Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2002 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 8 2 2 0
Hillenbrand 3b 6 1 2 1
Garciaparra ss 7 1 0 0
Ramirez dh 5 0 1 1
  Henderson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Floyd lf 2 0 1 1
  Agbayani lf 1 0 0 0
Daubach 1b 4 0 1 0
  Baerga ph 1 0 0 0
  Clark 1b 2 0 1 1
Mirabelli c 5 0 0 0
  Varitek ph,c 2 0 1 0
Nixon rf 6 0 1 0
Sanchez 2b 6 0 1 0
  Merloni 2b 0 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 5 11 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 6 0 0 0
Singleton cf 7 0 0 0
Conine 1b 6 1 2 1
Batista 3b 7 0 0 0
Gibbons rf 3 2 2 2
Cordova dh 4 0 0 0
  Matthews pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Leon ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Mora lf 5 1 1 0
Gil c 5 0 1 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 1
  Bigbie ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez ss 2 0 0 0
Stephens p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 4 6 4
Boston 200 010 000 000 0115111
Baltimore 020 000 001 000 010462
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   8.0 4 2 2 3 3
  Urbina   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Castillo   4.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Embree  W (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 3 2
  Gomes  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
15.0
6
4
4
8
10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stephens   6.0 7 3 3 2 8
  Bauer   3.2 0 0 0 2 3
  Groom   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Julio   1.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Ryan   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Roberts  L (5-4) 2.0 2 2 0 2 2
Totals
15.0
11
5
3
9
13

  E–Garciaparra (25), Conine (10), W Roberts (2).  DP–Boston 2.  PB–Mirabelli (10).  2B–Boston Nixon (34,off Stephens); Varitek (27,off Julio).  HR–Boston Hillenbrand (18,5th inning off Stephens 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Gibbons 2 (28,2nd inning off Wakefield 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Urbina 0 on, 1 out); Conine (15,14th inning off Embree 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Floyd (2,off Stephens).  HBP–Ramirez (8,by Stephens); Conine (2,by Gomes).  IBB–Nixon (2,by Bauer); Ramirez (14,by Julio); R Sanchez (1,by Ryan); Agbayani (1,by W Roberts); Mora (2,by Embree).  SB–Damon (31,2nd base off Stephens/Gil); Floyd (4,2nd base off Bauer/Gil); Mora (16,2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli); Matthews (15,2nd base off Castillo/Mirabelli); Leon (1,2nd base off Embree/Varitek).  CS–Nixon (2,2nd base by Bauer/Gil); Gibbons (3,2nd base by Embree/Varitek).  WP–Wakefield (5), Julio (8), W Roberts (7).  BK–Castillo (2).  HBP–Gomes (3,Conine); Stephens (3,Ramirez).  IBB–Embree (1,Mora); Bauer (4,Nixon); Julio (3,Ramirez); Ryan (3,R Sanchez); W Roberts (3,Agbayani).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–4:43.  A–24,664.
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