Texas Rangers vs Atlanta Braves
June 3, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 2003 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Atlanta Braves 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 1 1 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 2 1
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 5 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 5 1 2 3
  Christenson pr 0 0 0 0
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Teixeira lf 3 1 2 1
Diaz c 3 1 1 0
  Sierra ph 1 0 0 0
Valdez p 2 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 2 0 1 0
Giles 2b 3 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 1 1 0
Jones C. lf 3 2 3 0
Fick 1b 4 0 1 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1
Bragg cf 3 0 0 0
  Jones A. ph,cf 1 1 1 2
Blanco c 4 1 1 2
Ortiz p 2 0 1 1
  Franco M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Hodges p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Gryboski p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Texas 310 000 0105100
Atlanta 031 000 02x6102
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez   7.0 9 4 4 2 5
  Fultz   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Urbina  L (0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz   6.0 7 4 4 4 4
  Hodges   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Hernandez   0.1 0 1 1 2 0
  King   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gryboski  W (4-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz  SV (21) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
7
7

  E–Furcal (13), Fick (6).  DP–Texas 3, Atlanta 1.  2B–Texas Everett (11,off Ortiz), Atlanta Blanco (4,off Valdes).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (17,1st inning off Ortiz 2 on, 2 out); Teixeira (6,2nd inning off Ortiz 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta A Jones (14,8th inning off Urbina 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Valdes 2 (2,off Ortiz,off Hernandez).  IBB–Everett (1,by Hodges).  HBP–Furcal (1,by Valdes).  SB–Furcal (11,2nd base off Valdes/Diaz).  WP–Valdes (1).  HBP–Valdes (4,Furcal).  IBB–Hodges (4,Everett).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Doug Eddings, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:56.  A–30,444.
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