Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
May 21, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2003 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7, Texas Rangers 8

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 0 2 1
Lugo ss 3 1 0 1
Huff rf 5 1 1 0
Baldelli cf 5 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 3 0
Martin dh 3 0 0 0
  Easley ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Tyner ph,dh 2 0 1 2
Hall c 4 1 1 0
Anderson 2b 4 2 3 0
Sandberg 3b 4 1 3 3
  Shumpert pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Parque p 0 0 0 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 2 3 0
Teixeira 1b 5 2 2 4
Rodriguez ss 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 4 1 2 1
Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 0
Perry 3b 4 0 0 0
  Blalock 3b 0 0 0 0
Sierra lf 3 1 2 1
  Sadler pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Greene c 4 1 2 1
Christenson cf 3 1 1 1
Benes p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
Tampa Bay 001 400 2007140
Texas 005 200 10x8130
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Parque   2.1 7 5 5 0 1
  Backe   3.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Colome  L (1-2) 1.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Levine   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
1
9
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   5.1 10 5 5 0 2
  Shouse   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Dickey   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Fultz   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Cordero  W (2-4) 1.1 3 0 0 0 2
  Urbina  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Lee 2 (12,off Benes 2); Sandberg (3,off Benes), Texas Palmeiro (9,off Colome).  3B–Texas Greene (1,off Parque); Teixeira (2,off Parque).  HR–Texas Teixeira (3,4th inning off Backe 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Lugo (1,off Benes).  SH–Christenson (1,off Backe).  IBB–Sierra (1,by Backe).  SB–Shumpert (1,2nd base off Cordero/Greene).  IBB–Backe (1,Sierra).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:56.  A–18,160.
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