Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 1, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 2008 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 1, Boston Red Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney rf 5 0 1 0
Suzuki c 6 0 1 0
Cust lf 5 1 1 1
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
  Davis pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 0
Ellis 2b 5 0 2 0
Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0
Crosby ss 5 0 1 0
Barton 1b 5 0 0 0
Duchscherer p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 1 7 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pedroia 2b 6 0 2 0
Youkilis 1b 6 0 3 0
Ortiz dh 5 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 5 0 1 0
  Crisp pr 0 0 0 0
  Cora ss 1 0 0 0
Bay lf 3 2 1 0
Drew rf 3 0 2 0
Lowrie ss,3b 4 0 2 2
Cash c 3 0 0 0
  Casey ph 0 0 0 0
  Varitek c 1 0 0 0
Ellsbury cf 5 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 11 2
Oakland 000 000 010 000170
Boston 010 000 000 0012112
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Duchscherer   6.0 5 1 1 3 2
  Casilla   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Ziegler   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Street   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Blevins   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Embree  L(1-4) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.2
2
1
1
1
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   6.1 4 0 0 3 4
  Delcarmen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Okajima   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Papelbon   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Timlin  W(4-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Lowell (8), Papelbon (2).  DP–Oakland 1. Hannahan-Ellis-Barton, Boston 1. Cash-Pedroia.  2B–Oakland Crosby (28,off Wakefield), Boston Drew (21,off Duchscherer).  3B–Boston Bay (1,off Embree).  HR–Oakland Cust (20,8th inning off Okajima 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Lowrie (2,off Ziegler).  SF–Lowrie (4,off Duchscherer).  HBP–Bay (1,by Duchscherer).  IBB–Casey (1,by Ziegler); Drew (5,by Embree).  Team–15.  CS–Suzuki (3,2nd base by Wakefield/Cash).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Todd Tichenor, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:50.  A–37,832.
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