Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
August 20, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2008 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury rf 5 1 2 1
Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1
Youkilis 3b 5 0 2 1
Bay lf 5 1 2 1
Lowrie ss 4 0 1 1
Bailey 1b 4 1 1 0
Crisp cf 4 0 2 0
Cash c 3 1 1 0
Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 1 2 2
Markakis rf 3 1 0 0
Mora 3b 3 2 1 4
Huff 1b 5 0 0 0
Scott dh 3 2 1 0
Hernandez c 5 1 1 3
Montanez lf 3 2 1 1
Payton cf 3 2 2 0
Castro ss 2 0 1 1
Waters p 0 0 0 0
  Sarfate p 0 0 0 0
  Mickolio p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 11 9 11
Boston 220 010 0106130
Baltimore 034 310 00x1191
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz  L(2-9) 2.1 3 5 5 3 0
  Aardsma   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Lopez   1.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Timlin   2.0 1 1 1 3 2
  Okajima   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
1
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Waters  W(2-0) 5.0 8 5 4 3 1
  Sarfate   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Mickolio   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Waters (1).  DP–Baltimore 2. Markakis-Castro, Roberts-Castro-Huff.  2B–Boston Cash (7,off Waters); Lowrie (15,off Waters); Ellsbury (13,off Mickolio).  3B–Boston Pedroia (2,off Waters).  HR–Boston Bay (4,5th inning off Waters 0 on 2 out), Baltimore R. Hernandez (13,3rd inning off Aardsma 2 on 1 out); Mora (21,4th inning off Lopez 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Mora (6,off Timlin).  HBP–Mora (10,by Buchholz); Castro (1,by Timlin).  Team–8.  SB–Mora (3,3rd base off Buchholz/Cash); Payton (5,2nd base off Timlin/Cash).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:36.  A–33,364.
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