Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
May 22, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 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 8, Texas Rangers 10

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 2 1 2 2
Baldelli cf 4 0 0 0
Huff rf 5 1 2 2
Lee 1b 4 1 2 0
Grieve dh 4 1 0 0
Lugo ss 4 1 0 0
Anderson 2b 5 1 2 3
Valentin c 5 2 2 0
Sandberg 3b 4 0 1 1
McClung p 0 0 0 0
  Bierbrodt p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Everett lf,rf 3 1 1 0
Blalock 3b 5 1 1 3
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 0
  Sadler pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Gonzalez dh 4 1 3 0
Teixeira rf,1b 3 2 1 2
Christenson cf 3 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 1 2 3
Young 2b 4 1 2 0
Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 13 9
Tampa Bay 110 150 0008110
Texas 010 700 20x10130
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
McClung   3.1 6 7 7 4 0
  Bierbrodt   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Harper  L (0-3) 3.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Levine   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
4
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis   4.0 7 7 7 4 2
  Shouse   1.2 2 1 1 1 4
  Van Poppel  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Fultz   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Urbina  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
6
9

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 3, Texas 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Valentin 2 (4,off Lewis 2); Sandberg (4,off Lewis); Anderson 2 (9,off Shouse,off Van Poppel); Crawford (7,off Shouse), Texas Gonzalez (11,off McClung).  HR–Tampa Bay Huff (13,5th inning off Lewis 0 on, 0 out), Texas Diaz (1,4th inning off McClung 1 on, 1 out); Blalock (9,4th inning off Bierbrodt 2 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (13,7th inning off Harper 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Lugo (1,by Lewis).  IBB–Baldelli (1,by Shouse).  SH–Christenson (2,off Harper).  SB–Crawford (12,2nd base off Lewis/Diaz).  WP–McClung (2).  HBP–Lewis (2,Lugo).  IBB–Shouse (2,Baldelli).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:53.  A–20,353.
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