Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 22, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 1 1
Perry 3b 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez A. ss 5 1 1 1
Rodriguez I. c 4 1 3 1
Greene 1b 3 0 1 0
  Palmeiro ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Mench rf 2 1 1 1
  Hollandsworth ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Haselman dh 3 1 2 1
  Lamb ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hart lf 3 0 1 0
Rivera cf 4 0 0 0
Park p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 3 1 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 1 1 2
  Velarde ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 0 1 1
Chavez 3b 3 1 1 0
Dye rf 5 2 2 3
Justice dh 1 1 0 0
Long cf 4 0 2 0
Hernandez c 3 0 1 1
Grabowski lf 1 0 0 0
  Byrnes ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  McKay ph 0 0 0 0
  Piatt ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Texas 001 101 2005121
Oakland 013 020 01x790
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Park  L (9-7) 4.1 6 6 6 6 2
  Reyes   2.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Kolb   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Cordero   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
9
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (18-7) 6.0 8 3 3 2 5
  Bradford   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tam   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Koch  SV (43) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
8

  E–I Rodriguez (6).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Texas Hart (1,off Mulder); Haselman (7,off Mulder); Greene (5,off Mulder); A Rodriguez (26,off Bradford), Oakland Durham (30,off Park); Tejada (30,off Cordero).  HR–Oakland Hatteberg (14,3rd inning off Park 1 on, 0 out); Dye 2 (23,3rd inning off Park 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Park 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Mench (5,off Mulder).  SH–Durham (10,off R Rodriguez).  IBB–Chavez (13,by Cordero).  SB–Chavez (8,2nd base off Reyes/I Rodriguez).  IBB–Cordero (1,Chavez).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:20.  A–35,697.
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