Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 28, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 2003 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 1 2 1
Cruz ss 4 0 2 1
Surhoff dh 3 0 0 0
Conine 1b 4 0 0 0
Gibbons rf 3 0 0 0
Batista 3b 4 0 1 0
Fordyce c 4 1 2 0
Bigbie lf 4 1 1 1
Raines, Jr. cf 4 1 1 1
Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
  Parrish p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hatteberg 1b 3 1 1 1
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 3 1 0 0
Tejada ss 2 2 1 0
Durazo dh 4 0 0 0
Melhuse c 3 1 1 3
  Hernandez c 1 0 0 0
Long lf 4 1 2 1
Ellis 2b 4 0 2 1
Singleton cf 3 0 0 0
Halama p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Baltimore 001 000 201491
Oakland 402 000 00x680
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Lopez  L (6-9) 3.0 8 6 6 2 1
  Bauer   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Parrish   3.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Halama  W (3-4) 6.2 6 2 2 2 0
  Harville   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Foulke  SV (35) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
1

  E–Batista (14).  DP–Baltimore 2, Oakland 2.  PB–Melhuse (1).  2B–Baltimore B Roberts (15,off Halama); Fordyce (11,off Halama).  3B–Baltimore Raines (1,off Harville), Oakland Ellis (4,off Lopez).  HR–Baltimore B Roberts (5,3rd inning off Halama 0 on, 0 out); Bigbie (6,9th inning off Foulke 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Hatteberg (10,1st inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out); Melhuse (4,1st inning off Lopez 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hatteberg (7,by Bauer).  SB–Tejada (7,2nd base off Lopez/Fordyce).  WP–Harville (3).  HBP–Bauer (4,Hatteberg).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:33.  A–15,299.
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