Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 24, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 2008 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 4, Texas Rangers 14

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Buck rf 5 0 2 0
Cunningham lf 5 0 1 0
Sweeney cf 3 0 0 0
  Denorfia cf 1 1 1 1
Cust dh 3 1 1 1
Crosby ss 3 0 0 0
  Murphy ss 1 0 0 0
Baisley 3b 4 0 1 0
Barton 1b 3 2 2 0
Pennington 2b 4 0 1 1
Bowen c 4 0 1 1
Eveland p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Duran 2b,lf 5 2 2 1
Young ss 4 2 4 2
  Arias 2b 0 0 0 0
Hamilton cf 5 1 2 2
  Vazquez ss 0 0 0 0
Bradley dh 5 1 2 1
Byrd lf 2 1 0 0
  Boggs lf,cf 0 0 0 0
Blalock 1b 4 2 2 4
  Davis 1b 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 5 1 2 2
Laird c 4 2 1 0
  Ramirez c 0 0 0 0
Metcalf 3b 5 2 2 2
Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  Littleton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 14 17 14
Oakland 010 001 1104101
Texas 000 328 10x14170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Eveland  L(9-9) 5.0 8 7 7 3 4
  Casilla   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Gray   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Meyer   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
1
1
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harrison  W(9-3) 6.0 6 2 2 1 7
  Rupe   2.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Littleton   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
1

  E–Cunningham (3).  DP–Oakland 2. Pennington-Crosby-Barton, Barton-Crosby-Eveland, Texas 1. Young-Duran-Blalock.  2B–Oakland Cunningham (7,off Harrison); Barton 2 (15,off Harrison,off Rupe); Buck (7,off Harrison); Bowen (5,off Rupe), Texas Young 2 (34,off Eveland,off Casilla); Metcalf (2,off Casilla); Hamilton (35,off Gray); Bradley (32,off Gray).  HR–Oakland Cust (32,6th inning off Harrison 0 on 1 out); Denorfia (1,8th inning off Rupe 0 on 0 out), Texas Blalock (11,4th inning off Eveland 2 on 2 out); Cruz (6,6th inning off Eveland 1 on 0 out); Metcalf (6,7th inning off Meyer 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Blalock (2,by Eveland).  Team–7.  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Casey Moser, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:59.  A–16,832.
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