Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 1, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 2003 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 9, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 8 2 3 0
Walker 2b 7 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 7 2 2 2
Ramirez lf 6 0 2 3
  Jackson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Millar ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Ortiz 1b 6 1 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 5 0 2 1
Giambi dh 6 1 1 2
Nixon rf 5 1 1 0
Mirabelli c 5 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Varitek c 0 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Woodard p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 9 13 9
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 8 0 3 0
Baldelli cf 9 1 3 0
Huff 3b 7 2 1 0
Lee 1b 8 1 2 2
Martin dh 4 0 2 2
  Shumpert ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Grieve ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Hall c 8 0 3 0
Anderson 2b 4 1 0 0
  Abernathy ph,2b 3 0 0 0
Rolls rf 6 2 2 0
Ordonez ss 8 1 3 4
Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 68 8 19 8
Boston 002 042 000 000 000 19131
Tampa Bay 200 121 020 000 000 08190
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   5.0 5 5 5 3 6
  Timlin   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Howry   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Mendoza   1.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Embree   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Woodard   3.0 3 0 0 3 3
  Lyon  W (1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
16.0
19
8
8
9
15
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   4.2 6 6 6 4 3
  Seay   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Colome   1.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Harper   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Carter   4.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Venafro   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sosa  L (0-1) 3.0 4 1 1 2 2
Totals
16.0
13
9
9
9
11

  E–Walker (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Boston Garciaparra 2 (2,off Zambrano 2); Damon (1,off Seay); Ramirez (1,off Colome), Tampa Bay Martin (1,off Wakefield); Ordonez (1,off Timlin); Huff (1,off Embree); Lee (1,off Woodard); Hall (1,off Lyon).  HR–Boston Giambi (1,5th inning off Zambrano 1 on, 2 out); Millar (1,16th inning off Sosa 0 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Lee (1,5th inning off Wakefield 1 on, 0 out); Ordonez (1,8th inning off Howry 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Varitek (1,off Sosa).  SF–Hillenbrand (1,off Zambrano).  HBP–Hillenbrand (1,by Zambrano); Giambi (1,by Carter).  IBB–Huff (1,by Howry); Martin (1,by Mendoza); Grieve (1,by Woodard); Crawford (1,by Woodard).  SB–Jackson (1,2nd base off Carter/Hall); Anderson (1,2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli); Rolls 2 (2,2nd base off Howry/Mirabelli,2nd base off Woodard/Varitek); Crawford (1,2nd base off Howry/Mirabelli).  WP–Wakefield (1).  HBP–Zambrano (1,Hillenbrand); Carter (1,Giambi).  IBB–Howry (1,Huff); Mendoza (1,Martin); Woodard 2 (2,Grieve,Crawford).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–5:15.  A–11,524.
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