Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1997 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Boston Red Sox 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 2 0
Alomar 2b 5 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 2 1 1 1
Hammonds rf 3 0 1 1
Incaviglia dh 4 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 1 2 0
Valentin 2b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 2 0 0 0
Jefferson dh 3 1 1 1
  Stanley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Naehring 3b 3 1 1 0
O'Leary rf 2 0 1 1
Cordero lf 4 1 2 2
Hatteberg c 4 0 2 0
Bragg cf 3 0 0 0
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Baltimore 000 000 110271
Boston 000 310 00x491
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (2-1) 5.1 8 4 3 2 2
  Rhodes   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  W (3-0) 6.2 5 1 1 5 3
  Hammond   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Corsi   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Slocumb  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
7

  E–Erickson (1), Hatteberg (2).  DP–Baltimore 2, Boston 2.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (3,off Sele); Ripken (4,off Corsi).  3B–Baltimore Surhoff (1,off Sele).  HR–Boston Cordero (4,4th inning off Erickson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Surhoff (1,off Corsi).  IBB–Vaughn (2,by Erickson).  SB–Palmeiro (1,2nd base off Sele/Hatteberg).  CS–Anderson (2,3rd base by Sele/Hatteberg).  IBB–Erickson (1,Vaughn).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–(none), 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:00.  A–33,608.
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