Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
August 8, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2008 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 1, Baltimore Orioles 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Vazquez 2b 4 0 0 0
Catalanotto lf 4 0 0 0
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0
  Ellison cf 1 0 0 0
Byrd rf 4 0 2 0
Boggs dh 3 0 0 0
Laird c 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Metcalf 3b 3 1 2 1
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Nippert p 0 0 0 0
  Madrigal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 0 1 2
Markakis rf 4 0 1 0
Mora 3b 5 0 2 0
Huff dh 4 2 2 0
Millar 1b 5 2 2 3
Scott lf 3 3 2 0
  Montanez lf 1 0 0 0
Hernandez c 4 1 2 2
  Quiroz c 0 0 0 0
Payton cf 4 1 2 0
Castro ss 4 0 1 2
Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
Texas 000 010 000160
Baltimore 032 021 01x9150
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza  L(3-5) 3.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Nippert   4.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Madrigal   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
0
0
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Guthrie  W(9-8) 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Walker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  2B–Texas Young (27,off Guthrie); Byrd (16,off Johnson), Baltimore Mora (22,off Mendoza); Roberts (41,off Mendoza); Huff (33,off Madrigal).  3B–Baltimore Scott (2,off Nippert).  HR–Texas Metcalf (1,5th inning off Guthrie 0 on 2 out), Baltimore Millar 2 (18,3rd inning off Mendoza 1 on 0 out,5th inning off Nippert 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Castro (1,off Mendoza).  HBP–R. Hernandez (3,by Mendoza).  Team–12.  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Mike Estabrook, 3B–Todd Tichenor.  T–2:40.  A–33,351.
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