Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 16, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2005 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 10, Oakland Athletics 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Dellucci dh 4 0 1 1
Young ss 4 1 2 1
Teixeira 1b 5 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 5 4 4 1
Soriano 2b 4 2 1 0
Mench lf 5 1 1 3
Matthews cf 3 1 1 1
Hidalgo rf 4 1 1 2
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 1 1
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Loe p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 12 10
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 1 2 1
Kotsay cf 5 0 1 1
Crosby ss 5 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 2 0
  Melhuse ph 1 1 1 0
Kielty rf 4 1 1 0
Payton lf 4 1 2 1
Swisher 1b 4 1 1 0
Ginter dh 4 1 1 2
Ellis 2b 3 2 1 1
Blanton p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Duchscherer p 0 0 0 0
  Yabu p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 6
Texas 011 104 30010122
Oakland 000 012 0058120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (11-4) 7.0 6 3 2 1 1
  Loe   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Shouse   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Cordero  SV (21) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
2
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton  L (5-8) 5.1 6 5 5 2 5
  Calero   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Kennedy   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Duchscherer   0.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Yabu   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Street   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
5
7

  E–Blalock (3), Matthews (3).  DP–Texas 3. Soriano-M. Young-Teixeira, Rogers-M. Young-Teixeira, Rogers-M. Young-Teixeira, Oakland 1. Chavez-Ellis-Swisher.  2B–Texas Blalock 2 (22,off Blanton 2); Hidalgo (9,off Calero), Oakland Kendall (16,off Rogers); Melhuse (3,off Loe); Ginter (5,off Shouse).  HR–Texas Blalock (17,2nd inning off Blanton 0 on 0 out); M. Young (15,3rd inning off Blanton 0 on 2 out); Mench (18,7th inning off Duchscherer 2 on 1 out), Oakland Payton (7,5th inning off Rogers 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:54.  A–22,826.
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