Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 2, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2008 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Boston Red Sox 14

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cintron 2b 2 0 1 1
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Markakis rf 3 0 1 0
  Scott lf 1 0 0 0
Huff dh 2 1 1 0
  Quiroz ph,dh,c 1 0 0 0
Hernandez c,1b 4 0 2 0
Millar 1b 3 0 1 1
  McCrory p 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 2 0 0 0
Montanez lf,rf 4 1 2 0
Castro ss 4 0 0 0
Liz p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury lf 4 2 1 1
Lowrie 3b 2 3 1 2
Ortiz dh 3 2 3 4
  Cash ph,dh 2 1 1 0
Pedroia 2b 5 1 3 5
Kotsay rf 4 0 2 1
  Van Every pr,rf 2 0 1 1
Varitek c 4 0 2 0
  Ross pr,c 1 0 0 0
Bailey 1b 3 2 1 0
Cora ss 5 0 2 0
Crisp cf 5 3 3 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Pauley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 20 14
Baltimore 000 100 001280
Boston 004 610 21x14200
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Liz  L(5-4) 3.1 9 9 9 3 2
  Cabrera   1.1 3 2 2 1 3
  Castillo   1.2 6 2 2 2 0
  McCrory   1.2 2 1 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
2
1
0
2
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  W(13-5) 5.0 6 1 1 4 5
  Delcarmen   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pauley   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2. Salazar-Roberts-Millar, Salazar-Millar, Boston 2. Ellsbury-Varitek, Cora-Bailey.  PB–Quiroz (4).  2B–Baltimore R. Hernandez (19,off Lester); Markakis (43,off Lester); Cintron (5,off Pauley), Boston Ortiz 2 (23,off Liz 2); Kotsay (5,off Liz); Lowrie (19,off F. Cabrera); Pedroia (43,off Castillo).  HR–Boston Pedroia (16,4th inning off F. Cabrera 2 on 1 out).  SF–Millar (5,off Lester); Pedroia (7,off Liz); Lowrie (6,off McCrory).  Team LOB–9.  Team–12.  SB–Roberts (36,2nd base off Lester/Varitek); Crisp (18,2nd base off Liz/R. Hernandez); Ellsbury (44,2nd base off Liz/R. Hernandez).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:24.  A–37,710.
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