Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
April 3, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 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 6, Oakland Athletics 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Greer lf 5 1 3 1
Kapler cf 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez A. ss 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 2 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 1 1 3
Rodriguez I. c 4 0 2 1
Everett dh 4 0 0 0
Perry 3b 4 1 2 0
Young 2b 2 1 1 0
  Catalanotto ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Woodard p 0 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Giambi lf 2 2 0 0
  Colangelo lf 0 0 0 0
Menechino 2b 4 1 0 0
Hatteberg dh 4 1 1 1
Justice rf 4 2 1 2
Chavez 3b 2 1 1 2
  Saenz 3b 1 0 1 1
Tejada ss 4 0 2 3
Long cf 5 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
  Velarde pr 0 1 0 0
  Myers c 0 0 0 0
Pena 1b 3 1 1 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Holtz p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 7 9
Texas 000 100 5006121
Oakland 300 010 23x971
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burba   5.0 4 4 4 4 6
  Woodard   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Seanez   0.2 1 2 2 3 0
  Rodriguez  L (0-1) 0.1 0 3 3 3 1
  Miceli   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
9
9
10
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito   6.0 5 1 1 3 6
  Tam   0.0 2 2 1 0 0
  Magnante   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Bradford   0.2 0 1 0 0 1
  Holtz   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Mecir  W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Koch  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
3
3
10

  E–A Rodriguez (1), Chavez (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–I Rodriguez (1).  2B–Texas Gonzalez (1,off Zito); I Rodriguez (1,off Zito).  3B–Oakland Chavez (1,off Burba).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (1,7th inning off Holtz 2 on, 2 out), Oakland Justice (2,5th inning off Burba 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Tejada (1,by Burba).  HBP–Burba (1,Tejada).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:59.  A–23,259.
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