Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 2, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 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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Boston Red Sox 7, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mueller 3b 5 0 0 0
Walker 2b 5 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez lf 5 1 1 0
Millar rf 3 2 1 1
  Nixon rf 0 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 2 1
Hillenbrand 1b 3 1 1 1
Varitek c 3 1 1 3
Jackson cf 3 0 1 1
  Damon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 2 2 0
Baldelli cf 4 1 1 1
Huff 3b 4 1 1 2
Lee 1b 3 1 1 0
Martin dh 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Anderson 2b 4 0 2 1
Valentin c 4 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
  Rolls ph 1 0 0 0
Parque p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 4
Boston 013 030 000781
Tampa Bay 300 020 000572
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  W (1-0) 6.0 6 5 5 2 3
  Timlin   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Fox  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
2
4
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Parque  L (0-1) 5.0 7 7 7 5 1
  Harper   4.0 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
5
7

  E–Timlin (1), Huff (2), Lee (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Boston Millar (1,off Parque); Ortiz (1,off Parque); Ramirez (2,off Parque).  HR–Boston Varitek (1,5th inning off Parque 2 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Huff (1,5th inning off Lowe 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Garciaparra (1,2nd base by Harper/Valentin).  SB–Crawford 2 (3,2nd base off Lowe/Varitek,2nd base off Timlin/Varitek); Anderson (2,2nd base off Fox/Varitek).  WP–Lowe (1).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–2:27.  A–10,058.
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