Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 21, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2012 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
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Boston Red Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aviles ss 5 1 2 1
Pedroia 2b 4 1 2 2
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez 1b 4 1 1 1
Middlebrooks 3b 5 1 3 1
Saltalamacchia c 5 0 1 0
Nava lf 3 1 2 1
Byrd cf 4 1 1 0
Lin rf 4 1 1 0
Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  Aceves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Avery lf 4 1 0 1
Hardy ss 5 0 1 1
Markakis rf 3 1 1 1
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Wieters c 3 0 1 1
Davis 1b 4 1 2 1
Betemit 3b 4 1 1 0
Johnson dh 3 1 1 0
Andino 2b 4 1 1 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Gregg p 0 0 0 0
  Patton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Boston 002 003 2108140
Baltimore 004 100 010690
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz   5.1 6 5 5 4 2
  Miller  W(1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Hill   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Padilla   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Aceves  SV(10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   6.0 9 5 5 0 3
  Gregg  L(2-2) 1.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Patton   2.0 2 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2. Aviles-Pedroia-Gonzalez, Aviles-Pedroia-Gonzalez.  2B–Boston Byrd (2,off Hunter); Gonzalez (15,off Hunter); Pedroia (14,off Gregg).  HR–Boston Ortiz (10,6th inning off Hunter 0 on 0 out), Baltimore Davis (6,4th inning off Buchholz 0 on 0 out).  SF–Pedroia (2,off Hunter); Nava (2,off Hunter); Gonzalez (4,off Gregg).  IBB–Ortiz (4,by Gregg).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  CS–Middlebrooks (1,2nd base by Hunter/Wieters).  U-HP–Alan Porter, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Todd Tichenor.  T–3:16.  A–16,392.
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