Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
August 8, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2008 at U.S. Cellular Field. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Chicago White Sox 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Drew rf 3 1 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 3
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 3 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 0 1 0
Lowrie ss 3 0 1 0
Varitek c 3 1 1 0
Crisp cf 3 0 1 0
  Casey ph 1 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 3 1 2 2
Pierzynski c 3 0 1 1
Quentin lf 2 1 1 1
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. dh 4 0 0 0
Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0
  Anderson cf 0 0 0 0
Swisher cf,1b 2 1 0 0
Ramirez 2b 3 1 1 0
Uribe 3b 2 1 2 0
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Jenks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 7 4
Boston 000 000 030350
Chicago 001 020 11x570
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  L(10-4) 7.0 6 4 4 3 2
  Delcarmen   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
0
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle  W(9-10) 7.0 4 1 1 2 8
  Dotel   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Thornton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Jenks  SV(23) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Cabrera-A. Ramirez-Konerko.  2B–Boston Crisp (14,off Buehrle), Chicago Cabrera (21,off Lester).  HR–Boston Pedroia (10,8th inning off Dotel 2 on 1 out), Chicago Quentin (31,8th inning off Delcarmen 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Lowrie (1,by Jenks); Quentin (16,by Lester).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Uribe (4,off Lester).  SF–Pierzynski (5,off Lester).  Team–4.  CS–Uribe (1,2nd base by Lester/Varitek).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Chad Fairchild.  T–2:27.  A–38,621.
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