Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 24, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 2006 at Tropicana Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 5 0 1 0
Young ss 4 1 1 0
Lee lf 4 2 2 1
Teixeira 1b 3 1 1 1
Blalock 3b 3 0 1 1
DeRosa rf 3 0 0 0
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0
Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0
Laird c 4 0 2 0
Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Littleton p 0 0 0 0
  Otsuka p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Baldelli cf 3 0 0 0
Upton 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 1 2 0
Norton dh 2 1 1 1
Navarro c 3 1 1 0
Lee 1b 4 0 2 1
  Hollins pr 0 0 0 0
Cantu 2b 3 0 1 1
Branyan rf 4 0 0 0
Zobrist ss 3 0 1 0
Corcoran p 0 0 0 0
  Orvella p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Switzer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Texas 202 000 000490
Tampa Bay 000 020 001380
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Tejeda  W (3-3) 7.2 5 2 2 2 3
  Littleton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Otsuka  SV (27) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
4
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Corcoran  L (4-6) 6.0 5 4 3 2 4
  Orvella   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Meadows   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Switzer   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2. Teixeira-M. Young-Teixeira, M. Young-Kinsler-Teixeira.  PB–Navarro (2).  2B–Texas Teixeira (38,off Corcoran); Blalock (23,off Corcoran); Lee (10,off Corcoran), Tampa Bay Navarro (4,off Tejeda); Zobrist (4,off Tejeda).  3B–Tampa Bay Crawford (13,off Otsuka).  HR–Texas Lee (3,1st inning off Corcoran 0 on 2 out).  SF–Teixeira (4,off Corcoran); Cantu (6,off Tejeda); Norton (1,off Otsuka).  IBB–Blalock (5,by Meadows).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Baldelli (7,by Tejeda).  Team–5.  SB–M. Young (6,2nd base off Meadows/Navarro).  CS–Kinsler (4,2nd base by Orvella/Navarro); Navarro (1,2nd base by Tejeda/Laird).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:33.  A–9,454.
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