Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 2008 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."

"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)
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Texas Rangers 7, Oakland Athletics 0

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Arias 2b 4 1 1 0
  Duran 2b 1 0 0 0
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 5 1 1 0
Byrd lf 4 1 2 0
Cruz rf 2 1 0 1
Blalock 1b 3 1 1 2
Laird c 3 1 1 1
Davis 3b 4 0 2 2
Teagarden dh 3 1 1 1
  Bradley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Harrison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Cunningham lf 4 0 1 0
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Cust dh 3 0 1 0
Suzuki c 4 0 2 0
Crosby ss 2 0 0 0
Hannahan 3b 3 0 0 0
Baisley 1b 3 0 0 0
Pennington 2b 3 0 1 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Texas 011 301 1007100
Oakland 000 000 000050
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harrison  W(8-3) 9.0 5 0 0 4 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L(7-15) 5.2 7 6 6 2 2
  Gray   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Embree   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2. Davis-Arias-Blalock, Young-Arias-Blalock, Oakland 1. Crosby-Baisley.  2B–Texas Hamilton (33,off Smith); Davis (20,off Smith); Laird (22,off Smith), Oakland Cust (17,off Harrison); Cunningham (2,off Harrison).  3B–Texas Davis (2,off Smith).  HR–Texas Blalock (7,2nd inning off Smith 0 on 2 out); Teagarden (5,3rd inning off Smith 0 on 1 out).  SF–Blalock (2,off Smith); Laird (4,off Smith).  HBP–Cruz (1,by Gray).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Angel Campos, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–2:27.  A–15,117.
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