Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 3, Oakland Athletics 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Lamb 1b 4 1 0 0
Rodriguez A. ss 4 0 2 0
Palmeiro dh 3 0 1 1
Greene c 4 0 0 0
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 0 0
Mench rf 4 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 3 1 0 0
Rivera cf 1 1 1 2
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadler cf 0 0 0 0
Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 3b 3 2 1 1
Hatteberg 1b 3 0 2 0
  Piatt ph 1 0 0 1
  Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0
  Menechino ph 0 0 0 0
  Myers ph 1 0 1 1
  Flores pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Tejada ss 5 0 2 1
Chavez dh 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 3 0 1 1
Justice lf 4 1 0 0
  Byrnes lf 0 0 0 0
Velarde 2b,1b 3 1 0 0
Long cf 4 1 2 0
Hernandez c 1 0 0 0
Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
Texas 000 030 000351
Oakland 100 002 03x692
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis   5.1 6 3 3 6 5
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Seanez   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Nitkowski  L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Powell   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Alvarez   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Kolb   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
9
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle   6.1 5 3 3 4 4
  Mecir   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Tam  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Koch  SV (42) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
7

  E–Greene (3), Ellis (11), Velarde (4).  2B–Texas Palmeiro (34,off Lidle), Oakland Ellis (16,off Lewis); Hatteberg (21,off Lewis).  HR–Texas Rivera (4,5th inning off Lidle 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Rivera (5,by Lidle).  SH–Hernandez (3,off Nitkowski).  SB–Dye (2,2nd base off Seanez/Greene); Flores (1,3rd base off Alvarez/Greene).  WP–Kolb (6).  BK–Lewis (1), Lidle (1).  HBP–Lidle (6,Rivera).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:20.  A–24,862.
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