Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
August 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 2003 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Matos cf 3 1 1 0
Gibbons rf 4 1 1 1
Batista 3b 4 1 1 2
Cust dh 3 0 0 0
Fordyce c 4 1 1 1
Bigbie lf 4 0 2 0
Leon 1b 3 0 0 0
  Morban pr 0 0 0 0
Moss p 0 0 0 0
  Driskill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 2 0
Mueller 3b 3 0 2 2
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez dh 4 1 2 1
  Jackson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Ortiz 1b 4 0 1 0
  Kapler pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Millar lf 2 1 1 2
  McCarty 1b 0 0 0 0
Nixon rf 3 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 1 1 0
Mirabelli c 3 1 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Kim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 5
Baltimore 000 300 001470
Boston 002 001 03x690
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moss   7.0 6 3 3 4 1
  Driskill  L (3-5) 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   7.2 5 3 3 1 5
  Embree  W (4-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kim  SV (9) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Bigbie (6,off Wakefield), Boston Walker (27,off Moss); Mueller (35,off Moss).  3B–Baltimore Matos (3,off Wakefield).  HR–Baltimore Batista (20,4th inning off Wakefield 1 on, 1 out); Fordyce (3,9th inning off Kim 0 on, 2 out), Boston Ramirez (26,6th inning off Moss 0 on, 0 out); Millar (19,8th inning off Driskill 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Matos (3,by Wakefield).  SH–Nixon (1,off Moss).  WP–Driskill (3).  HBP–Wakefield (8,Matos).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:24.  A–34,883.
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