Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Boston Red Sox
April 17, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2003 at Fenway Park. 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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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0, Boston Red Sox 6

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Baldelli cf 3 0 0 0
Huff 1b 3 0 2 0
Grieve dh 3 0 0 0
Martin rf 4 0 1 0
Anderson 2b 4 0 1 0
Easley 3b 3 0 0 0
Hall c 3 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  McClung p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 3 0 0 0
Walker 2b 3 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 1 2 0
Ramirez lf 3 1 2 1
Millar rf 4 1 2 2
  Nixon rf 0 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 1b 4 0 1 0
Mirabelli dh 4 2 2 1
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Varitek c 4 0 2 2
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Tampa Bay 000 000 000040
Boston 000 104 01x6120
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L (0-1) 5.2 10 5 5 2 1
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McClung   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (1-1) 7.0 2 0 0 3 3
  Timlin   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Boston 1.  2B–Boston Garciaparra (5,off Kennedy); Ramirez (5,off Kennedy).  3B–Boston Varitek (1,off Kennedy).  HR–Boston Millar (4,4th inning off Kennedy 0 on, 0 out); Mirabelli (1,8th inning off McClung 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Kennedy (1).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:25.  A–30,909.
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