Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 29, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 2009 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 8, Boston Red Sox 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 5 1 2 1
Cabrera ss 5 1 1 0
Suzuki c 5 2 2 1
Cust dh 1 0 1 0
Sweeney rf 5 1 1 1
Everidge 1b 3 1 0 0
  Crosby 1b 0 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 5 1 1 0
Davis cf 3 1 1 3
Patterson lf 4 0 1 2
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 3 2 0
Pedroia 2b 5 0 2 1
Youkilis 3b 4 1 0 0
Bay lf 4 1 0 0
Lowell dh 3 1 2 5
  Kottaras pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Baldelli rf 3 0 1 0
  Drew ph,rf 2 0 1 0
LaRoche 1b 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 3 0 1 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Green ss 0 0 0 0
Penny p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Oakland 500 012 0008102
Boston 300 000 111691
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W(6-8) 6.0 4 3 3 4 8
  Wuertz   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Ziegler   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Breslow   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bailey  SV(13) 1.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
5
12
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Penny  L(7-5) 5.0 7 7 7 4 3
  Masterson   2.0 1 1 0 1 3
  Saito   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Ramirez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
6
7

  E–Sweeney (2), Davis (2), Pedroia (6).  2B–Oakland Davis (5,off Penny); Ellis (10,off Penny); Patterson (1,off Masterson).  3B–Boston Ellsbury (5,off Wuertz).  HR–Oakland Kennedy (8,1st inning off Penny 0 on 0 out); Suzuki (6,5th inning off Penny 0 on 0 out), Boston Lowell (11,1st inning off Anderson 2 on 2 out).  SH–Davis (1,off Masterson).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Lowell (3,off Ziegler).  Team–9.  SB–Cust (3,2nd base off Masterson/Varitek); Ellsbury (46,3rd base off Anderson/Suzuki).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Adrian Johnson.  T–3:18.  A–38,193.
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