Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
May 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2003 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, Texas Rangers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lawton lf 5 1 2 2
Vizquel ss 5 2 4 0
Bradley cf 4 0 2 1
Burks dh 3 1 0 0
  Selby ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Spencer rf 5 1 1 1
Hafner 1b 1 2 1 1
  McDonald 3b 3 0 1 0
Laker c 5 0 1 2
Blake 3b,1b 3 1 2 1
Phillips 2b 4 1 2 1
Westbrook p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
  Elder p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 16 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Everett lf 2 1 0 0
  Teixeira ph 0 1 0 0
Blalock 3b 5 1 3 1
Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0
  Sadler ss 1 1 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 2 0 2 3
Gonzalez rf 5 0 0 0
Lamb dh 4 0 0 0
Christenson cf 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
  Laird c 1 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 1 2 0
Thomson p 0 0 0 0
  Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Cleveland 124 001 0109160
Texas 100 010 0035111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Westbrook  W (2-2) 6.2 7 2 2 1 2
  Sadler   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Elder   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Riske   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mulholland   1.0 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
5
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (2-4) 2.1 8 7 7 0 1
  Dickey   3.2 6 1 1 1 5
  Yan   3.0 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
2
10

  E–Blalock (6).  DP–Cleveland 3, Texas 2.  2B–Cleveland Vizquel (8,off Thomson); Blake (7,off Thomson); B Phillips 2 (6,off Thomson,off Yan); Laker (2,off Dickey); McDonald (2,off Dickey); Lawton (5,off Yan), Texas Palmeiro (6,off Mulholland).  HR–Cleveland Lawton (5,6th inning off Dickey 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hafner (4,by Thomson); Everett (4,by Westbrook).  SF–Palmeiro (1,off Westbrook).  SB–Bradley (2,2nd base off Dickey/Diaz).  CS–Vizquel (2,2nd base by Dickey/Diaz).  WP–Westbrook (1).  HBP–Westbrook (5,Everett); Thomson (2,Hafner).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–3:09.  A–25,106.
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