September 16, 2003 · 8:05 PM EDT
W: John ThomsonL: Gil Meche
Bret Boone
2B3-5H-AB2B · 1 RBI · 2 RTop hitterLNLaynce Nix
RF3-4H-AB2 HR · 4 RBI · 2 RP8.0IP3 ER · 5 K · W
Gil MecheP2.1IP8 ER · 2 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead TEX by 9
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1OA Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 | — |
| 2SEMariners | 93 | 69 | .574 | 3.0 |
3LA Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19.0 |
| 4TERangers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 25.0 |
IS Ichiro SuzukiRF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CG Carlos Guillén3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| BBBret Boone2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
EM Edgar MartinezDH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
JO John Olerud1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RW Randy WinnCF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JMJohn MabryLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RSRey SanchezSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DW Dan WilsonC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JSJamal StrongPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2B: Boone
RBI: Boone, Martinez 2, Mabry
LOB: 19
| ALAaron Looper | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| BSBrian Sweeney | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| GMGil MecheL | 2.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 42 |
JP J.J. Putz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| JMJulio Mateo | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 143 |
MY Michael Young2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
HB Hank Blalock3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
AR Alex RodriguezSS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RP Rafael PalmeiroDH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MT Mark Teixeira1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LNLaynce NixRF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SSShane SpencerLF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TGTodd GreeneC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JCJermaine ClarkLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RCRyan ChristensonCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
2B: Teixeira 2
HR: Blalock, Rodriguez, Nix 2
RBI: Blalock 3, Rodriguez 3, Nix 4
LOB: 12
The Rangers routed the Mariners 10-5 at The Ballpark at Arlington.
John Thomson got the win and Gil Meche took the loss. Laynce Nix went 3-for-4 for the Rangers, while Bret Boone went 3-for-5 for the Mariners.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
