Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
August 8, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2003 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 10, Boston Red Sox 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 1 1 1
Matos cf 5 1 3 1
Conine 1b 5 0 1 0
Gibbons rf 4 2 1 0
Batista 3b 5 2 2 2
Cust dh 4 1 1 1
Cruz ss 5 1 1 2
Bigbie lf 5 1 0 1
Fordyce c 4 1 3 2
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 13 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 3 0
Mueller 3b 5 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 5 1 3 1
Ramirez lf 5 0 1 0
Ortiz dh 5 0 1 0
Millar 1b 3 1 1 0
Nixon rf 4 1 1 2
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
Mirabelli c 3 1 2 1
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Baltimore 020 010 70010131
Boston 100 003 0004121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  W (7-8) 6.0 9 4 4 1 5
  Carrasco   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Ligtenberg   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  L (11-6) 6.0 8 6 5 1 3
  Williamson   0.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Sauerbeck   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
2
5

  E–Batista (12), Millar (5).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Matos (13,off Lowe).  3B–Baltimore Fordyce (1,off Sauerbeck).  HR–Boston Garciaparra (22,1st inning off Helling 0 on, 2 out); Nixon (22,6th inning off Helling 1 on, 0 out); Mirabelli (5,6th inning off Helling 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cust (1,by Lowe); Mirabelli (1,by Helling).  IBB–Gibbons (11,by Williamson).  HBP–Helling (12,Mirabelli); Lowe (8,Cust).  IBB–Williamson (1,Gibbons).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Justin Klemm, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:42.  A–35,099.
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