Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
July 31, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 2003 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Texas Rangers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 1 1 0
Walker 2b 5 0 2 0
Garciaparra ss 5 0 1 1
Ramirez dh 3 0 1 0
  Jackson pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Ortiz 1b 2 1 1 1
  Millar ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 5 0 1 0
Nixon rf 5 1 2 1
Varitek c 5 0 1 0
Kapler lf 3 0 0 0
  Giambi ph 1 0 1 0
  Collier pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Kim p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 12 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 4
Palmeiro dh 3 1 0 0
Teixeira 1b 5 1 1 0
Nix cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Spencer rf,lf 4 0 2 3
  Nivar pr 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
  Sadler cf 2 1 1 0
Diaz c 5 1 1 0
Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 9 7
Boston 100 100 001 003120
Texas 000 102 000 04790
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.0 6 3 3 3 7
  Timlin   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Kim   3.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Jones  L (2-1) 0.2 2 4 4 2 1
Totals
10.2
9
7
7
8
12
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis   6.0 8 2 2 2 6
  Shouse   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Garcia   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mahay   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordero   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Ramirez  W (2-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
12
3
3
3
12

  E–None.  DP–Texas 3.  2B–Texas Nix (4,off Martinez); Spencer (13,off Martinez); Teixeira (16,off Martinez).  3B–Boston Damon (5,off Lewis).  HR–Boston Ortiz (12,4th inning off Lewis 0 on, 0 out); Nixon (20,9th inning off Cordero 0 on, 0 out), Texas Rodriguez (25,11th inning off Jones 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Young (2,off Timlin).  IBB–Rodriguez (4,by Sauerbeck); Palmeiro (6,by Kim).  CS–Jackson (6,2nd base by Mahay/Diaz); Collier (1,2nd base by Cordero/Diaz).  SB–Rodriguez (11,2nd base off Kim/Varitek).  WP–Lewis (2).  IBB–Sauerbeck (1,Rodriguez); Kim (3,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Justin Klemm, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–3:35.  A–27,108.
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