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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

2004-09-13 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 10 innings · Att: 15535 · 65°F, sunny · Wind 13 mph to RF · 3:48

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 7–6. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 8th. Justin Duchscherer earned the win. Alfonso Soriano went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	6	12
OAK	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	7	8

W: Justin Duchscherer L: Francisco Cordero SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Brinkman · 1B: Tim Tschida · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Marty Foster · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alfonso Soriano	5	2	2	2	0	0
Hank Blalock	5	0	1	0	0	1
Michael Young	5	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Teixeira	5	2	4	1	0	0
David Dellucci	3	0	0	0	2	1
Kevin Mench	5	0	0	0	0	4
Brian Jordan	5	1	1	1	0	0
Laynce Nix	4	1	2	0	1	1
Rod Barajas	5	0	2	2	0	2

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Kotsay	6	0	1	0	0	1
Eric Byrnes	5	1	1	0	1	1
Eric Chavez	4	1	1	1	2	0
Scott Hatteberg	5	1	1	1	0	1
Damian Miller	3	0	0	0	1	1
Erubiel Durazo	3	0	1	0	2	1
Nick Swisher	3	1	0	1	1	0
Bobby Crosby	2	1	1	2	1	1
Marco Scutaro	2	1	2	0	0	0
Mark McLemore	2	0	0	1	1	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Juan Dominguez	6.0	4	1	3
Frank Francisco	1.0	1	2	1
Ron Mahay	0.1	1	2	0
Carlos Almanzar	0.2	0	0	0
Brian Shouse	0.2	1	1	0
Doug Brocail	0.1	0	0	1
Francisco Cordero	0.2	1	3	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Hudson	8.0	9	1	8
Jim Mecir	0.2	1	0	2
Ricardo Rincon	0.0	1	0	0
Chad Bradford	0.1	0	0	0
Justin Duchscherer	1.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alfonso Soriano: HR/F7D+
Hank Blalock: 6/P5D
Michael Young: 9/F9M
Mark Teixeira: D8/F8LXD
David Dellucci: 31/G3

Bot 1

Mark Kotsay: 5/P5S
Eric Byrnes: 7/F8LM
Eric Chavez: 7/F7M

Top 2

Kevin Mench: K
Brian Jordan: 6/P6MD
Laynce Nix: 43/G34-

Bot 2

Scott Hatteberg: K
Damian Miller: 6/P6
Erubiel Durazo: 63/G6

Top 3

Rod Barajas: K
Alfonso Soriano: 9/F89D
Hank Blalock: K

Bot 3

Nick Swisher: 8/F8LXD
Bobby Crosby: K
Marco Scutaro: D9/G
Mark Kotsay: BK.2-3
Mark Kotsay: BK.3-H(NR)
Mark Kotsay: 7/F7D

Top 4

Michael Young: 31/G34S
Mark Teixeira: D9/L9LD+
David Dellucci: W
Kevin Mench: K
Brian Jordan: 13/G13-

Bot 4

Eric Byrnes: D7/G
Eric Chavez: 5/P25F
Scott Hatteberg: 9/F89M
Damian Miller: W
Erubiel Durazo: K

Top 5

Laynce Nix: S8/L4MD+
Rod Barajas: S7/G6+.1-2
Alfonso Soriano: 3/L3-
Hank Blalock: 31/G3.2-3;1-2
Michael Young: K

Bot 5

Nick Swisher: 7/F78M
Bobby Crosby: HR/F78XD+
Marco Scutaro: S8/G4M+
Mark Kotsay: 3/G3L.1-1
Eric Byrnes: 6/L6D+

Top 6

Mark Teixeira: 6/L6D
David Dellucci: K
Kevin Mench: K

Bot 6

Eric Chavez: 6/P6
Scott Hatteberg: 5/P5S
Damian Miller: 7/L7D+

Top 7

Brian Jordan: S7/L78M
Laynce Nix: S9/G3+.1-3
Rod Barajas: D8/L8LXD+.3-H;1-H
Alfonso Soriano: PB.2-3
Alfonso Soriano: 9/F9M
Hank Blalock: 3/P3F
Michael Young: 63/G6S-

Bot 7

Erubiel Durazo: S7/F7S-
Nick Swisher: 8/F8LXD+
Bobby Crosby: W.1-2
Mark McLemore: 5/P5F
Mark Kotsay: K

Top 8

Mark Teixeira: HR/F89D+
David Dellucci: 3/G3
Kevin Mench: K
Brian Jordan: 1/P25F

Bot 8

Eric Byrnes: W
Eric Chavez: WP.1-2
Eric Chavez: W
Scott Hatteberg: S7/G6.2-H;1-2
Damian Miller: 14/SH/BG25-.2-3;1-2
Erubiel Durazo: IW
Nick Swisher: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Crosby: 7/SF/F7D.3-H
Mark McLemore: 3/G3

Top 9

Laynce Nix: K
Rod Barajas: K
Alfonso Soriano: HR/F8LXD+
Hank Blalock: S8/G4M
Michael Young: 43/G4+

Bot 9

Mark Kotsay: D9/G
Eric Byrnes: 3/L34S
Eric Chavez: IW
Scott Hatteberg: 7/F78D
Damian Miller: K

Top 10

Mark Teixeira: T9/F9D+
David Dellucci: W
Kevin Mench: 46(1)/FO/G4
Brian Jordan: 46(1)/FO/G4.3-H;B-2(E6/TH)
Laynce Nix: IW
Rod Barajas: 8/F8LD

Bot 10

Erubiel Durazo: W
Nick Swisher: W.1-2
Bobby Crosby: E5/TH/SH/BG56S-.2-3;1-2
Mark McLemore: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Mark Kotsay: 7/F7LM
Eric Byrnes: K
Eric Chavez: S8/L8LS+.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Teixeira dove to his left, tagged the bag and then chased Scutaro; the runner avoided the tag and got back to 1B but the Rangers claimed he ran out of the baseline
19 minute delay due to an incident between Rangers relief pitchers & fans; Brocail & fan exchanged loud insults; Francisco threw a chair at fans, hitting two & breaking a person's nose; Francisco was arrested after the game

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