Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2005 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 13

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 1 0 0
Youkilis 3b 4 1 1 2
Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0
Ramirez lf 2 0 0 0
  Payton lf 2 1 1 1
Nixon rf 4 0 1 1
Millar 1b 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 2 1 2 1
  Mirabelli c 2 0 0 0
Vazquez ss 3 1 0 0
Bellhorn 2b 4 1 2 1
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Halama p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 5 2 2 2
  Thomas cf 0 0 0 0
Byrnes rf 5 3 4 1
Kendall c 5 1 3 1
Chavez 3b 5 2 1 4
Ginter 2b 3 1 0 1
Hatteberg 1b 5 2 3 1
Durazo dh 3 1 2 1
  Melhuse ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ellis ss 5 1 3 1
Watson lf 5 0 1 1
Etherton p 0 0 0 0
  Harikkala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 19 13
Boston 001 001 040680
Oakland 450 013 00x13190
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (2-4) 1.1 9 7 7 0 0
  Gonzalez   3.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Halama   2.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
19
13
13
2
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Etherton  W (1-0) 7.1 5 4 4 1 2
  Harikkala   1.2 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
1
4

  E–None.  2B–Boston Millar (5,off Etherton); Youkilis (3,off Harikkala), Oakland Hatteberg (7,off Wells); Byrnes (7,off Gonzalez); Durazo (6,off Halama); Kotsay (8,off Halama).  HR–Boston Varitek (8,3rd inning off Etherton 0 on 0 out); Bellhorn (2,6th inning off Etherton 0 on 0 out), Oakland Chavez (4,2nd inning off Wells 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Ginter (1,off Wells).  Team–8.  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:48.  A–42,705.
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