Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
April 4, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2003 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."
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Boston Red Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 3 1 0 0
Walker 2b 5 2 2 2
Garciaparra ss 5 0 2 0
Ramirez lf 4 1 1 0
Ortiz 1b 4 1 0 1
Millar dh 4 0 1 2
Hillenbrand 3b 5 0 1 1
Nixon rf 4 1 2 0
Varitek c 3 2 2 2
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Woodard p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 4 0 2 1
Matthews cf 5 2 2 0
Surhoff dh 5 2 3 1
Conine 1b 3 0 1 1
Gibbons rf 5 0 1 1
Batista 3b 5 2 4 1
Mora lf 5 1 1 1
Cruz ss 5 0 1 0
Gil c 3 0 1 1
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 16 7
Boston 005 003 0008110
Baltimore 010 000 2047161
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  W (1-0) 5.0 7 1 1 3 5
  Woodard   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mendoza   1.0 6 4 4 0 0
Totals 9.0 16 7 7 4 6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  L (0-1) 2.1 5 5 5 5 1
  Hentgen   4.2 6 3 3 1 3
  Ligtenberg   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Julio   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 11 8 8 6 5

  E–Gil (1).  DP–Boston 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Boston Nixon (2,off Hentgen), Baltimore Batista (3,off Burkett); Surhoff 2 (2,off Woodard,off Mendoza); Gil (1,off Mendoza).  HR–Boston Varitek (2,6th inning off Hentgen 1 on, 0 out); Walker (1,6th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Ramirez (2,by Ponson).  SF–Conine (1,off Mendoza).  SB–Hairston (1,2nd base off Burkett/Varitek).  WP–Ponson (1).  IBB–Ponson (1,Ramirez).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–3:01.  A–27,256.

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