Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
May 18, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2003 at Jacobs Field. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 8, Cleveland Indians 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Byrnes cf,lf 4 1 1 2
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 2 2
Tejada ss 4 0 0 1
Chavez 3b 5 0 1 0
Durazo dh 4 1 1 0
Hernandez c 4 1 1 0
Ellis 2b 4 2 3 1
Long rf 4 2 2 0
Gant lf 3 0 1 1
  Singleton ph,cf 1 1 1 1
Lilly p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Gerut rf 5 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 0 0
Burks dh 4 3 2 1
Bradley cf 3 0 1 0
Spencer lf 3 0 1 0
Blake 1b 4 0 1 2
Laker c 4 0 0 0
McDonald 3b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 6 3
Oakland 000 000 0358133
Cleveland 202 010 000560
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly   4.0 5 5 4 4 3
  Bradford   2.0 1 0 0 0 5
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Foulke  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
4
13
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   7.1 5 3 3 2 2
  Boyd   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Mulholland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Baez  L (0-4) 0.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Sadler   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
3
2

  E–Hernandez (1), Ellis 2 (7).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Oakland Ellis (14,off Anderson); Durazo (13,off Baez); Chavez (9,off Sadler), Cleveland Gerut (7,off Lilly); Burks (10,off Lilly).  SF–Byrnes (1,off Boyd).  SB–Burks (1,2nd base off Lilly/Hernandez); B Phillips (3,2nd base off Lilly/Hernandez).  WP–Lilly (2).  BK–Bradford (1).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:58.  A–25,421.
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