Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 23, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 5 1 1 0
Young ss 3 1 1 1
Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 1
Blalock 3b 4 0 2 0
Soriano 2b 4 0 1 1
Mench lf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez dh 4 0 0 0
DeRosa rf 4 0 1 0
Laird c 4 0 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0
Kotsay cf 4 1 1 1
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Payton lf 3 0 2 0
Crosby ss 4 0 1 0
Kielty rf 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Hatteberg dh 2 0 0 0
Swisher 1b 2 0 0 0
Haren p 0 0 0 0
  Duchscherer p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Texas 000 101 010390
Oakland 100 000 000151
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (14-7) 6.1 5 1 1 5 1
  Benoit   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordero  SV (35) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haren  L (13-12) 7.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Duchscherer   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Rincon   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Calero   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Street   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
8

  E–Ellis (6).  DP–Texas 2. Blalock-Soriano-Teixeira, M. Young-Soriano-Teixeira, Oakland 1. Ellis-Crosby-Swisher.  2B–Texas Matthews (25,off Duchscherer), Oakland Payton (14,off Rogers).  HR–Texas Teixeira (42,4th inning off Haren 0 on 0 out); M. Young (24,6th inning off Haren 0 on 0 out), Oakland Kotsay (15,1st inning off Rogers 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Hatteberg (2,off Rogers).  Team–7.  SB–Soriano (26,2nd base off Haren/Kendall).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–2:43.  A–33,402.
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