Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1998 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 1 1 1
Anderson cf 3 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro dh 3 0 0 0
Pickering 1b 3 0 1 0
  Hoiles 1b 1 0 0 0
  Minor 1b 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 2 2 3
Greene c 4 0 0 0
Bordick ss 0 0 0 0
  Reboulet pr,ss 2 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 6 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 3 1 1 0
  Buford cf 2 0 0 0
Bragg rf 3 1 2 0
  Mitchell lf 1 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 3 0 1 2
  Merloni 3b,2b 1 0 0 0
Stanley dh 3 0 1 0
O'Leary lf 1 0 1 0
  Nixon ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0
  Romero c 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Varitek c 0 0 0 0
Benjamin 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
  Snopek 3b 1 0 0 0
Sadler 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Avery p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Baltimore 021 000 011560
Boston 000 002 000270
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (16-13) 7.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Mills   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Benitez  SV (22) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (15-8) 5.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Lowe   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Avery   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Eckersley   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2, Boston 2.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (27,off Saberhagen), Boston Garciaparra (37,off Erickson).  HR–Baltimore Surhoff 2 (22,2nd inning off Saberhagen 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 2 out); Davis (28,3rd inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out); Alomar (14,8th inning off Avery 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bordick (10,by Saberhagen); Stanley (7,by Erickson); Benjamin (6,by Erickson).  WP–Erickson (4), Mills (4), Saberhagen (4).  HBP–Erickson 2 (13,Stanley,Benjamin); Saberhagen (6,Bordick).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:39.  A–29,226.
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