Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 21, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 2 1
Kapler rf,cf 6 1 1 2
Rodriguez A. ss 5 1 3 1
Gonzalez dh 6 1 1 2
Mench lf,rf 5 0 0 0
Perry 3b 5 1 1 0
Haselman c 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Lamb 1b 2 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
  Catalanotto 1b,lf 2 1 1 0
Rivera cf 3 0 0 0
  Rodriguez I. c 2 1 1 1
Park p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 6 1 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 6 1 2 1
Tejada ss 6 0 2 1
Justice dh 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 6 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 6 1 2 0
Mabry lf 3 0 0 0
  Saenz ph 1 0 1 0
  Byrnes pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Myers ph 0 0 0 0
  Piatt pr,lf 1 0 1 1
Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
Long cf 4 0 2 0
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 11 3
Texas 200 000 000 0057100
Oakland 200 000 000 0013110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Park   8.0 5 2 2 4 5
  Alvarez   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Kolb   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Powell  W (2-1) 2.0 3 0 0 3 2
  Van Poppel   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
12.0
11
3
3
8
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder   9.0 3 2 2 2 5
  Koch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir  L (3-2) 1.2 6 5 5 1 1
  Venafro   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
10
7
7
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Perry (12,off Mecir), Oakland Hatteberg (10,off Park); Chavez 2 (21,off Park,off Van Poppel); Tejada (21,off Powell).  3B–Texas A Rodriguez (2,off Venafro), Oakland Hatteberg (4,off Park).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (8,1st inning off Mulder 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Young (1,off Mecir).  IBB–Palmeiro (9,by Mecir); Justice 2 (2,by Powell 2); Myers (1,by Powell).  SH–Hernandez (2,off Alvarez).  HBP–Ellis (2,by Park).  SB–Byrnes (3,3rd base off Alvarez/Haselman).  WP–Park (5), Van Poppel (3).  HBP–Park (10,Ellis).  IBB–Powell 3 (4,Justice 2,Myers); Mecir (4,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:51.  A–27,567.
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