Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
August 17, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 2004 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 4, Texas Rangers 16

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lawton lf 4 0 1 0
  Sizemore cf 1 0 0 1
Vizquel ss 3 0 0 0
  McDonald ss 2 1 1 0
Hafner dh 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Martinez c 1 0 0 0
  Laker c 2 0 1 0
Blake 3b 4 1 1 0
Broussard 1b 3 0 0 0
Belliard 2b 3 1 2 0
Gerut rf 3 1 2 2
Crisp cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Bartosh p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young E. lf,2b 6 0 1 0
Young M. ss 3 3 3 0
  Alexander ss 2 0 0 0
Soriano 2b 4 3 2 1
  Nix cf 0 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 5 3 4 7
  Barajas pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Mench rf,lf 5 3 3 2
Jordan dh 4 1 1 0
  Dellucci ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 3 1 1 1
Matthews, Jr. cf,rf 4 1 1 4
Laird c 3 1 1 1
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 16 17 16
Cleveland 010 000 003491
Texas 023 740 00x16170
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (10-5) 3.1 7 8 8 3 3
  White   1.2 7 8 8 1 0
  Bartosh   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
16
16
4
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (1-2) 6.0 3 1 1 4 3
  Brocail  SV (1) 3.0 6 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
5

  E–Blake (19).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Cleveland Blake (26,off Erickson); Belliard (43,off Brocail); Gerut (27,off Brocail); McDonald (5,off Brocail), Texas Teixeira (25,off C Lee); Blalock (29,off C Lee); Mench (18,off White); Laird (6,off Bartosh); E Young (15,off Bartosh).  3B–Cleveland Gerut (4,off Erickson), Texas Teixeira (1,off White).  HR–Texas Teixeira (29,4th inning off White 2 on, 1 out); Matthews (10,4th inning off White 2 on, 2 out); Mench (17,5th inning off White 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Gerut (3,off Erickson); Matthews (3,off C Lee); Laird (3,off C Lee).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Soriano (8,by C Lee).  Team–7.  SB–Lawton (20,2nd base off Erickson/Laird).  WP–C Lee (5), Brocail (1).  HBP–C Lee (8,Soriano).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–2:56.  A–24,864.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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