Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 21, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2006 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 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 5 0 0 0
Young ss 4 1 2 0
Lee lf 3 1 2 0
Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 2 3
DeRosa rf 4 0 0 0
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0
Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0
Barajas c 4 0 1 0
  Laird pr 0 0 0 0
Eaton p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton 3b 5 0 2 1
Zobrist ss 5 0 0 0
Crawford lf 5 0 0 0
Norton 1b 4 2 4 0
  Lee pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Gomes dh 4 0 0 0
Branyan rf 4 0 1 1
  Baldelli cf 0 0 0 0
Hollins cf,rf 4 1 3 1
Paul c 2 1 2 0
Perez 2b 4 0 2 1
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  McClung p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 14 4
Texas 002 010 000391
Tampa Bay 020 110 00x4140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Eaton  L (3-3) 5.0 11 4 4 2 2
  Wilson   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Bauer   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
4
4
2
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W (6-6) 6.0 8 3 3 1 7
  Meadows   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  McClung  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
9

  E–M. Young (10).  2B–Texas M. Young (44,off Shields); Kinsler (21,off Shields); Lee (9,off Shields), Tampa Bay Norton 2 (10,off Eaton 2); Perez (10,off Eaton).  HR–Texas Blalock (15,3rd inning off Shields 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–11.  CS–Upton (1,2nd base by Eaton/Barajas).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:44.  A–7,820.
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