New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
April 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, Oakland Athletics 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Jeter ss 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 2 0
Posada c 3 1 2 2
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
White lf 2 0 0 0
Vander Wal rf 3 0 0 0
  Spencer rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Giambi lf 4 0 2 0
Menechino 2b 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg dh 4 0 1 0
Justice rf 3 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 1
Long cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez c 3 0 1 0
  Myers ph 1 0 0 0
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
New York 000 000 200241
Oakland 010 000 000160
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  W (3-1) 8.0 5 1 1 0 11
  Rivera  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
12
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  L (2-2) 9.0 4 2 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
6

  E–Soriano (8).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–New York Posada (7,off Hudson); Giambi (4,off Hudson), Oakland Hatteberg (1,off O Hernandez).  HR–New York Posada (2,7th inning off Hudson 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Tejada (3,2nd inning off O Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  WP–O Hernandez (1), Hudson (3).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–2:33.  A–40,360.
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