Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 4, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2002 at Tropicana Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
  Baerga ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Damon cf 5 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 5 2 1 1
Ramirez rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 3 0 1 1
  Hillenbrand ph,3b 1 1 1 4
Offerman dh 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 5 0 1 0
Merloni 3b 3 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 0
  Daubach ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Fossum p 0 0 0 0
  Kim p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 10 7
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Abernathy 2b 4 1 1 0
Tyner lf 4 0 1 0
Winn cf 4 2 1 0
Cox 1b 3 2 2 0
Grieve rf 4 0 2 3
Vaughn dh 4 0 1 2
Hall c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Escalona 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Boston 000 002 0057100
Tampa Bay 010 200 020591
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe   7.0 6 3 3 0 6
  Garces   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Fossum   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Kim  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Urbina  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   7.0 6 2 0 0 4
  Zambrano  L (1-2) 2.0 4 5 5 4 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
5
4
5

  E–Escalona (1).  2B–Boston Daubach (4,off Zambrano); Garciaparra (9,off Zambrano), Tampa Bay Grieve (4,off Lowe); Vaughn (3,off Lowe).  HR–Boston Hillenbrand (6,9th inning off Zambrano 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Henderson (2,by Kennedy).  IBB–Ramirez (7,by Zambrano).  SB–Offerman (2,2nd base off Zambrano/Hall).  CS–Escalona (2,2nd base by Lowe/Varitek).  HBP–Kennedy (3,Henderson).  IBB–Zambrano (3,Ramirez).  U-HP–Greg Gibson, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:50.  A–17,972.
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