Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 4, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2001 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Stynes 2b 4 0 0 0
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
Nixon rf 5 2 3 0
Everett cf 4 1 1 0
Ramirez dh 3 0 1 1
Bichette lf 4 0 3 1
Hatteberg c 4 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 0 0
Daubach 1b 3 0 0 0
Lansing ss 2 0 0 0
  Offerman ph 1 0 0 0
Ohka p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 5 1 1 1
Menechino 2b 5 0 2 1
Giambi J. 1b 2 1 2 0
Long cf 5 1 2 0
Saenz dh 2 1 0 0
Giambi J. rf 4 1 0 1
Tejada ss 3 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 2 3 4
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Boston 102 000 000381
Oakland 002 030 20x7112
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ohka   2.2 4 2 2 3 1
  Lowe  L (1-5) 1.2 3 3 3 0 3
  Schourek   1.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Beck   2.0 2 2 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
5
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  W (2-4) 5.1 7 3 2 2 2
  Mathews   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Magnante   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Tam  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
3

  E–Hatteberg (2), Tejada (3), Chavez (2).  DP–Boston 2, Oakland 1.  PB–Hatteberg (2).  2B–Boston Nixon 3 (8,off Heredia 3), Oakland Jason Giambi 2 (9,off Ohka,off Lowe); Menechino (5,off Schourek).  HR–Oakland Chavez (5,7th inning off Beck 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Ramirez (3,by Heredia); Tejada (1,by Schourek).  HBP–Saenz (5,by Lowe); Jason Giambi (4,by Beck).  SB–Chavez (1,2nd base off Ohka/Hatteberg); Damon (5,2nd base off Ohka/Hatteberg); Menechino (1,2nd base off Ohka/Hatteberg); Tejada (4,3rd base off Lowe/Hatteberg).  WP–Heredia (1).  HBP–Lowe (2,Saenz); Beck (1,Jason Giambi).  IBB–Schourek (2,Tejada); Heredia (2,Ramirez).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Andrew Fletcher, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:19.  A–20,631.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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