Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
April 20, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 2003 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 2 0
Everett rf 5 1 1 1
Rodriguez ss 2 0 1 0
Gonzalez dh 5 0 0 0
Mench lf 5 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 2 0 1 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 2 0
Christenson cf 4 0 1 1
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 2 1 1 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Durazo dh 4 0 1 1
Dye rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Long lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Singleton cf 2 0 1 0
  Gant ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Johnson c 2 0 1 0
  Hernandez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lilly p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Texas 000 100 100280
Oakland 100 000 000152
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis  W (3-0) 6.0 4 1 1 4 3
  Fultz   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordero   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Urbina  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly   5.2 7 1 0 1 4
  Bradford  L (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Rincon   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Foulke   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
4
8

  E–Tejada 2 (6).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Young (2,off Lilly), Oakland Long (4,off Urbina).  HR–Texas Everett (7,7th inning off Bradford 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Diaz (1,off Rincon).  HBP–Teixeira 2 (2,by Lilly,by Bradford); Christenson (2,by Rincon); Rodriguez (4,by Foulke).  SB–Young (2,2nd base off Lilly/Johnson); Rodriguez (2,2nd base off Foulke/Hernandez).  CS–Chavez (1,2nd base by Lewis/Diaz).  HBP–Lilly (1,Teixeira); Bradford (2,Teixeira); Rincon (1,Christenson); Foulke (1,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–3:10.  A–17,613.
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