Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Perry 3b,lf 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez A. ss 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 1
Rodriguez I. c 3 0 1 0
Greene dh 2 0 0 0
  Lamb ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Mench rf 2 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hart lf 2 0 0 0
  Blalock ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Rivera cf 2 0 0 0
  Hafner ph 1 0 1 0
  Sadler pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham dh 4 0 1 0
Ellis 2b 3 1 2 1
Tejada ss 4 1 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 3 0 0 1
Justice lf 3 0 0 0
  Byrnes pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Velarde 1b 3 0 0 1
Long cf 4 1 2 0
Hernandez c 3 1 1 1
Lilly p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Texas 000 200 000253
Oakland 002 000 02x460
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   7.0 6 2 2 0 8
  Kolb  L (3-5) 0.2 0 2 0 2 1
  Alvarez   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
2
4
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly   5.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Bradford   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Mecir  W (6-3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Rincon  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
5

  E–Perry (14), A Rodriguez 2 (10).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Texas Perry (23,off Lilly); Hafner (4,off Mecir), Oakland Long (32,off Rogers); Hernandez (19,off Rogers).  SF–Dye (4,off Kolb).  IBB–Chavez (12,by Kolb).  IBB–Kolb (2,Chavez).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Alfonso Marquez, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:42.  A–25,281.
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