Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 18, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 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 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 1 1
Damon cf 5 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 2 1
Ramirez dh 3 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 5 0 0 0
Daubach 1b 4 0 1 0
  Offerman pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Mirabelli c 3 0 0 0
  Varitek ph,c 1 0 1 0
Nixon rf 4 0 1 1
Merloni 2b 4 1 2 1
Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 0 2 0
Abernathy 2b 1 1 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
Cox 1b 3 1 1 1
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
Huff dh 4 0 0 0
Hall c 3 1 1 2
Conti rf 4 0 1 0
McCarty lf 2 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Boston 000 020 110490
Tampa Bay 111 000 000350
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   4.0 3 3 3 4 2
  Wakefield  W (3-3) 3.0 0 0 0 0 5
  Haney   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Urbina  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sturtze   7.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Yan  L (5-5) 1.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Colome   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–None.  2B–Boston Damon (18,off Sturtze); Garciaparra (32,off Yan).  3B–Tampa Bay Conti (1,off Haney).  HR–Boston Henderson (4,5th inning off Sturtze 0 on, 2 out); Merloni (2,7th inning off Sturtze 0 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Cox (11,1st inning off Castillo 0 on, 2 out); Hall (4,2nd inning off Castillo 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Ramirez 2 (5,by Sturtze,by Yan); Abernathy 2 (4,by Castillo,by Wakefield).  SF–Hall (2,off Castillo).  SB–Henderson (7,2nd base off Sturtze/Hall); Abernathy 3 (9,2nd base off Castillo/Mirabelli,2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli 2); Winn 2 (19,2nd base off Castillo/Mirabelli,3rd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli).  WP–Sturtze (2).  HBP–Castillo (4,Abernathy); Wakefield (5,Abernathy); Sturtze (4,Ramirez); Yan (2,Ramirez).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:17.  A–22,012.
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