Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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 2, Boston Red Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney rf 4 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0
Cust lf 2 0 1 0
Thomas dh 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 0
Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0
Crosby ss 1 1 0 0
  Petit ss 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Barton 1b 4 1 1 2
Bowen c 2 0 0 0
  Suzuki ph,c 1 0 1 0
Braden p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Youkilis 1b 4 0 2 1
Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 1 1 0
Bay lf 4 2 2 0
Lowrie ss 3 1 1 2
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Crisp cf 2 0 0 2
Ellsbury rf 3 0 1 0
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Oakland 000 020 000251
Boston 100 301 00x580
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Braden  L(2-2) 3.1 6 4 4 0 1
  Casilla   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Devine   0.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Street   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Meyer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka  W(12-2) 6.0 4 2 2 2 8
  Okajima   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Delcarmen   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Papelbon  SV(31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Ellis (3).  PB–Bowen (2).  2B–Boston Pedroia (33,off Braden); Lowell (25,off Braden); Youkilis (27,off Street).  3B–Oakland C. Gonzalez (1,off Matsuzaka), Boston Lowrie (1,off Braden).  HR–Oakland Barton (4,5th inning off Matsuzaka 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Crisp 2 (4,off Casilla,off Embree).  IBB–Ortiz (6,by Street).  Team–6.  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Todd Tichenor.  T–3:03.  A–37,317.
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