Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 28, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 2003 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Everett cf 4 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez rf 3 2 1 0
Sierra lf 3 1 2 1
Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 1
Diaz c 2 0 1 1
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 1
Benes p 0 0 0 0
  Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 4 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Anderson 2b 4 0 1 0
Baldelli cf 4 1 1 0
Huff rf 1 0 0 0
  Tyner rf 3 0 0 0
  Shumpert ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Sandberg 3b 4 0 1 1
Lee 1b 3 2 1 0
Hall c 4 1 1 0
Grieve dh 3 2 3 4
Lugo ss 4 0 3 1
Crawford lf 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Texas 030 001 000440
Tampa Bay 010 311 00x6121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  L (0-3) 3.1 6 4 4 4 5
  Dickey   1.2 1 1 1 2 2
  Fultz   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Shouse   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
7
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  W (2-1) 5.0 2 4 4 4 4
  Harper   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Colome   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Carter  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
5
8

  E–Lugo (3).  DP–Texas 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Texas Sierra (8,off Gonzalez).  HR–Tampa Bay Grieve 2 (3,2nd inning off Benes 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Benes 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Young (2,off Gonzalez).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,by Gonzalez).  IBB–Sandberg (1,by Shouse).  SB–Baldelli (6,2nd base off Fultz/Diaz).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,Gonzalez).  IBB–Shouse (3,Sandberg).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–3:03.  A–8,645.
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