Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
July 4, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2000 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 7, Texas Rangers 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Long cf 6 1 2 1
Velarde 2b 5 2 3 1
Giambi J. 1b 4 0 1 1
Grieve lf 3 2 2 2
  Christenson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Saenz dh 5 0 0 0
Stairs rf 5 1 2 1
Tejada ss 4 0 1 1
Chavez 3b 3 1 0 0
Hernandez c 1 0 0 0
  Giambi J. ph 1 0 0 0
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 2b 4 1 0 0
Greer lf 4 2 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 2 2 3
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 2
Segui dh 4 0 1 0
  Green pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Martinez rf 4 1 2 1
Lamb 3b 3 1 2 1
Kapler cf 5 0 1 1
Sheldon ss 3 2 2 1
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 13 9
Oakland 200 212 0007114
Texas 005 112 01x10131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia   3.2 9 6 2 2 1
  Service  L (1-1) 1.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Magnante   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mathews   2.1 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
10
6
7
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   4.1 6 5 5 4 4
  Cordero   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Davis  W (2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Crabtree   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Venafro   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
10

  E–Velarde (6), Stairs 2 (3), Tejada (14), Kapler (5).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Long 2 (15,off Loaiza,off Cordero); Stairs (12,off Loaiza); Tejada (16,off Wetteland), Texas Sheldon (1,off Heredia); Kapler (12,off Service).  HR–Oakland Grieve (16,1st inning off Loaiza 1 on, 2 out); Stairs (14,4th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out), Texas Sheldon (1,3rd inning off Heredia 0 on, 0 out); Palmeiro (22,6th inning off Service 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Jason Giambi (6,off Davis); Rodriguez (4,off Heredia).  HBP–Hernandez (2,by Loaiza); Lamb (2,by Magnante); Catalanotto (4,by Mathews).  IBB–Lamb (2,by Mathews).  SB–Green (4,2nd base off Mathews/Hernandez).  CS–Kapler (2,3rd base by Service/Hernandez).  WP–Heredia (2).  HBP–Magnante (2,Lamb); Mathews (2,Catalanotto); Loaiza (3,Hernandez).  IBB–Mathews (4,Lamb).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Scott Higgins.  T–3:50.  A–49,187.
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