Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
August 18, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 0 0
Nixon rf 4 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 2 0
Ramirez lf 3 1 1 0
  Henderson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Floyd dh 4 1 1 1
Varitek c 4 0 1 0
Daubach 1b 3 0 1 1
  Baerga ph 1 0 1 0
Merloni 2b 4 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Haney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 3 1 1 0
Guzman ss 4 1 1 0
Koskie 3b 4 0 2 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1
Hunter cf 4 2 2 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 3 2
Mohr rf 2 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 3 0 0 2
Rivas 2b 4 0 0 0
Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Boston 010 000 100280
Minnesota 110 100 03x6100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (10-7) 7.1 9 6 6 2 4
  Haney   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (11-6) 7.0 6 2 2 0 7
  Romero   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Guardado   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
9

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Ramirez (18,off Reed); Varitek (22,off Reed); Hillenbrand (31,off Romero), Minnesota Mientkiewicz (22,off Haney).  HR–Boston Floyd (3,7th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Mientkiewicz (9,2nd inning off Burkett 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Ramirez (11,by Romero); Mohr (2,by Haney).  SF–Ortiz (7,off Burkett); Pierzynski (3,off Haney).  CS–Guzman (13,3rd base by Burkett/Varitek).  IBB–Haney (2,Mohr); Romero (3,Ramirez).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:33.  A–37,196.
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