Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
April 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 2003 at The 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 13, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 5 2 1 1
  Menechino ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 5 2 3 3
Tejada ss 4 2 3 2
Chavez 3b 5 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 1 1 0
  Piatt rf 0 0 0 0
Durazo dh 3 2 0 0
Long lf 3 3 2 2
Hernandez c 5 1 1 3
Singleton cf 5 0 2 2
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Fikac p 0 0 0 0
  Neu p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 13 13
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf 5 0 1 0
Everett lf 4 1 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 3 1
  Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 2
Greene dh 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 1
Teixeira 3b 3 0 2 1
Young 2b 3 0 2 0
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Oakland 002 420 03213131
Texas 001 021 0105110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (1-0) 5.0 9 4 4 2 4
  Fikac   3.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Neu   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez  L (1-1) 4.0 7 8 8 2 6
  Nitkowski   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Garcia   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Powell   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
13
13
5
12

  E–Tejada (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Dye (4,off Powell); Long (1,off Powell), Texas Rodriguez (2,off Mulder); Teixeira (1,off Mulder).  HR–Oakland Long (2,3rd inning off Valdes 0 on, 0 out); Ellis (1,3rd inning off Valdes 0 on, 2 out); Tejada (2,5th inning off Valdes 1 on, 0 out); Hatteberg (1,8th inning off Reynaldo Garcia 2 on, 2 out), Texas Gonzalez (4,5th inning off Mulder 1 on, 2 out); Palmeiro (3,6th inning off Mulder 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Tejada (1,by Reynaldo Garcia).  SB–Young (1,2nd base off Mulder/Hernandez).  WP–Mulder (1).  HBP–Reynaldo Garcia (2,Tejada).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:01.  A–18,107.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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