Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 7, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2009 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Boston Red Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 1
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0
Hairston cf 4 1 1 1
Holliday lf 4 0 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 0 1 0
Cust dh 4 0 1 0
Sweeney rf 4 1 1 0
Ellis 2b 2 0 1 0
Eveland p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Drew rf 5 1 1 0
Pedroia 2b 3 0 1 1
Youkilis 3b 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 3 2 2 1
Ortiz dh 3 1 1 0
Varitek c 4 0 2 2
Ellsbury cf 3 1 2 0
Green ss 4 0 0 0
Bates 1b 3 0 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Oakland 100 010 000270
Boston 022 001 00x591
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Eveland  L(1-3) 2.2 6 4 4 3 2
  Gonzalez   2.2 2 1 1 1 3
  Springer   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Breslow   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ziegler   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  W(10-3) 6.2 6 2 2 1 4
  Okajima   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Masterson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Papelbon  SV(21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
8

  E–Youkilis (2).  DP–Oakland 1. Cabrera-Giambi, Boston 1. Pedroia-Green-Bates.  2B–Oakland Sweeney (11,off Beckett); Kennedy (12,off Beckett), Boston Ortiz (18,off Eveland); Drew (16,off Eveland); Bay (18,off E. Gonzalez); Ellsbury (13,off E. Gonzalez).  HR–Oakland Hairston (1,1st inning off Beckett 0 on 2 out), Boston Bay (20,2nd inning off Eveland 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Ellsbury (36,3rd base off Eveland/Suzuki); Bay 2 (8,2nd base off Eveland/Suzuki,2nd base off Breslow/Suzuki); Ellsbury (36,3rd base off Eveland/Suzuki); Bay 2 (8,2nd base off Eveland/Suzuki,2nd base off Breslow/Suzuki).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:13.  A–37,676.
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