Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
August 8, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2006 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 6, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 4 1 1 0
Young ss 5 2 3 2
Lee lf 5 1 2 0
Teixeira 1b 3 1 0 0
Blalock 3b 5 0 3 2
  Hairston pr 0 0 0 0
DeRosa rf 5 1 1 2
Stairs dh 2 0 1 0
Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0
Laird c 3 0 0 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Littleton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 0 0 1
Kielty lf 3 0 0 0
Bradley rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 1 2 0
  Perez pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Chavez 3b 2 2 1 0
Swisher 1b 4 1 1 3
Payton cf 4 1 1 1
Ellis 2b 3 1 0 1
Scutaro ss 2 0 1 0
Komine p 0 0 0 0
  Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 6 6
Texas 004 000 0026123
Oakland 000 400 12x761
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood  L (10-8) 6.0 6 5 5 4 4
  Benoit   1.1 0 2 0 1 3
  Littleton   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
7
5
6
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Komine   3.0 6 4 4 4 0
  Saarloos  W (4-6) 4.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Flores   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Gaudin   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Street  SV (26) 1.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
6
5

  E–Blalock 2 (11), Kinsler (11), Scutaro (8).  DP–Texas 1. Kinsler-M. Young-Teixeira, Oakland 4. Chavez-Ellis-Swisher, Saarloos-Ellis-Swisher, Scutaro-Ellis-Swisher, Kendall.  2B–Texas Lee 2 (6,off Komine,off Street); Blalock (19,off Saarloos).  HR–Texas M. Young (11,3rd inning off Komine 1 on 0 out); DeRosa (9,3rd inning off Komine 1 on 2 out), Oakland Swisher (24,4th inning off Millwood 2 on 0 out); Payton (9,4th inning off Millwood 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Teixeira (11,by Komine); Stairs (3,by Saarloos).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Kendall (4,off Benoit).  Team–6.  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:58.  A–21,650.
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