Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 7, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 2003 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins 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, Minnesota Twins 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 2 0
Spencer lf 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 3 1 1 1
Palmeiro dh 4 0 0 1
Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 0
Thames rf 4 1 1 0
  Nix rf 1 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 5 1 1 0
Christenson cf 4 0 1 0
Laird c 3 1 2 2
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ryan lf 3 2 2 1
  Cuddyer ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hocking 2b 4 1 1 0
  Morneau ph 1 0 0 0
  Prieto 2b 0 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 2 2
LeCroy dh 4 0 1 0
  Restovich pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Jones rf 5 0 1 0
Hunter cf 4 1 1 1
Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0
Guzman ss 2 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
Texas 101 002 000 0491
Minnesota 100 110 100 1581
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis   4.2 3 3 3 3 1
  Fultz   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Ramirez   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Garcia   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Shouse   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cordero  L (4-7) 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.1
8
5
4
4
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   5.2 7 4 2 3 4
  Balfour   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Romero   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Reed  W (6-12) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
2
4
8

  E–Blalock (16), Mientkiewicz (4).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Texas Young (30,off Rogers); Thames (2,off Balfour), Minnesota Hunter (25,off Lewis); Hocking (10,off Lewis); Ryan (4,off Ramirez).  3B–Texas Laird (1,off Rogers).  HR–Texas Rodriguez (42,1st inning off Rogers 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Ryan (3,1st inning off Lewis 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Teixeira (13,by Rogers); Pierzynski (11,by Shouse).  IBB–Rodriguez 2 (10,by Rogers 2).  SH–Gomez (2,off Shouse).  SF–Hunter (6,off Cordero).  WP–Lewis (4).  HBP–Shouse (4,Pierzynski); Rogers (6,Teixeira).  IBB–Rogers 2 (5,Rodriguez 2).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:25.  A–18,941.
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