Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1997 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 0, Boston Red Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore cf 3 0 1 0
Batista ss 4 0 0 0
Giambi lf 4 0 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Canseco dh 3 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 3 0 1 0
Brosius rf 3 0 0 0
Molina c 2 0 0 0
  Mayne ph,c 1 0 1 0
Rigby p 0 0 0 0
  Kubinski p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 1 3 2
Valentin 3b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 2 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 3 0 1 0
  Stanley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cordero lf 3 0 1 0
O'Leary rf 3 0 2 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0
Bragg cf 3 1 1 0
Frye 2b 3 1 1 1
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 10 3
Oakland 000 000 000060
Boston 000 020 01x3100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rigby  L (0-4) 6.0 9 2 2 0 0
  Kubinski   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Small   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
1
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (5-0) 7.2 4 0 0 2 6
  Corsi   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Slocumb  SV (17) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 5, Boston 2.  2B–Oakland Giambi (25,off Suppan), Boston Jefferson (17,off Rigby); Garciaparra (25,off Rigby); Frye (13,off Rigby).  3B–Boston Garciaparra (9,off Rigby).  HR–Boston Garciaparra (16,8th inning off Kubinski 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Vaughn (6,by Rigby).  SB–Spiezio (6,2nd base off Suppan/Hatteberg).  HBP–Rigby (1,Vaughn).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Lazaro Diaz.  T–2:22.  A–29,312.
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