Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Mench lf,rf 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez A. ss 4 1 2 2
Gonzalez dh 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 2 1
Rodriguez I. c 3 0 0 0
Perry 3b 4 0 0 0
Kapler rf,cf 3 1 1 0
  Everett ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Rivera cf 2 1 1 1
  Catalanotto ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Burba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 5 1 2 1
Hatteberg 1b 3 1 1 0
  Byrnes lf 0 0 0 0
  Justice ph 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 1 2 1
Chavez 3b 3 1 1 1
Dye rf 3 0 1 1
Mabry lf,1b 4 1 1 1
Saenz dh 4 0 0 1
Long cf 4 1 3 0
Myers c 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez c 0 0 0 0
Lilly p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Texas 003 010 001581
Oakland 102 002 0016120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Bell   5.1 9 5 5 3 3
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Alvarez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Burba  L (4-5) 1.0 0 1 1 3 0
Totals
8.2
12
6
6
6
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly   5.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Bradford   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Koch  W (6-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
5

  E–Rivera (1).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Texas Kapler (12,off Lilly); Gonzalez (19,off Lilly), Oakland Long 2 (23,off Bell,off Alvarez).  HR–Texas A Rodriguez (32,3rd inning off Lilly 1 on, 2 out); Rivera (1,5th inning off Lilly 0 on, 0 out); Palmeiro (25,9th inning off Koch 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Mabry (6,6th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dye (3,off Bell).  HBP–Saenz (5,by Burba).  IBB–Mabry (1,by Burba).  WP–Bell (6), Burba (9).  HBP–Burba (6,Saenz).  IBB–Burba (3,Mabry).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:00.  A–31,129.
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