Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 27, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 2002 at The Ballpark in Arlington. 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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Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 5 1 2 1
Ellis ss 3 1 2 0
  Tejada ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 5 0 2 0
Justice dh 5 0 1 1
Myers c 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez c 0 0 0 0
Menechino 3b 4 0 0 1
Mabry rf 2 0 0 0
Long cf 4 0 0 0
Grabowski lf 3 1 1 0
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Perry 3b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez A. ss 3 1 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 2 1
  Blalock pr 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez I. c 4 0 1 1
Greene dh 3 0 0 0
Mench rf 3 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 0 0 0 0
Hart lf 3 0 2 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
  Rogers pr 0 0 0 0
Rivera cf 1 0 0 0
  Hafner ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadler cf 1 0 0 0
Park p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Oakland 200 000 100381
Texas 000 000 002270
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (19-7) 7.0 3 0 0 1 5
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Koch  SV (44) 1.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Park  L (9-8) 8.0 7 3 3 3 6
  Kolb   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
7

  E–Menechino (2).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Durham 2 (34,off Park 2); Grabowski (1,off Park), Texas Hart (2,off Mulder); Perry (24,off Koch).  HBP–Ellis (4,by Park).  SH–Greene (1,off Koch).  IBB–Lamb (5,by Koch).  WP–Koch (5).  HBP–Park (17,Ellis).  IBB–Koch (5,Lamb).  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:46.  A–31,521.
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