Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 16, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2005 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 4 1 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 2 0
Kotsay cf 4 1 0 1
Chavez 3b 4 0 1 0
Payton lf 4 0 1 1
  Ginter lf 0 0 0 0
Hatteberg dh 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Bocachica rf 3 0 0 0
  Swisher ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 4 0 2 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Duchscherer p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Yabu p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 1
Ramirez lf 3 0 1 1
Millar rf,1b 4 1 1 0
  Olerud 1b 0 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 2 0 1 0
  Stern pr 0 0 0 0
  Nixon rf 1 0 0 0
Mirabelli c 4 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 0 0
Graffanino 2b 4 0 2 0
  Machado pr 0 1 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 2
Oakland 000 200 000 0280
Boston 010 001 000 1370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   6.0 6 2 1 3 5
  Calero   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Rincon   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Duchscherer   2.1 0 0 0 0 4
  Cruz  L (0-3) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Yabu   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
7
3
2
5
11
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   9.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Timlin  W (7-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2. Scutaro-Ellis-Johnson, Scutaro-Ellis-Johnson, Boston 2. Renteria-Graffanino-Youkilis, Graffanino-Renteria-Youkilis.  PB–Kendall (4).  2B–Oakland Ellis (20,off Wakefield); Scutaro (19,off Timlin), Boston Millar (27,off Kennedy); M. Ramirez (30,off Kennedy); Graffanino 2 (15,off Kennedy,off Cruz).  HR–Boston Ortiz (43,6th inning off Kennedy 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Renteria (3,by Cruz); M. Ramirez (9,by Yabu).  IBB–Ortiz (8,by Cruz).  Team–9.  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:07.  A–35,249.
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