Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 15, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 2005 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 2, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 3 1 1 0
Young ss 4 0 1 1
Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 4 0 0 0
Soriano dh 4 0 0 0
Mench lf 4 1 1 1
Hidalgo rf 3 0 0 0
Barajas c 3 0 1 0
DeRosa 2b 2 0 0 0
Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 0 2 0
Kotsay cf 4 1 1 0
Crosby ss 4 1 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 2 1 3
Hatteberg dh 3 1 1 1
Payton lf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Swisher rf 3 1 1 1
Scutaro 2b 3 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 7
Texas 000 000 011243
Oakland 043 000 00x780
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Wasdin  L (0-1) 2.0 6 7 6 0 1
  Benoit   4.1 2 0 0 0 5
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cordero   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (7-8) 8.0 2 1 1 2 5
  Witasick   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Rincon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Calero   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
7

  E–M. Young (6), Blalock (2), Barajas (5).  DP–Texas 1. DeRosa-Teixeira-DeRosa, Oakland 1. Scutaro-Crosby-Johnson.  2B–Texas Barajas (15,off Zito); M. Young (19,off Witasick), Oakland Hatteberg (13,off Wasdin).  HR–Texas Mench (17,8th inning off Zito 0 on 1 out), Oakland Payton (6,2nd inning off Wasdin 1 on 0 out); Swisher (12,2nd inning off Wasdin 0 on 1 out); Chavez (14,3rd inning off Wasdin 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–2.  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–CB Bucknor, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:23.  A–22,423.
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