Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 12, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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."

"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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Oakland Athletics 9, Texas Rangers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 5 2 3 1
Durazo dh 5 0 2 2
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 1
Tejada ss 4 2 1 1
Hatteberg 1b 4 1 1 0
Hernandez c 4 1 2 2
Dye rf 4 1 1 1
Long lf 2 0 0 0
  Guillen ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Byrnes cf 3 1 0 1
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 1 0
Blalock 3b 3 0 1 1
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro dh 4 0 1 0
Spencer lf 4 0 2 1
Teixeira 1b 2 0 0 0
Nix rf 4 0 0 0
Laird c 4 0 1 0
Christenson cf 3 1 0 0
Drese p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Oakland 000 010 5039111
Texas 003 000 000370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (12-12) 7.0 5 3 3 3 8
  Mecir   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Foulke  SV (41) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
11
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Drese  L (2-3) 6.1 4 4 4 3 1
  Mahay   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Shouse   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Garcia   1.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Powell   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
6
2

  E–Hernandez (7).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Oakland Hatteberg (32,off Drese); Ellis 2 (30,off Drese,off Rosman Garcia); Dye (5,off Rosman Garcia), Texas Rodriguez (27,off Zito).  SF–Blalock (3,off Zito).  WP–Zito (3).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–2:50.  A–24,186.
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