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APRIL 6, 2004
Finally! The Rangers will have their first game today as they face the Athletics in a doubleheader in Oakland.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Baltimore Orioles 0-1
Anaheim Angels at Seattle Mariners
Detroit Tigers 0-1 at Toronto Blue Jays 1-0.
New York Yankees 2-0 at Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0-2
Cleveland Indians 0-1 at Minnesota Twins 1-0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal Expos at Florida Marlins
Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks
New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
San Francisco Giants 0-1 at Houston Astros 1-0
Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 at St Louis Cardinals 0-1
San Diego Padres 1-0 at Los Angeles Dodgers 0-1
TEXAS RANGERS AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Kenny Rogers vs Rich Harden Advantage Oakland
C Rod Barajas vs Damian Miller Advantage Push
1B Mark Teixeira vs Scott Hatteberg Advantage Texas
2B Eric Young Sr vs Marco Scutaro Advantage Push
3B Hank Blalock vs Eric Chavez Advantage Oakland
SS Mike B Young vs Bobby Crosby Advantage Oakland
LF David Dellucci vs Eric Byrnes Advantage Push
CF Gary Matthews Jr vs Mark Kotsay Advantage Oakland
RF Kevin Mench vs Jermaine Dye Advantage Push
DH Alfonso Soriano vs Erubiel Durazo Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the bottom of the first, a two-out RBI single by Dye put the Athletics on the board.
In the top of the third, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out. Harden got Teixeira looking at a knee high fastball on a 1-2 count for the second out. Mench then flew to center to retire the side without the Rangers scoring.
After three: Oakland 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the fifth, Mench again came to bat with a clutch scoring chance as runners were at second and third with two out and, this time, he delivered a two-run double to put the Rangers in the lead.
In the top of the sixth, with a runner on third and two out, Chad Bradford took the mound for the Athletics and got Young to fly to center to retire the side.
After six: Texas 2 Oakland 1.
In the top of the eighth, with a runner on first and one out, Justin Duchscherer took the mound for the Athletics and kept the deficit to one.
In the top of the ninth, Arthur Rhodes took the mound for the Athletics.
In the bottom of the ninth, Francisco Cordero took the mound for the Athletics with a one-run lead to protect. With a runner on first and two out, Hatteberg grounded to short to end the game.
Final score: Texas 2 Oakland 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kenny Rogers 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
TEXAS RANGERS (1-0) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0-1) GAME TWO
SP Ryan Drese vs Tim Hudson Advantage Oakland
C Damny Ardoin vs Adam Melhuse Advantage Oakland
1B Mark Teixeira vs Scott Hatteberg Advantage Texas
2B Eric Young Sr vs Marco Scutaro Advantage Push
3B Hank Blalock vs Eric Chavez Advantage Oakland
SS Mike B Young vs Bobby Crosby Advantage Oakland
LF David Dellucci vs Eric Byrnes Advantage Push
CF Gary Matthews Jr vs Mark Kotsay Advantage Oakland
RF Kevin Mench vs Jermaine Dye Advantage Push
DH Alfonso Soriano vs Erubiel Durazo Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the top of the third, Hudson struck out the side.
After three: Texas 0 Oakland 0.
In the top of the fourth, Teixeira broke the scoreless tie with an RBI single.
In the bottom of the fourth, a two-out two-run double by Melhuse put the Athletics in the lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Chavez got a two-out RBI single.
After six: Oakland 3 Texas 1.
In the top of the eighth, a two-out RBI single by Teixeira made it a one-run game.
In the bottom of the eighth, Doug Brocail took the mound for the Rangers.
In the top of the ninth, Arthur Rhodes took the mound for the Athletics with a one-run lead to protect and he retired the side in order to end the game.
Final score: Oakland 3 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tim Hudson 8.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston Red Sox 5 Baltimore Orioles 2
Seattle Mariners 8 Anaheim Angels 2
Detroit Tigers 5 Toronto Blue Jays 4
New York Yankees 3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2
Cleveland Indians 7 Minnesota Twins 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Florida Marlins 4 Montreal Expos 1
Arizona Diamondbacks 3 Colorado Rockies 1
New York Mets 9 Atlanta Braves 5
San Francisco Giants 2 Houston Astros 1
Milwaukee Brewers 6 St Louis Cardinals 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 San Diego Padres 3
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joel Pineiro Seattle Mariners 9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W
2. A J Burnett Florida Marlins 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W
3. Tony Clark New York Yankees 2 for 3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
A wayward cat got out on the field during the game between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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