Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
August 15, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 2004 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2, Texas Rangers 6

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0
Huff 1b 4 1 1 1
Cruz, Jr. rf 3 1 1 0
Martinez dh 4 0 1 0
Upton ss 4 0 1 1
Cantu 3b 4 0 2 0
Fordyce c 2 0 0 0
  Blum ph 1 0 0 0
Gathright cf 3 0 1 0
Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 4 0 0 0
Dellucci lf 4 1 1 0
Young ss 3 0 1 0
Blalock 3b 3 1 0 0
Teixeira 1b 4 2 2 2
Mench dh 3 1 2 0
Nix cf 3 1 1 3
Matthews rf 2 0 0 0
Barajas c 2 0 0 1
Drese p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Almanzar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 7 6
Tampa Bay 011 000 000270
Texas 020 200 02x670
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa  L (3-2) 7.1 5 5 5 4 3
  Seay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Baez   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Drese  W (10-6) 7.1 7 2 2 1 1
  Mahay   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Almanzar   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Texas 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Cruz (17,off Drese); Cantu (5,off Drese), Texas Teixeira (24,off Sosa).  3B–Tampa Bay Upton (1,off Drese), Texas Mench (2,off Sosa).  HR–Tampa Bay Huff (22,3rd inning off Drese 0 on, 2 out), Texas Nix (13,2nd inning off Sosa 1 on, 1 out); Teixeira (28,8th inning off Baez 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Nix (2,off Sosa); Barajas (6,off Sosa).  IBB–Matthews (3,by Sosa).  Team–4.  SB–Gathright (6,2nd base off Drese/Barajas).  WP–Sosa (1).  IBB–Sosa (2,Matthews).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–2:16.  A–23,051.
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