Red Sox 14, Athletics 5

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oakland 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 0 Boston 3 1 4 0 0 3 0 3 X 14 12 0 WP: C. Fossum (6-5) LP: R. Harden (3-3)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Oakland

-E. Chavez hit sacrifice fly to center, M. Ellis scored

Bot 1st: Boston

-D. Ortiz homered to right, M. Ramirez and T. Walker scored

Bot 2nd: Boston

-B. Mueller doubled to deep left center, T. Nixon scored

Top 3rd: Oakland

-E. Chavez singled to right, M. Ellis scored

-E. Durazo grounded out to second, E. Chavez scored, M. Tejada to third

Bot 3rd: Boston

-M. Ramirez homered to right

-J. Varitek hit sacrifice fly to left center, D. Ortiz scored

-T. Walker singled to shallow right, T. Nixon and B. Mueller scored, J. Damon to third

Top 6th: Oakland

-E. Byrnes tripled to deep center, R. Hernandez scored

-M. Ellis singled to left, E. Byrnes scored, C. Singleton to second

Bot 6th: Boston

-M. Ramirez doubled to deep left, N. Garciaparra scored

-K. Millar singled to center, M. Ramirez scored, D. Ortiz to second

-T. Nixon singled to right, D. Ortiz scored, K. Millar to third

Bot 8th: Boston

-M. Ramirez doubled to deep center, N. Garciaparra scored

-T. Nixon grounded out to first, G. Kapler scored, K. Millar to second

-B. Mueller singled to center, K. Millar scored

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Ellis 2b	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	.253
J. Guillen rf	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.256
E. Chavez 3b	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	.274
M. Tejada ss	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.258
E. Durazo dh	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	.261
R. Hernandez c	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	.257
A. Melhuse c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
S. Hatteberg 1b	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.259
E. Byrnes lf	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.273
C. Singleton cf	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.258
Totals	32	5	9	5	3	6	8

Batting 2B - M Ellis 2 (25, C Fossum 2); E Byrnes (22, C Fossum); M Tejada (33, C Fossum). 3B - E Byrnes (8, C Fossum). S - J Guillen. SF - E Chavez. RBI - E Chavez 2 (74), E Durazo (64), E Byrnes (44), M Ellis (34). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Hatteberg 1, C Singleton 2. GIDP - J Guillen. Team LOB - 6.

Fielding DP - 1 (M Ellis-M Tejada-S Hatteberg).

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Damon cf	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.277
T. Walker 2b	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	.272
N. Garciaparra ss	5	2	2	0	0	1	5	.323
M. Ramirez lf	4	3	3	3	1	1	0	.315
G. Kapler lf	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.301
D. Ortiz dh	3	3	1	3	2	0	0	.274
K. Millar 1b	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	.284
T. Nixon rf	3	2	1	2	2	1	0	.306
B. Mueller 3b	3	1	2	2	2	0	2	.324
J. Varitek c	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	.283
Totals	34	14	12	14	10	6	14

Batting 2B - B Mueller (38, R Harden); M Ramirez 2 (30, M Neu, M Wood); N Garciaparra (33, M Neu). HR - D Ortiz (17, 1st inning off R Harden 2 on, 2 Out), M Ramirez (30, 3rd inning off R Harden 0 on, 0 Out). SF - J Varitek. RBI - D Ortiz 3 (66), B Mueller 2 (63), M Ramirez 3 (89), J Varitek (74), T Walker 2 (64), K Millar (77), T Nixon 2 (75). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz 3, T Walker 2, M Ramirez, K Millar, T Nixon, B Mueller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Mueller 1, N Garciaparra 2. GIDP - J Varitek. Team LOB - 7.

Fielding DP - 1 (T Walker-N Garciaparra-K Millar).

Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Harden (L, 3-3)	2.2	4	8	8	7	2	2	4.66
M. Wood	3.1	5	3	3	2	3	0	8.10
J. Mecir	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.79
M. Neu	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.86
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C. Fossum (W, 6-5)	5.1	8	5	5	3	2	0	5.54
M. Timlin	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	3.42
T. Jones	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8.03
B. Kim	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.48

WP - R Harden.

IBB - D Ortiz (by M Wood).

Pitches-strikes - R Harden 77-35; M Wood 58-34; J Mecir 15-10; M Neu 22-12; C Fossum 94-56; M Timlin 17-12; T Jones 13-9; B Kim 13-8.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Harden 2-4; M Wood 5-2; J Mecir 1-1; M Neu 3-0; C Fossum 4-10; M Timlin 2-0; T Jones 2-0; B Kim 2-0.

Batters faced - R Harden 19; M Wood 16; J Mecir 3; M Neu 7; C Fossum 27; M Timlin 5; T Jones 3; B Kim 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Lance Barksdale. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Brian Gorman. Time: 2:53. Attendance: 34,844. Weather: 84 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.

Updated on Thursday, Aug 21, 2003 10:25 pm ET