Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 29, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 2000 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 0 0 0 0
  Sheldon pr,2b 3 3 2 1
Clayton ss 5 0 3 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Curtis lf 4 0 0 3
Ledee rf 5 0 1 0
Sierra dh 5 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 1 1 0
Green cf 5 0 2 0
Knorr c 4 1 3 0
  Valdes ph 0 0 0 0
  Young pr 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Perisho p 0 0 0 0
  Sikorski p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Porter lf 3 0 0 0
  Stairs ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Velarde 2b 5 1 3 2
Giambi J. 1b 3 1 1 1
Saenz dh 5 0 2 1
Tejada ss 2 1 0 0
Long cf 4 0 0 0
Piatt rf 1 0 0 0
  Giambi J. ph,lf 1 0 1 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
  Christenson lf 0 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 1 0 1
Hernandez c 4 1 1 0
  Byrnes pr 0 1 0 0
  Fasano c 0 0 0 0
Olivares p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 5
Texas 100 101 0205122
Oakland 000 213 01x782
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   4.1 5 3 3 5 4
  Cordero  L (1-2) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Johnson   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Perisho   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sikorski   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Venafro   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Crabtree   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
7
5
7
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares   5.0 6 3 3 5 4
  Mecir  W (10-3) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Tam   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen  SV (32) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
6
7

  E–Sheldon (5), Lamb (33), Velarde (12), Tejada (21).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Hernandez (7).  2B–Texas Sheldon (11,off Tam), Oakland Hernandez (19,off Venafro).  HR–Oakland Jason Giambi (42,4th inning off Rogers 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Sheldon (2,off Olivares).  IBB–Stairs (4,by Johnson).  SB–Clayton (11,2nd base off Mecir/Hernandez).  CS–Green (6,2nd base by Mecir/Hernandez).  WP–Johnson (2).  IBB–Johnson (2,Stairs).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Ian Lamplugh, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:39.  A–30,522.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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