Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2003 at Safeco Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Blalock 3b 5 1 2 0
Rodriguez ss 3 2 1 0
Palmeiro dh 5 1 2 3
  Thames pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 5 0 2 1
Nix cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Jones rf 4 1 1 0
  Christenson cf 1 0 0 0
Laird c 4 0 1 1
Clark lf 4 0 0 0
  Spencer lf 0 0 0 0
Mounce p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 11 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 5 1 2 0
Guillen 3b 5 0 1 2
Boone 2b 5 1 1 0
Martinez dh 2 1 1 2
Olerud 1b 4 0 0 0
Cameron cf 4 0 0 0
Winn lf 4 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 4 1 1 0
Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Mateo p 0 0 0 0
  Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Texas 000 010 030 15110
Seattle 002 200 000 0480
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mounce   5.0 6 4 4 0 1
  Garcia   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mahay  W (3-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Cordero  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
2
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Franklin   7.1 7 1 1 0 1
  Rhodes   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Benitez   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Mateo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hasegawa  L (2-2) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Texas Blalock (29,off Franklin); Jones (5,off Franklin), Seattle Suzuki 2 (24,off Mounce,off Mahay).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (33,8th inning off Benitez 2 on, 1 out), Seattle Martinez (23,4th inning off Mounce 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Martinez (6,by Mahay).  SB–Boone (13,2nd base off Mounce/Laird).  IBB–Mahay (5,Martinez).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:55.  A–37,707.
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