Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 23, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2008 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 0 2 2
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 1
Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0
Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 3 0 1 0
Youkilis 1b 4 0 0 0
Drew rf 4 1 1 0
Lugo ss 4 1 1 0
Cash c 3 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0
Crosby ss 3 1 1 1
Cust lf 2 2 1 1
  Davis cf 0 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 2 3 2
Sweeney cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Brown rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 1 1 3
Barton 1b 3 1 0 0
Suzuki c 3 0 1 0
Harden p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 8
Boston 000 110 100360
Oakland 304 001 00x881
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L(3-3) 5.0 8 8 8 4 4
  Aardsma   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Timlin   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Harden  W(3-0) 6.0 4 2 2 3 8
  Devine   2.0 2 1 0 0 2
  Street   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Hannahan (7).  PB–Cash (7).  2B–Boston Drew (7,off Harden); Lowell (11,off Harden), Oakland Crosby (16,off Wakefield); Suzuki (7,off Wakefield).  HR–Boston Pedroia (3,4th inning off Harden 0 on 1 out), Oakland Thomas (7,1st inning off Wakefield 1 on 1 out); Ellis (4,3rd inning off Wakefield 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Crosby (1,off Aardsma).  Team–4.  CS–Ellsbury (2,2nd base by Devine/Suzuki).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Adrian Johnson.  T–2:27.  A–29,057.
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