Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
April 2, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 2002 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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Texas Rangers 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 2b,1b 5 0 0 0
Everett cf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez A. ss 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 0
  Young pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez I. c 4 1 3 1
Greer dh 2 0 0 0
  Perry ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 3 0 0 0
Kapler lf 3 0 2 1
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Irabu p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Giambi lf 0 1 0 0
  Colangelo ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Menechino 2b 2 1 1 0
Hatteberg dh 3 0 0 0
Justice rf 2 0 1 2
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Long cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 1 2 1
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Texas 000 000 101260
Oakland 200 000 001350
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   5.0 3 2 2 5 4
  Irabu   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Miceli  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
8
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson   6.1 4 1 1 1 6
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mecir   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Koch  W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Palmeiro (1,off Hudson).  3B–Oakland Justice (1,off Rogers).  HR–Oakland Pena (1,9th inning off Miceli 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Giambi (1,by Rogers).  WP–Rogers (1), Mecir (1).  HBP–Rogers (1,Giambi).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:15.  A–10,267.
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