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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

1994-06-17 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 44936 · 88°F, night, dry · Wind 20 mph from RF · 2:59

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 4–2. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 7th. Todd Van Poppel earned the win and Dennis Eckersley picked up the save. Stan Javier went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Todd Van Poppel L: Hector Fajardo SV: Dennis Eckersley

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Tim McClelland · 3B: Dale Scott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Stan Javier	5	2	2	3	0	2
Brent Gates	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ruben Sierra	4	0	0	0	0	2
Geronimo Berroa	4	0	1	0	0	1
Terry Steinbach	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Bordick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Craig Paquette	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Fox	4	2	2	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Hulse	4	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Strange	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	3	0	0	0	1	1
Will Clark	2	0	1	0	2	0
Juan Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rusty Greer	2	0	1	0	2	1
Dean Palmer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ivan Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	2
Esteban Beltre	3	1	1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Van Poppel	7.0	2	5	5
John Briscoe	1.0	1	0	1
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	1	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hector Fajardo	6.1	6	2	5
Tom Henke	0.2	1	0	0
Matt Whiteside	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: 7/F7M
Stan Javier: K
Brent Gates: S8/L4D
Ruben Sierra: 8/F8RXD

Bot 1

David Hulse: K
Doug Strange: 3/G3
Jose Canseco: 7/F78XD

Top 2

Geronimo Berroa: D7/G5L
Terry Steinbach: 43/G4.2-3
Mike Bordick: FC6/G6.3XH(62);B-1
Craig Paquette: 13/G56S

Bot 2

Will Clark: W
Juan Gonzalez: 53/G5.1-2
Rusty Greer: K
Dean Palmer: K

Top 3

Eric Fox: S9/L9S
Rickey Henderson: W.1-2
Stan Javier: 7/F7LM
Brent Gates: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Ruben Sierra: K
Geronimo Berroa: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Ivan Rodriguez: S8/G6M
Esteban Beltre: D8/L78XD.1-H
David Hulse: 2/BP2L
Doug Strange: E3/G34.2-H(NR);B-1
Jose Canseco: WP.1-2
Jose Canseco: W
Will Clark: W.2-3;1-2
Juan Gonzalez: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 4

Terry Steinbach: 53/G5
Mike Bordick: K
Craig Paquette: 63/G6M

Bot 4

Rusty Greer: W
Dean Palmer: 6/P6D
Ivan Rodriguez: K
Esteban Beltre: 13/G13

Top 5

Eric Fox: 43/G4M
Rickey Henderson: 7/L78M
Stan Javier: HR/F8LXD
Brent Gates: 43/G34

Bot 5

David Hulse: 3/G3L
Doug Strange: 7/F7D
Jose Canseco: 53/G5

Top 6

Ruben Sierra: K
Geronimo Berroa: K
Terry Steinbach: W
Mike Bordick: 53/G5

Bot 6

Will Clark: 7/F7D
Juan Gonzalez: 8/F8LXD
Rusty Greer: W
Dean Palmer: 8/F8RM

Top 7

Craig Paquette: 63/G6
Eric Fox: D7/L7LD
Rickey Henderson: 63/G56
Stan Javier: HR/F8LXD.2-H
Brent Gates: 31/G34

Bot 7

Ivan Rodriguez: K
Esteban Beltre: 9/F9M
David Hulse: 4/L4

Top 8

Ruben Sierra: 31/G34
Geronimo Berroa: 63/G6
Terry Steinbach: S8/L78M
Mike Bordick: S6/G6S.1-2
Craig Paquette: 43/G4

Bot 8

Doug Strange: 43/G4
Jose Canseco: K
Will Clark: S8/G4M
Juan Gonzalez: WP.1-2
Juan Gonzalez: 63/G6

Top 9

Eric Fox: 43/G4
Rickey Henderson: 8/F8LD
Stan Javier: K

Bot 9

Rusty Greer: S8/G4M
Dean Palmer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Ivan Rodriguez: 43/G4