Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 22, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 2003 at Network Associates Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 3, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b,ss 4 0 1 1
Blalock 3b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 0 0
  Thames lf 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 3 1 1 1
Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 0
Spencer lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Nix rf 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph,lf,2b 0 0 0 1
Laird c 4 1 0 0
Christenson cf 4 0 0 0
Mounce p 0 0 0 0
  Callaway p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 3 1 1 1
Durazo dh 3 1 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 2 2 2
Tejada ss 4 0 2 3
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez c 4 0 1 0
Guillen lf 4 0 1 0
Dye rf 4 1 1 1
Byrnes cf 3 2 2 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Texas 000 010 002360
Oakland 301 201 00x7111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mounce  L (1-5) 3.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Callaway   4.0 4 2 1 0 4
  Garcia   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (14-12) 6.0 3 1 0 3 4
  Bradford   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Mecir   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
5

  E–Tejada (19).  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 2.  PB–Laird (1).  2B–Texas Spencer (20,off Mecir), Oakland Chavez (38,off Mounce); Tejada (42,off Mounce); Byrnes (27,off Callaway).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (37,9th inning off Mecir 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Chavez (28,3rd inning off Mounce 0 on, 0 out); Dye (4,4th inning off Mounce 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Clark Jr (1,off Mecir); Ellis (5,off Callaway).  WP–Zito (4).  U-HP–Mark Carlson, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:38.  A–15,110.
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