Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 16, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2004 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 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young E. dh 5 2 2 1
Blalock 3b 3 1 1 2
Young M. ss 4 0 1 0
Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 0
Soriano 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alexander pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dellucci lf 4 0 0 0
Jordan rf 4 0 1 0
Nix cf 4 1 2 0
Barajas c 3 0 0 0
  Fox pr 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 4 1 2 0
Byrnes lf 4 1 2 0
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 2
Hatteberg 1b 4 1 1 0
Durazo dh 4 0 0 0
Swisher rf 3 1 2 0
Crosby ss 4 0 2 3
Miller c 4 0 1 0
Scutaro 2b 4 0 1 0
Harden p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Texas 003 010 000471
Oakland 100 040 00x5122
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (16-8) 4.2 9 5 5 2 6
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Mahay   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Nelson   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
2
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Harden  W (10-6) 6.1 6 4 3 1 7
  Bradford   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Mecir   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Dotel  SV (21) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
4
8

  E–Blalock (16), Swisher 2 (3).  2B–Texas E Young 2 (21,off Harden 2); Nix (18,off Dotel), Oakland Byrnes (34,off Rogers); Crosby (33,off Rogers); Scutaro (30,off Brocail).  3B–Oakland Byrnes (3,off Rogers).  SF–Blalock (7,off Harden).  IBB–Teixeira (9,by Harden); Blalock (7,by Bradford).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Kotsay (5,off Brocail).  Team–9.  SB–Soriano (18,3rd base off Dotel/Miller).  WP–Harden (4).  IBB–Harden (5,Teixeira); Bradford (9,Blalock).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:08.  A–15,281.
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