Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
March 31, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 2003 at Tropicana Field. 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 2 1 0
Garciaparra ss 5 1 2 0
Ramirez lf 4 1 1 0
Millar 1b 3 0 1 0
  Mueller 3b 0 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b,1b 4 0 1 3
Giambi dh 4 0 0 0
Nixon rf 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 2 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 1 1 3
Baldelli cf 4 0 1 0
Huff 3b 4 0 1 0
Lee 1b 4 1 1 0
Martin dh 2 1 1 0
  Shumpert ph,dh 1 1 1 2
Grieve rf 3 0 1 0
  Rolls pr 0 0 0 0
Hall c 4 0 0 0
Abernathy 2b 4 1 0 0
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 0 1 0 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  McClung p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 5
Boston 300 010 000481
Tampa Bay 000 000 105672
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   7.0 3 1 0 1 6
  Mendoza   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Embree   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Fox  L (0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
7
6
5
2
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   7.0 8 4 1 0 3
  McClung  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
1
2
6

  E–Hillenbrand (1), Huff (1), Abernathy (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Hillenbrand (1,off Kennedy); Varitek 2 (2,off Kennedy 2), Tampa Bay Baldelli (1,off Martinez).  HR–Tampa Bay Shumpert (1,9th inning off Embree 1 on, 0 out); Crawford (1,9th inning off Fox 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Millar (1,by Kennedy); Martin (1,by Martinez); Grieve (1,by Martinez).  SB–Abernathy (1,2nd base off Fox/Varitek).  HBP–Martinez 2 (2,Martin,Grieve); Kennedy (1,Millar).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Dan Iassogna.  T–2:35.  A–34,391.
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