Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 20, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2005 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays 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, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 4 1 1 1
Young ss 4 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 3 0 1 0
Soriano 2b 4 1 1 1
Mench lf 3 0 2 0
Blalock 3b 4 0 1 0
Nevin dh 4 0 0 0
McDougall rf 3 0 0 0
  Dellucci ph 1 0 0 0
Barajas c 3 0 0 0
Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Loe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 3 1 1 0
Crawford lf 3 1 0 0
Cantu 2b 3 1 2 4
Huff rf 4 0 1 0
  Hollins rf 0 0 0 0
Gomes dh 3 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez 3b 4 0 1 0
Hall c 3 1 1 0
Gathright cf 3 0 1 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Orvella p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Texas 000 001 001260
Tampa Bay 000 220 00x480
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Benoit  L (3-3) 5.0 6 4 4 2 3
  Brocail   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Shouse   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Loe   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  W (7-8) 6.0 4 1 1 2 10
  Orvella   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Borowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Baez  SV (28) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
14

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2. Mench-Soriano, Soriano-M. Young-Teixeira.  3B–Tampa Bay Gonzalez (1,off Brocail).  HR–Texas Matthews (15,6th inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out); Soriano (30,9th inning off Baez 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Cantu (19,4th inning off Benoit 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Gomes (1,by Shouse).  Team–6.  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:41.  A–19,041.
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