Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 5, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2006 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 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 5 0 1 0
Young ss 5 2 4 0
Teixeira 1b 2 1 1 0
Lee lf 4 1 1 1
  Hairston lf 0 0 0 0
Blalock dh 5 0 0 0
DeRosa 3b 5 1 1 3
Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 0
Laird c 2 0 2 0
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Eaton p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Littleton p 0 0 0 0
  Otsuka p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 1 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0
Bradley rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 1 1 3
Chavez 3b 2 0 0 0
Payton cf,lf 4 0 3 0
Swisher lf,1b 3 1 1 1
Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Kielty ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Kotsay ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 4 1 2 0
Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
  Halsey p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Texas 004 001 0005100
Oakland 000 013 000470
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Eaton  W (5-4) 5.2 5 4 4 1 5
  Wilson   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bauer   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Mahay   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Littleton   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Otsuka  SV (31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos  L (7-7) 3.0 7 4 4 3 1
  Halsey   3.0 3 1 1 3 2
  Gaudin   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Kennedy   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1. DeRosa-Kinsler-Teixeira, Oakland 3. Scutaro-Johnson, Swisher-Kendall, Scutaro-Ellis-Swisher.  2B–Texas Laird (19,off Saarloos); Teixeira (40,off Halsey)., Oakland Scutaro (18,off Eaton).  3B–Texas M. Young (2,off Saarloos); Laird (1,off Saarloos).  HR–Texas DeRosa (13,3rd inning off Saarloos 2 on 1 out), Oakland Swisher (29,5th inning off Eaton 0 on 2 out); Thomas (31,6th inning off Eaton 2 on 2 out)..  IBB–Lee (2,by Halsey).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Kendall (10,by Eaton).  Team–7.  SB–Chavez (3,3rd base off Wilson/Laird); Chavez (3,3rd base off Wilson/Laird).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–2:52.  A–27,225.
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