Florida Marlins vs Boston Red Sox
July 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1997 at Fenway Park. The Florida Marlins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 3, Boston Red Sox 2

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 1 0 0
Renteria ss 4 1 1 2
Eisenreich dh 4 0 1 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 1
McMillon lf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Conine 1b 3 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 1 2 0
Castillo 2b 2 0 0 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 5 1 2 0
Bragg rf 5 0 1 0
Valentin 2b 3 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 3 0 0 0
Stanley 1b,c 4 1 2 1
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0
  Tavarez pr 0 0 0 0
  Frye 1b 0 0 0 0
Mack cf 3 0 1 0
Pozo 3b 4 0 1 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 1
Florida 003 000 000351
Boston 011 000 000282
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (8-5) 6.2 8 2 2 3 4
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Powell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nen  SV (24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (5-7) 8.1 5 3 2 6 6
  Hudson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
6
6

  E–Renteria (12).  DP–Florida 1, Boston 2.  PB–Zaun 2 (3).  2B–Florida Zaun (6,off Gordon), Boston Pozo (1,off Brown).  HR–Boston Stanley (9,2nd inning off Brown 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cangelosi (1,by Gordon).  HBP–Hatteberg (2,by Heredia).  SB–Cangelosi (4,2nd base off Gordon/Hatteberg).  WP–Brown (3).  HBP–Heredia (3,Hatteberg).  IBB–Gordon (1,Cangelosi).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:54.  A–31,405.
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