Texas Rangers 8 – 4 Athletics
24 September 1997 · OAK01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Rusty Greer | 1 in 107 games |
| 24 | final score 8–4 | 1 in 81 games | |
| 12 | 4 RBI | Ben Grieve | 1 in 128 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Rangers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Box score
Texas Rangers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Goodwin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rusty Greer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Juan Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lee Stevens | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Domingo Cedeno | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fernando Tatis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Diaz | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Ripken | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Texas Rangers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Oliver | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Danny Patterson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason McDonald | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tilson Brito | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ben Grieve | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Brian Lesher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Magadan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jason Giambi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Lennon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Stairs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Spiezio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Batista | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzy Molina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Haynes | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Aaron Small | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Groom | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Mathews | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |