Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 25, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 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 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 2 0
Christenson cf 4 0 1 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 1
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0
Blowers 3b 4 1 2 1
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 1 0
Hinch c 2 0 0 0
  Sprague ph 1 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis rf 5 1 2 1
Valentin 3b 3 1 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 4 0
Stanley dh 3 0 0 1
O'Leary lf 3 0 1 1
Buford cf 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 2 0
Benjamin 2b 3 0 1 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Oakland 000 001 100270
Boston 200 000 10x3100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (12-6) 6.1 9 3 3 5 5
  Mathews   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
6
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   6.0 4 1 1 4 6
  Lowe   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Swindell  W (4-5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Gordon  SV (37) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2.  PB–Varitek 3 (15).  2B–Boston Benjamin (17,off Rogers); Garciaparra (29,off Rogers); Lewis (21,off Mathews).  HR–Oakland Blowers (11,6th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 0 out), Boston Lewis (7,7th inning off Rogers 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Henderson 2 (56,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek,2nd base off Lowe/Varitek); Roberts (13,2nd base off Gordon/Varitek).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:56.  A–28,366.
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