Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 5 1 1 0
Valentin 3b 3 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 5 0 1 1
Garciaparra ss 5 0 1 0
Stanley dh 4 0 0 0
  Mitchell pr,dh 0 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 5 1 1 0
Bragg rf 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 2 0 0 0
Sadler 2b 4 1 3 2
Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 0 0
Anderson cf 5 1 2 0
Davis dh 3 0 0 1
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 2 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Mouton rf 3 0 1 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
  Webster c 0 0 0 0
Hoiles c 4 0 0 0
  Becker rf 0 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 4 0 0 0
  Kingsale pr 0 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 6 2
Boston 000 000 200 1380
Baltimore 000 101 000 0260
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek   6.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Corsi   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Swindell   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  W (4-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gordon  SV (42) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
1
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   9.0 6 2 2 4 10
  Benitez  L (5-6) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Rhodes   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
4
11

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (25,off Schourek).  HR–Boston Sadler (3,7th inning off Mussina 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Palmeiro (43,4th inning off Schourek 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Valentin (9,by Benitez).  SF–Davis (7,off Schourek).  SB–Anderson (21,3rd base off Schourek/Hatteberg); Palmeiro (11,2nd base off Eckersley/Hatteberg).  WP–Gordon (7).  HBP–Benitez (4,Valentin).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:13.  A–44,565.
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