New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 25, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 2002 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 4 0 1 1
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0
Williams B. cf 4 0 1 0
Giambi dh 3 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 1 2 0
Vander Wal rf 2 1 1 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams G. rf 0 0 0 0
Spencer lf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 0 0 0
  Daubach ph 1 0 0 0
Damon cf 3 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 3 1 0 0
Offerman 1b 3 1 0 0
Baerga dh 4 0 2 0
Nixon rf 4 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 2 1
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Fossum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
New York 030 000 000381
Boston 010 100 000261
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   3.2 5 2 2 4 2
  Mendoza  W (2-2) 3.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Stanton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Rivera  SV (15) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  L (7-2) 6.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Fossum   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
8

  E–Stanton (1), Varitek (1).  DP–New York 2, Boston 1.  2B–New York Vander Wal (9,off Lowe); Spencer (8,off Lowe); Ventura (4,off Lowe), Boston Hillenbrand (12,off Wells).  3B–Boston R Sanchez (3,off Wells).  HBP–Varitek (2,by Wells).  SB–Jeter (11,2nd base off Lowe/Varitek); Soriano 2 (12,2nd base off Lowe/Varitek,3rd base off Lowe/Varitek); Henderson (3,2nd base off Wells/Posada).  HBP–Wells (2,Varitek).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Matt Hollowell, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–3:18.  A–33,743.
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