Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 29, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Boston Red Sox 10, Oakland Athletics 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 5 1 3 1
Valentin 3b 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 5 2 2 2
Garciaparra ss 5 3 3 2
O'Leary lf 5 1 1 1
Bragg rf 5 0 2 1
Benjamin 2b 4 1 1 1
Hatteberg c 3 1 2 2
Mitchell dh 4 1 1 0
Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 15 10
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Neill cf 4 1 1 0
Grieve rf 4 0 2 1
Stairs dh 3 0 1 1
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 0
Blowers 3b 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
Bournigal 2b 3 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 0 0
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Boston 000 204 00410150
Oakland 101 000 000280
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wasdin  W (5-3) 6.0 6 2 2 1 6
  Lowe  SV (3) 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist  L (6-8) 5.2 9 6 6 2 1
  Worrell   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Taylor   0.2 3 3 3 0 1
  Mohler   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Vaughn (19,off Taylor), Oakland Neill (1,off Wasdin); Grieve (29,off Wasdin).  HR–Boston Vaughn (26,4th inning off Oquist 0 on, 1 out); Garciaparra (20,6th inning off Oquist 0 on, 0 out); Hatteberg (9,6th inning off Oquist 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Mitchell (1,2nd base off Worrell/Hinch); Lewis (20,2nd base off Taylor/Hinch); Henderson (46,2nd base off Wasdin/Hatteberg).  WP–Mohler (2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:49.  A–11,632.
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