Red Sox 7, Athletics 3

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 11 1 Oakland 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 1 WP: D. Lowe (12-6) LP: M. Mulder (15-9)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Oakland

-M. Tejada singled to left, J. Guillen scored

Bot 2nd: Oakland

-C. Singleton hit sacrifice fly to left, R. Hernandez scored

Top 3rd: Boston

-M. Ramirez walked, D. Jackson scored, J. Damon to third, B. Mueller to second

-K. Millar singled to center, J. Damon and B. Mueller scored, M. Ramirez to second

Top 4th: Boston

-B. Mueller singled to right, D. Jackson scored, J. Damon to third

Top 7th: Boston

-M. Ramirez homered to left, N. Garciaparra scored

-K. Millar homered to left

Bot 7th: Oakland

-J. Guillen homered to left center

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Damon cf	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	.274
B. Mueller 3b	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	.330
N. Garciaparra ss	5	1	1	0	0	1	6	.323
M. Ramirez lf	4	1	2	3	1	1	1	.312
K. Millar dh	4	1	2	3	1	1	0	.286
D. McCarty 1b	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	.212
J. Varitek c	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	.292
G. Kapler rf	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.276
D. Jackson 2b	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	.240
Totals	38	7	11	7	5	8	18

Batting 2B - G Kapler (5, M Mulder). HR - M Ramirez (27, 7th inning off M Mulder 1 on, 1 Out), K Millar (20, 7th inning off C Harville 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Ramirez 3 (84), K Millar 3 (74), B Mueller (59). 2-out RBI - M Ramirez, K Millar 2, B Mueller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, N Garciaparra 1, J Varitek 1, D McCarty 1. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running SB - D Jackson (14, 2nd base off M Mulder/R Hernandez). CS - N Garciaparra (5, 2nd base by M Mulder).    Fielding E - G Kapler (1, throw). DP - 1 (N Garciaparra-D McCarty).

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
S. Hatteberg 1b	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.257
J. Guillen cf	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	.314
E. Chavez 3b	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	.270
M. Tejada ss	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	.260
E. Durazo dh	4	0	0	0	0	3	7	.259
R. Hernandez c	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.255
T. Long rf	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.249
M. Ellis 2b	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.251
C. Singleton cf	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.264
E. Byrnes cf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
B. McMillon lf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Totals	33	3	9	3	2	8	14

Batting 2B - T Long (17, M Timlin). HR - J Guillen (2, 7th inning off S Sauerbeck 0 on, 2 Out). S - M Ellis. SF - C Singleton. RBI - M Tejada (73), C Singleton (28), J Guillen (5). 2-out RBI - M Tejada, J Guillen. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Hatteberg 1, B McMillon 1, E Durazo 4. GIDP - J Guillen. Team LOB - 9.

Fielding E - S Hatteberg (7, throw).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. Lowe (W, 12-6)	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	5.02
S. Williamson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.12
S. Sauerbeck	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	4.17
M. Timlin	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.26
B. Kim	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.48
Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
M. Mulder (L, 15-9)	6.1	9	6	5	3	6	1	3.09
C. Harville	2.1	2	1	1	2	1	1	4.50
M. Neu	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.41

HBP - J Guillen (by D Lowe); S Hatteberg (by B Kim).

Pitches-strikes - D Lowe 92-53; S Williamson 11-9; S Sauerbeck 25-15; M Timlin 12-9; B Kim 12-7; M Mulder 113-69; C Harville 42-20; M Neu 5-3.

Ground balls-fly balls - D Lowe 7-5; S Williamson 1-1; S Sauerbeck 1-0; M Timlin 1-1; B Kim 2-0; M Mulder 8-5; C Harville 2-4; M Neu 0-0.

Batters faced - D Lowe 23; S Williamson 3; S Sauerbeck 6; M Timlin 4; B Kim 3; M Mulder 31; C Harville 11; M Neu 1.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Kevin Kelley. 2B--Phil Cuzzi. 3B--Dan Iassogna. Time: 2:55. Attendance: 44,686. Weather: 69 degrees, clear. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.

Game Notes

THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S MANNY RAMIREZ AND KEVIN MILLAR IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Thursday, Aug 14, 2003 1:08 am ET