Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
April 18, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2003 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 0, Oakland Athletics 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Christenson cf 4 0 0 0
Mench lf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 2 0
Sierra dh 3 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Greene c 4 0 0 0
Teixeira 3b 3 0 1 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Thomson p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 5 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 2 2 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 1
Dye rf 3 0 0 0
  Piatt ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Durazo dh 4 2 2 3
Long lf 3 2 2 2
  Gant lf 1 0 1 0
Hernandez c 4 1 3 2
Byrnes cf 4 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 8
Texas 000 000 000063
Oakland 500 310 00x9120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (0-2) 3.2 8 8 3 0 3
  Yan   3.1 2 1 1 0 6
  Shouse   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
4
0
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (3-1) 9.0 6 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6

  E–Teixeira (2), Thomson (1), Yan (2).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Sierra (3,off Zito), Oakland Hatteberg 2 (6,off Thomson 2); Chavez (3,off Thomson); Durazo (5,off Thomson); Hernandez (3,off Thomson).  HR–Oakland Long (5,4th inning off Thomson 0 on, 0 out); Hernandez (2,4th inning off Thomson 0 on, 0 out); Durazo (4,5th inning off Yan 0 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–2:18.  A–15,285.
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