Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
May 26, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 2008 at Safeco Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 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 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 1
Ortiz dh 4 2 1 1
Ramirez lf 3 1 1 1
  Crisp cf 0 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 0 1 1
Drew rf 3 0 2 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 1
Casey 1b 4 0 1 0
Lugo ss 3 1 0 0
  Cora ss 1 0 1 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki cf 5 1 2 1
Lopez 2b 4 0 1 0
Vidro dh 2 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 4 0 0 1
Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0
Reed rf 4 0 0 0
Sexson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Cairo pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Johjima c 4 1 2 0
Betancourt ss 4 0 2 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Rowland-Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
Boston 000 100 040591
Seattle 000 001 002380
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Colon  W(2-0) 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Okajima   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Papelbon   1.0 2 2 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
2
2
0
0
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L(2-5) 7.2 7 5 5 5 5
  Rowland-Smith   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
0

  E–Papelbon (1).  DP–Seattle 2. Lopez-Betancourt-Sexson, Beltre-Cairo.  2B–Boston Pedroia (16,off Hernandez), Seattle Johjima (7,off Colon).  HR–Boston Ortiz (12,4th inning off Hernandez 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Ortiz (5,by Hernandez).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Vidro (1,off Colon).  HBP–Lopez (1,by Colon).  Team–8.  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Marty Foster, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:30.  A–35,818.
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