Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 14, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 2008 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Arias 2b 5 1 1 0
Young ss 3 2 1 0
Hamilton cf 5 0 0 0
Byrd lf 3 1 2 0
Cruz rf 5 0 3 4
Blalock 1b 4 0 0 0
Laird dh 2 0 0 0
  Boggs ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Davis 3b 4 0 0 0
Teagarden c 2 0 0 0
Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Loe p 0 0 0 0
  Madrigal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 1 0 0
Pennington 2b 3 2 2 1
Sweeney rf 3 1 3 2
Cust dh 4 0 1 1
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Cunningham lf 5 1 2 3
Crosby ss 5 0 0 0
Barton 1b 2 0 0 0
Hannahan 3b 1 2 0 0
Eveland p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Texas 002 010 100481
Oakland 110 002 03x780
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Padilla   5.0 5 2 2 3 4
  White   0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Loe   2.0 2 0 0 3 0
  Madrigal  L(0-2) 1.0 1 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
1
3
3
2
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Eveland   5.0 4 3 3 4 6
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Street   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Blevins   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Devine  W(6-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Ziegler  SV(9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Young (11).  DP–Texas 1. Young-Arias-Blalock.  2B–Texas Cruz 2 (6,off Eveland 2); Byrd (25,off Ziegler).  HR–Oakland Cunningham (1,8th inning off Madrigal 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Teagarden (1,by Eveland); Davis (1,by Padilla); R. Sweeney (3,by Padilla).  Team LOB–10.  Team–12.  SB–Young (10,2nd base off Street/Suzuki).  U-HP–Angel Campos, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:25.  A–18,551.
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