Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Boston Red Sox
September 28, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 2002 at Fenway Park. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9, Boston Red Sox 6

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Rolls rf 4 1 1 0
Crawford lf 4 0 1 1
Winn cf 4 1 2 3
Huff 1b 5 1 0 0
Grieve dh 4 1 0 0
Hall c 5 2 2 2
Sandberg 3b 4 1 3 1
Abernathy 2b 5 1 2 2
Escalona ss 4 1 1 0
Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 12 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 5 1 1 2
Nixon rf 4 1 0 0
Ramirez dh 4 1 2 0
Daubach 1b 2 2 1 0
Agbayani lf 4 0 1 1
Mirabelli c 3 0 1 2
Merloni 3b 4 1 1 1
Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Tampa Bay 000 100 7109122
Boston 010 003 002681
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (8-8) 6.0 6 4 3 4 5
  Carter  SV (2) 3.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
4
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Howry  L (3-5) 1.0 4 5 2 1 0
  Gomes   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
6
3
4

  E–Rolls (3), Escalona (10), Agbayani (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Escalona (8,off Wakefield); Crawford (11,off Wakefield); Sandberg (21,off Wakefield); Hall (18,off Howry), Boston Mirabelli (7,off Zambrano); Ramirez 2 (31,off Zambrano 2); Merloni (12,off Carter).  HR–Tampa Bay Hall (6,4th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 2 out); Winn (13,7th inning off Howry 1 on, 2 out), Boston Garciaparra (24,9th inning off Carter 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Rolls (1,off Howry).  HBP–Crawford (3,by Wakefield); Escalona (7,by Howry).  IBB–Grieve (5,by Howry); Daubach (4,by Zambrano).  SB–Winn (27,2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli); Sandberg (3,2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli); Rolls (2,2nd base off Gomes/Mirabelli).  HBP–Wakefield (9,Crawford); Howry (5,Escalona).  IBB–Zambrano (5,Daubach); Howry (4,Grieve).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:34.  A–32,623.
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