Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
April 15, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 8, Oakland Athletics 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 0 1 2
Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 5 1 1 0
Youkilis 1b 4 1 1 0
Drew rf 4 1 1 3
Bay lf 4 2 2 0
Lowell 3b 3 2 2 2
Green ss 3 1 1 1
Kottaras c 3 0 1 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney cf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0
Cust dh 4 1 1 0
Holliday lf 4 0 1 1
Ellis 2b 3 1 0 0
Buck rf 3 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 0 1 0
Crosby 3b 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 1
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Boston 020 000 0608101
Oakland 000 000 011240
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W(1-1) 9.0 4 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L(0-2) 7.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Blevins   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Gallagher   1.1 3 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
6
7

  E–Lowell (1).  DP–Oakland 1. Crosby-Suzuki-Powell.  2B–Boston Kottaras (1,off Anderson); Bay (3,off Anderson); Ortiz (1,off Blevins), Oakland Holliday (3,off Wakefield).  HR–Boston Lowell (2,2nd inning off Anderson 1 on 2 out); Drew (2,8th inning off Blevins 2 on 2 out).  IBB–Lowell (1,by Anderson); Youkilis (1,by Blevins).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:13.  A–35,067.
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