Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
September 2, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2003 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"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

Oakland Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Long lf 4 0 0 0
  Dye lf 2 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 5 0 1 0
Tejada ss 3 1 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 2 1 1 0
Hernandez c 5 0 0 0
Durazo dh 3 0 0 0
  Crosby ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 1
Singleton cf 5 0 1 1
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 5 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 0 1 0
Mora lf 5 0 1 0
Matos dh 5 0 1 0
Gibbons rf 4 0 1 0
Batista 3b 5 0 0 0
Surhoff 1b 4 0 1 0
Fordyce c 3 0 2 0
  Morban pr 0 0 0 0
  Machado c 2 0 0 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Bigbie ph 1 0 0 0
Raines cf 4 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 0 7 0
Oakland 000 000 000 002250
Baltimore 000 000 000 000070
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito   8.0 4 0 0 2 7
  Bradford   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mecir   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Rincon  W (8-4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Foulke  SV (38) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals 12.0 7 0 0 3 10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen   8.0 3 0 0 3 6
  Ligtenberg   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Ryan   1.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Julio  L (0-7) 1.2 1 2 2 2 1
  Groom   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 12.0 5 2 2 7 10

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2, Baltimore 2.  2B–Oakland Hatteberg (28,off Hentgen); Ellis (27,off Hentgen).  SF–Ellis (4,off Julio).  SH–Cruz (6,off Zito).  SB–Tejada (8,3rd base off Ryan/Machado).  CS–Batista (3,2nd base by Zito/Hernandez).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Scott Nelson, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:43.  A–19,517.

Baseball Almanac Box Score | Print Friendly and PDF

baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."