Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
April 23, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2003 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Texas Rangers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 3 1 2 0
Walker 2b 4 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez lf 3 0 1 0
Ortiz 1b 3 0 1 1
Millar rf 4 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 1 0
Giambi dh 3 0 0 0
Mirabelli c 2 0 0 0
  Varitek ph,c 1 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Shiell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Christenson cf 3 2 1 1
Blalock 3b 4 1 3 1
Rodriguez ss 3 1 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 2
Everett lf 3 1 2 0
Teixeira dh 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 2 0 1 2
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
Thomson p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 6
Boston 000 001 000160
Texas 100 003 11x6100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L (2-1) 5.1 7 4 4 3 5
  Mendoza   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Shiell   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
5
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  W (1-2) 7.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Cordero   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Shouse   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Boston 3, Texas 1.  2B–Boston Damon (8,off Thomson); Ramirez (6,off Thomson); Hillenbrand (8,off Thomson), Texas Blalock (2,off Wakefield).  3B–Texas Everett (1,off Shiell).  HR–Texas Christenson (1,1st inning off Wakefield 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ortiz (1,off Thomson).  HBP–Rodriguez (5,by Wakefield).  SB–Christenson (1,2nd base off Shiell/Varitek).  CS–Rodriguez (1,2nd base by Wakefield/Mirabelli); Everett (1,2nd base by Wakefield/Mirabelli).  WP–Shiell (1).  HBP–Wakefield (3,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:38.  A–20,042.
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