Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
April 18, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2008 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Boston Red Sox 11

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 5 1 1 0
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 1
Bradley rf 3 1 1 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 2 2
Murphy lf 3 0 0 0
Catalanotto dh 2 0 1 0
Laird c 4 0 0 0
Broussard 1b 2 0 0 0
  Botts ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  Nippert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 2 3 1 1
Pedroia 2b 4 2 1 2
Ortiz dh 4 1 2 5
Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0
  Thurston lf 1 0 0 0
Youkilis 3b 4 0 1 0
Drew rf 3 1 0 0
Varitek c 4 1 1 1
  Cash c 0 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 2 2 0
Lowrie ss 3 1 2 1
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 11 10
Texas 001 002 000361
Boston 004 500 02x11110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza  L(0-2) 3.0 5 7 7 3 2
  Rupe   4.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Nippert   1.0 2 2 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
2
2
1
1
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka  W(4-0) 5.1 5 3 3 2 4
  Lopez   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Aardsma   1.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Botts (1).  DP–Texas 1. Kinsler-Young-Botts.  2B–Texas Young (3,off Matsuzaka); Kinsler (6,off Matsuzaka); Catalanotto (5,off Matsuzaka); Bradley (7,off Matsuzaka), Boston Lowrie (1,off Mendoza); Varitek (5,off Mendoza); Casey (4,off Nippert).  3B–Boston Ellsbury (1,off Rupe).  HR–Texas Blalock (3,6th inning off Matsuzaka 1 on 1 out), Boston Ortiz (2,3rd inning off Mendoza 3 on 2 out); Pedroia (1,4th inning off Rupe 1 on 1 out).  SF–Hamilton (3,off Matsuzaka); Lowrie (1,off Rupe).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Ortiz (1,by Rupe).  Team–5.  SB–Kinsler (6,3rd base off Matsuzaka/Varitek).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:13.  A–37,902.
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