Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 24, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 7, Boston Red Sox 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 4 1 3 1
Matos cf 5 0 1 0
Bigbie lf 5 1 1 0
Gibbons rf 5 1 2 0
Batista 3b 5 1 1 4
Surhoff 1b 4 1 2 0
Cust dh 4 1 1 1
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Fordyce c 4 1 1 1
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 13 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 2 2 2
Millar 1b 4 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Varitek c 3 0 2 0
Kapler rf 4 0 1 1
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Baltimore 700 000 0007130
Boston 000 100 200381
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  W (7-8) 6.2 6 3 3 1 5
  Carrasco   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ryan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (11-9) 0.1 7 7 6 0 1
  Lyon   2.2 5 0 0 0 3
  Arroyo   4.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Williamson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
1
8

  E–Walker (16).  2B–Baltimore Surhoff (20,off Burkett); Cust (6,off Burkett); Hairston 2 (12,off Lyon 2).  HR–Baltimore Batista (26,1st inning off Burkett 3 on, 1 out), Boston Ortiz 2 (31,4th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Damon (30,2nd base off Hentgen/Fordyce).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–2:48.  A–34,607.
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