Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
April 15, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1998 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 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
McDonald cf 4 1 1 1
Grieve rf 4 1 1 1
Stairs 1b 2 0 0 0
Giambi dh 3 0 1 1
Magadan 3b 4 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
  Hinch ph,c 1 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 1 0
Bournigal ss 4 1 2 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 5 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 3 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 5 1 2 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 5 2 3 2
Hatteberg c 3 0 2 0
Bragg rf 2 0 1 0
  Leyritz ph 0 0 0 0
  Buford pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Lewis cf,rf 3 1 1 0
Benjamin 2b 4 0 1 1
Rose p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 3
Oakland 002 000 100370
Boston 010 101 0014110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes   7.0 9 3 3 4 6
  Mohler   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Mathews  L (0-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.2
11
4
4
7
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rose   5.0 4 2 2 5 2
  Lowe   3.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Eckersley  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 4.  2B–Oakland Grieve (3,off Rose); Bournigal (1,off Lowe); McDonald (1,off Lowe), Boston Hatteberg (2,off Haynes); Valentin (6,off Mathews).  3B–Boston Lewis (1,off Haynes).  HBP–Bragg (1,by Haynes).  IBB–Vaughn (2,by Mathews).  SB–Henderson (3,3rd base off Rose/Hatteberg); Stairs (1,2nd base off Rose/Hatteberg); Hinch (2,2nd base off Lowe/Hatteberg).  BK–Mohler (1).  HBP–Haynes (2,Bragg).  IBB–Mathews (1,Vaughn).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:52.  A–18,477.
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