Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
April 8, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2003 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 2, Texas Rangers 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 4 1 3 0
Hatteberg 1b 5 1 3 1
Tejada ss 5 0 1 1
Chavez 3b 2 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Durazo dh 3 0 2 0
Long lf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Singleton cf 3 0 1 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf 5 0 1 0
Blalock 3b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 3 0 0 0
Sierra lf 2 0 0 0
  Everett lf 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 4 1 1 1
  Clark pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 2 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
Thomson p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
Oakland 000 100 1002102
Texas 000 010 000150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (2-0) 7.0 4 1 1 4 7
  Rincon   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bradford   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Foulke  SV (3) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
10
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson   6.0 7 1 1 2 7
  Yan  L (0-1) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Fultz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordero   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
8

  E–Ellis (1), Tejada (2).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Diaz (1).  2B–Oakland Ellis (5,off Thomson); Tejada (2,off Thomson); Singleton (3,off Yan); Hatteberg (1,off Yan).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (2,5th inning off Zito 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ellis (2,off Cordero).  IBB–Durazo (1,by Thomson); Chavez (3,by Yan).  CS–Sierra (1,2nd base by Zito/Hernandez).  WP–Yan (3).  IBB–Thomson (1,Durazo); Yan (1,Chavez).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:17.  A–18,036.
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