Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 3 1 1 0
Payton cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Markakis rf 4 0 0 0
Huff 3b 4 1 2 0
Salazar 1b 2 1 0 0
Scott dh 4 1 1 1
Montanez lf 3 0 0 1
  Jones cf 1 0 0 0
Cintron ss 2 0 0 0
  Castro ss 1 0 0 0
Quiroz c 3 0 1 1
  Hernandez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Sarfate p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Cherry p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury rf 4 0 0 0
Lowrie 3b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 2 3 1
Kotsay 1b 4 0 1 2
Bay lf 3 1 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Cora ss 4 1 3 0
Crisp cf 3 0 2 1
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Baltimore 100 300 000451
Boston 000 000 221591
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cormier   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Sarfate   3.0 1 0 0 0 5
  Walker   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Cherry   0.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Miller  L(0-1) 0.2 2 1 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
2
1
0
0
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka   6.0 4 4 3 4 7
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Masterson  W(5-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Miller (2), Crisp (2).  DP–Baltimore 1. Roberts-Cintron-Salazar, Boston 1. Kotsay-Lowrie.  2B–Baltimore Roberts (47,off Matsuzaka); Scott (26,off Matsuzaka), Boston Pedroia (44,off Cherry).  3B–Boston Kotsay (1,off Cherry).  HR–Boston Pedroia (17,7th inning off Walker 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Ellsbury (4,off Miller).  HBP–Bay (2,by Walker).  Team–8.  SB–Huff (4,2nd base off Masterson/Varitek).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:03.  A–37,373.
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