Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 23, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 2003 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Byrnes cf 5 0 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 1 3
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Durazo dh 2 0 1 0
Dye rf 5 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 0 1 0
  Singleton pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Piatt lf 1 0 1 0
  McMillon ph,lf 1 1 0 0
  Melhuse c 0 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 1 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 1 0 0
Everett rf 4 0 2 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez dh 3 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 1
  Sadler 3b 0 0 0 0
Teixeira 3b,1b 3 0 1 0
Mench lf 4 0 2 0
Glanville cf 2 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Mounce p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Oakland 000 000 003360
Texas 000 001 000151
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito   6.0 4 1 1 4 3
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rincon  W (4-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Foulke  SV (20) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
5
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mounce   5.0 4 0 0 5 4
  Garcia   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cordero   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Urbina  L (0-3) 1.0 2 3 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
7
5

  E–Teixeira (9).  DP–Oakland 2, Texas 1.  2B–Oakland Piatt (4,off Mounce); Hernandez (14,off Urbina); Hatteberg (16,off Urbina), Texas Everett (12,off Zito).  SH–Ellis (6,off Urbina); Glanville (1,off Mecir).  HBP–Hatteberg (3,by Mounce).  IBB–Durazo (6,by Urbina).  HBP–Mounce (1,Hatteberg).  IBB–Urbina (2,Durazo).  U-HP–Lazaro Diaz, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:00.  A–31,126.
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