Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 10, Oakland Athletics 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Borbon dh 5 2 3 2
Andrus ss 6 2 1 0
Murphy lf 4 2 3 2
Byrd cf 4 0 2 1
  Gentry pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Blalock 1b 5 1 3 2
Kinsler 2b 5 1 0 0
  German 2b 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 5 1 1 0
Davis 3b 4 1 2 2
Teagarden c 4 0 0 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 10 15 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 1 1 1
Sweeney rf 3 0 1 0
  Carson rf 1 1 1 2
Suzuki c 3 0 0 0
  Powell c 0 0 0 0
Cust dh 2 0 0 0
  Munson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0
  Buck lf 1 0 0 0
Hairston lf 1 0 0 0
  Patterson lf,2b 2 0 0 0
Crosby 1b 3 0 0 0
Pennington ss 2 1 1 0
Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Kilby p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Texas 130 200 22010151
Oakland 000 001 002352
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood  W(11-10) 7.0 3 1 0 1 2
  O'Day   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Guardado   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  L(0-3) 3.1 9 6 5 2 3
  Kilby   2.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Gray   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Rodriguez   1.0 1 2 1 1 1
  Casilla   1.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
15
10
8
4
11

  E–Kinsler (9), Kennedy (15), Patterson (1).  DP–Texas 2. Blalock-Andrus-Millwood, Kinsler-Andrus-Blalock.  2B–Texas Murphy (21,off E. Gonzalez); Blalock (19,off E. Gonzalez); Byrd (42,off E. Gonzalez).  3B–Texas Davis (1,off Gray).  HR–Oakland Carson (1,9th inning off Guardado 1 on 0 out).  SH–Teagarden (2,off E. Gonzalez).  HBP–Byrd (10,by Rodriguez); Cust (2,by Millwood); Pennington (1,by Millwood).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Davis (4,off Millwood).  Team–4.  SB–Borbon (16,2nd base off E. Gonzalez/Suzuki).  CS–Kennedy (6,2nd base by Millwood/Teagarden).  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:43.  A–10,581.
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