Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 9, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2007 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. 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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Oakland Athletics 9, Texas Rangers 12

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Thompson cf 5 1 1 1
Hannahan 3b 4 1 1 1
Swisher rf 4 3 2 3
Cust dh 4 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 5 1 3 3
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy ss 4 0 0 0
Bowen c 3 2 1 0
DaVanon lf 4 1 1 1
DiNardo p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Lugo p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 9 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 2 3 0 0
Hairston 3b 4 1 1 3
Young ss 4 1 2 1
Sosa dh 5 2 3 4
Byrd cf 5 1 1 0
Botts lf 3 1 2 1
  Murphy pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Cruz rf 5 2 3 1
Laird c 3 0 1 0
Saltalamacchia 1b 3 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 1b 1 0 0 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
  Feldman p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Rheinecker p 0 0 0 0
  Littleton p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 13 10
Oakland 010 101 501991
Texas 080 001 30x12133
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
DiNardo  L (8-9) 1.2 4 7 3 2 1
  Lewis   4.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Casilla   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Embree   0.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Lugo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Street   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
8
5
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Francisco   1.1 1 0 0 5 2
  Feldman   1.1 0 1 1 3 0
  White  W (1-0) 2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Rheinecker   0.2 3 5 1 1 1
  Littleton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Benoit   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
5
10
11

  E–Murphy (4), Young (15), Laird (11), Saltalamacchia (6).  DP–Oakland 1. Murphy-Ellis-Johnson.  2B–Oakland Ellis (28,off Littleton), Texas Laird (16,off Lewis).  3B–Texas Cruz (1,off Lewis).  HR–Oakland Swisher 2 (19,6th inning off White 0 on 1 out,9th inning off Benoit 0 on 2 out), Texas Sosa (19,2nd inning off Lewis 2 on 2 out).  SF–Swisher (5,off Feldman).  HBP–Hannahan (1,by Feldman); Kinsler (4,by Lewis).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Laird (4,off DiNardo).  IBB–Kinsler (1,by Embree).  Team–7.  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–James Hoye, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–4:08.  A–25,054.
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