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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

1995-08-03 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 12961 · 70°F, sunny, dry · Wind 10 mph to CF · 2:33

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 5–3. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Ariel Prieto earned the win and Dennis Eckersley picked up the save. Mark McGwire went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ariel Prieto L: Kevin Gross SV: Dennis Eckersley

Umpires — HP: Terry Craft · 1B: Don Denkinger · 2B: John Shulock · 3B: Tim Tschida · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Frazier	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Frye	5	0	0	0	0	3
Will Clark	4	1	3	1	1	0
Mickey Tettleton	4	1	1	0	1	1
Ivan Rodriguez	5	0	1	0	0	1
Rusty Greer	1	0	0	0	3	0
Luis Ortiz	2	0	1	2	2	0
Mark McLemore	4	0	0	0	0	1
Benji Gil	3	0	0	0	0	1
Otis Nixon	0	1	0	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Javier	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Giambi	4	0	0	0	0	0
Geronimo Berroa	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mark McGwire	3	2	2	3	0	0
Mike Aldrete	3	1	1	1	0	0
George Williams	3	0	0	0	0	2
Terry Steinbach	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brent Gates	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bordick	2	1	0	0	1	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Gross	8.0	4	2	3

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ariel Prieto	6.2	5	6	8
Mike Mohler	1.1	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Frazier: K
Jeff Frye: K
Will Clark: W
Mickey Tettleton: K

Bot 1

Stan Javier: W
Jason Giambi: 6/P6D
Geronimo Berroa: 9/F9M
Mark McGwire: HR/F7D.1-H
Mike Aldrete: 43/G4

Top 2

Ivan Rodriguez: 8/F89D
Rusty Greer: W
Luis Ortiz: W.1-2
Mark McLemore: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 2

George Williams: K
Terry Steinbach: K
Brent Gates: 13/G34S

Top 3

Benji Gil: 6/P5D
Lou Frazier: 3/G3
Jeff Frye: K/C

Bot 3

Mike Bordick: W
Stan Javier: 23/SH/BG2R.1-2
Jason Giambi: 43/G4.2-3
Geronimo Berroa: S7/G5L.3-H
Mark McGwire: 3/P3F

Top 4

Will Clark: 43/G34
Mickey Tettleton: 43/G4M
Ivan Rodriguez: S8/L8LM
Rusty Greer: W.1-2
Luis Ortiz: W.2-3;1-2
Mark McLemore: 3/G3

Bot 4

Mike Aldrete: 3/G3
George Williams: K
Terry Steinbach: 43/G4

Top 5

Benji Gil: 8/F8LD
Lou Frazier: 13/G13
Jeff Frye: 8/F8RM

Bot 5

Brent Gates: 8/F89M
Mike Bordick: 6/P6MS
Stan Javier: 8/F8RXD

Top 6

Will Clark: S7/F7S
Mickey Tettleton: S9/G3L.1-3
Ivan Rodriguez: K
Rusty Greer: W.1-2
Luis Ortiz: S8/G4M.3-H;2-H;1-3
Mark McLemore: K
Benji Gil: K

Bot 6

Jason Giambi: 8/F89XD
Geronimo Berroa: 8/F8RM
Mark McGwire: HR/F78XD
Mike Aldrete: HR/F9D
George Williams: 7/F7M

Top 7

Lou Frazier: 8/F8LM
Jeff Frye: K23
Will Clark: D8/F8LXD
Mickey Tettleton: FC5/G56.2X3(5)

Bot 7

Terry Steinbach: 8/F8LXD
Brent Gates: 7/F7D
Mike Bordick: 63/G6M

Top 8

Ivan Rodriguez: 7/F7S
Rusty Greer: 43/G4
Luis Ortiz: E4/P34
Mark McLemore: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Stan Javier: 3/G3
Jason Giambi: 3/G3
Geronimo Berroa: 8/F8LM

Top 9

Otis Nixon: W
Lou Frazier: 7/F7M
Jeff Frye: 3/P34
Will Clark: DI.1-2
Will Clark: S8/G4M.2-H
Mickey Tettleton: W.1-2
Ivan Rodriguez: 3/G3