli	3	0	0	0	1	0
Oddibe McDowell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Brower	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cecil Espy	3	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Buechele	1	0	1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Stewart	8.0	5	4	3

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Hough	9.0	3	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dwayne Murphy: K
Mike Davis: 8
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 1

Jerry Browne: E4/G.B-1
Scott Fletcher: CS2(26)
Scott Fletcher: 3/FL
Pete O'Brien: 7

Top 2

Carney Lansford: 4/P
Jerry Willard: 3/G
Jose Canseco: W
Mickey Tettleton: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Larry Parrish: S8/G4M
Darrell Porter: 4/P
Geno Petralli: 8
Oddibe McDowell: PB.1-2
Oddibe McDowell: 31

Top 3

Mickey Tettleton: 43
Mike Gallego: W
Alfredo Griffin: 5/P
Dwayne Murphy: K

Bot 3

Bob Brower: K
Cecil Espy: 31
Jerry Browne: 163

Top 4

Mike Davis: K+PB.B-1
Mark McGwire: SB2
Mark McGwire: 43.2-3
Carney Lansford: 9(B)92(3)/DP

Bot 4

Scott Fletcher: 6/P
Pete O'Brien: 43
Larry Parrish: W
Darrell Porter: HR/9.1-H
Geno Petralli: W
Oddibe McDowell: K

Top 5

Jerry Willard: S9/G34
Jose Canseco: W.1-2
Mickey Tettleton: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Mike Gallego: S3/G13.2-3;1-2
Alfredo Griffin: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Dwayne Murphy: K

Bot 5

Bob Brower: 8
Cecil Espy: K
Jerry Browne: 63

Top 6

Mike Davis: 9
Mark McGwire: K
Carney Lansford: 8

Bot 6

Scott Fletcher: 4/L
Pete O'Brien: 63
Larry Parrish: HR/7
Darrell Porter: W
Geno Petralli: 8

Top 7

Reggie Jackson: 31
Jose Canseco: K
Mickey Tettleton: 63

Bot 7

Oddibe McDowell: 8
Bob Brower: 63
Cecil Espy: 6/L

Top 8

Mike Gallego: 63/G56D
Alfredo Griffin: 3/BG
Dwayne Murphy: 43

Bot 8

Jerry Browne: S4/G1
Scott Fletcher: 8
Pete O'Brien: W.1-2
Steve Buechele: S9/L9S.2-H;1-2
Darrell Porter: 7
Geno Petralli: 31

Top 9

Mike Davis: S8/G4M
Mark McGwire: 54(1)3/GDP
Carney Lansford: 7

Notes & reviews

Gene Petralli set single season MLB record with 34 passed balls
Athletics coach Bob Watson ejected by HP umpire Tim Welke when Alfredo Griffin was called out for running out of the baseline to avoid a tag

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