Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 8, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum. 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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Boston Red Sox 12, Oakland Athletics 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 2
Damon cf 6 2 1 0
Garciaparra ss 6 0 2 4
Ramirez dh 2 1 1 0
  Mirabelli ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Hillenbrand 3b 3 2 2 0
  Merloni 3b 2 0 1 0
Clark 1b 6 1 2 1
Nixon rf 2 2 0 0
Varitek c 5 1 3 5
Sanchez 2b 3 1 2 0
  Baerga ph,2b 3 1 2 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Kim p 0 0 0 0
  Fossum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 12 19 12
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Giambi lf 5 1 2 1
Menechino 2b 4 1 1 0
Hatteberg dh 4 1 1 0
Dye rf 3 0 1 0
  Byrnes rf 1 1 1 2
Chavez 3b 2 1 0 0
  Saenz 3b 1 0 1 1
Tejada ss 3 1 1 2
Long cf 4 0 0 0
Myers c 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 0
Hiljus p 0 0 0 0
  Fyhrie p 0 0 0 0
  Holtz p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Boston 037 000 11012190
Oakland 021 000 030691
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  W (3-0) 6.0 4 3 3 2 5
  Kim   2.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Fossum   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hiljus  L (3-2) 2.1 6 8 8 4 2
  Fyhrie   3.2 6 2 2 4 0
  Holtz   1.2 5 2 2 2 2
  Tam   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
12
12
10
4

  E–Chavez (6).  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Ramirez (6,off Hiljus); Clark (4,off Hiljus); Garciaparra (12,off Fyhrie); Baerga (3,off Holtz); Henderson (2,off Holtz), Oakland Dye (3,off Burkett); Saenz (1,off Kim).  3B–Boston Damon (3,off Holtz), Oakland Byrnes (1,off Kim).  HR–Boston Varitek (3,2nd inning off Hiljus 2 on, 1 out), Oakland Tejada (6,2nd inning off Burkett 1 on, 1 out); Giambi (6,3rd inning off Burkett 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Nixon (1,by Hiljus).  WP–Hiljus (1).  IBB–Hiljus (1,Nixon).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:31.  A–40,155.
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