Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 14, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 5 0 1 0
Durazo dh 4 1 1 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 1
Tejada ss 3 1 1 2
Hatteberg 1b 4 1 1 0
Guillen lf 1 0 0 0
  Long lf 3 1 1 0
Hernandez c 4 1 2 2
Dye rf 4 1 0 1
Byrnes cf 2 0 0 0
Duchscherer p 0 0 0 0
  Fikac p 0 0 0 0
  Halama p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 4 0
Blalock 3b 5 2 2 3
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro dh 4 0 1 0
  Clark pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 5 0 2 0
Spencer lf 4 0 1 1
Nix cf 4 0 1 0
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
Laird c 4 1 0 0
Mounce p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Oakland 210 000 300671
Texas 220 010 0005120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Duchscherer   3.1 7 4 3 0 1
  Fikac   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Halama   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Harville  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bradford   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Foulke  SV (42) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
1
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mounce   6.0 5 5 5 1 5
  Garcia  L (1-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Fultz   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Cordero   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
5
6

  E–Chavez (14).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Texas Young (31,off Duchscherer); Teixeira (26,off Mecir).  HR–Oakland Tejada (26,1st inning off Mounce 1 on, 2 out); Hernandez (21,2nd inning off Mounce 0 on, 1 out), Texas Blalock (26,2nd inning off Duchscherer 1 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (43,5th inning off Fikac 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rodriguez (13,by Duchscherer); Spencer (2,by Fikac).  CS–Byrnes (2,2nd base by Cordero/Laird).  SB–Clark Jr (1,2nd base off Foulke/Hernandez).  HBP–Duchscherer (1,Rodriguez); Fikac (3,Spencer).  U-HP–Doug Eddings, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–3:06.  A–17,526.
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