Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
August 31, 2003 Box Score

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

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 10, Texas Rangers 11

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 0 0 0
Rivas 2b 4 3 2 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 0 1 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 1
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
LeCroy dh 5 1 2 2
Koskie 3b 4 2 1 0
Hunter cf 5 1 3 2
Pierzynski c 3 1 2 1
Mohr rf 3 0 0 1
  Ryan ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hocking ss,1b 4 2 4 3
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Pulido p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Mays p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 15 10
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 5 3 4 1
Rodriguez dh 3 3 3 2
Palmeiro 1b 4 2 2 1
  Spencer lf 0 0 0 0
Teixeira rf,1b 5 1 3 3
Nix cf,lf,rf 4 1 2 1
Jones lf 3 1 1 2
  Nivar cf 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 5 0 2 1
Sadler ss 4 0 1 0
Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 18 11
Minnesota 100 231 02110150
Texas 312 000 40111181
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   2.1 9 6 6 1 0
  Pulido   2.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Balfour   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Romero   0.2 4 4 4 2 0
  Mays   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Guardado  L (1-5) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
18
11
11
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Dickey   4.2 8 6 5 4 4
  Benoit   1.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Mahay   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Fultz   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Cordero  W (4-6) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
9
7
8

  E–Sadler (4).  DP–Minnesota 2, Texas 1.  2B–Minnesota Hunter (23,off Dickey); Rivas (15,off Benoit); Hocking (9,off Mahay), Texas Blalock (26,off Radke).  HR–Minnesota Hocking (3,4th inning off Dickey 1 on, 2 out), Texas Rodriguez (40,1st inning off Radke 1 on, 1 out); Palmeiro (32,1st inning off Radke 0 on, 1 out); Jones (3,2nd inning off Radke 0 on, 0 out); Blalock (24,7th inning off Romero 0 on, 0 out); Teixeira (20,7th inning off Romero 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Rivas (7,off Cordero); Nivar (2,off Guardado).  SF–Pierzynski (4,off Cordero); Jones (5,off Cordero); Jones (1,off Pulido).  IBB–Pierzynski (10,by Dickey).  SB–Rivas (14,2nd base off Dickey/Diaz).  WP–Guardado (4).  IBB–Dickey (5,Pierzynski).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:54.  A–17,213.
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