Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 22, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. 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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Oakland Athletics 4, Texas Rangers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Buck rf,lf 5 0 1 1
Cunningham lf 4 0 0 0
  Gonzalez cf 2 0 0 0
Sweeney cf,rf 5 1 2 0
Cust dh 4 1 1 1
Suzuki c 5 0 0 0
Crosby ss 5 1 2 0
Pennington 2b 4 1 2 1
Barton 1b 4 0 1 0
Baisley 3b 4 0 2 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 11 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Duran 2b 4 1 2 1
  Vazquez ph 0 0 0 0
  Laird ph,c 1 0 0 0
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 5 0 0 0
Bradley dh 3 0 2 1
Byrd lf 4 0 0 0
  Boggs lf 1 0 0 0
Blalock 1b 5 2 3 1
Cruz rf 5 0 1 0
Davis 3b 5 0 1 0
Teagarden c 2 0 0 0
  Catalanotto ph 1 0 1 0
  Arias 2b 1 0 0 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
  Madrigal p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 11 3
Oakland 021 000 000 014111
Texas 110 000 001 003111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   5.0 6 2 2 2 1
  Blevins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Street   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Devine   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Ziegler   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Embree  W(2-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Casilla  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
1
0
0
0
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood   7.0 8 3 2 1 6
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Francisco   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Madrigal   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Mendoza  L(3-8) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.0
2
1
1
1
1

  E–Cunningham (2), Hamilton (6).  DP–Oakland 2. Crosby-Pennington-Barton, Pennington-Crosby-Barton, Texas 2. Blalock, Mendoza-Young-Blalock.  2B–Oakland Crosby (39,off Millwood); Cust (19,off Millwood); Pennington (4,off Mendoza), Texas Duran (6,off Smith).  3B–Texas Catalanotto (1,off Ziegler).  HR–Texas Blalock (9,9th inning off Ziegler 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Bradley (6,off Smith).  Team–9.  SB–Pennington 2 (4,2nd base off Millwood/Teagarden,2nd base off Francisco/Teagarden).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Casey Moser.  T–3:56.  A–14,925.
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