Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 30, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 2002 at Jacobs Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 15, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 3 2 1 0
Garciaparra ss 5 2 2 1
Ramirez lf 5 1 1 0
Floyd dh 4 2 2 2
  Baerga ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 1 1 0
  Merloni 3b 2 2 2 1
Daubach 1b 5 3 2 4
Varitek c 2 0 0 1
  Mirabelli c 1 1 1 1
Nixon rf 4 1 3 4
Sanchez 2b 5 0 1 1
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Hermanson p 0 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 15 16 15
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradley cf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 5 1 2 0
Burks dh 4 1 2 0
  Stevens ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Thome 1b 3 0 1 1
Garcia rf 3 1 1 3
Lawton lf 4 0 0 0
Bard c 4 0 1 0
Selby 3b 3 1 1 0
McDonald 2b 4 0 2 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Boston 524 000 03115160
Cleveland 000 002 0215110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  W (18-6) 5.0 3 0 0 2 0
  Hermanson   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Banks   2.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (0-3) 0.2 5 5 5 3 0
  Mulholland   5.1 7 6 6 2 1
  Riske   2.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Sadler   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
15
15
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Daubach (17,off Wright); Floyd (11,off Mulholland); Garciaparra (46,off Mulholland); Nixon (29,off Mulholland); Merloni (10,off Riske), Cleveland McDonald (10,off Hermanson).  HR–Boston Daubach (17,3rd inning off Mulholland 1 on, 2 out); Nixon (21,8th inning off Riske 1 on, 1 out); Merloni (4,9th inning off Sadler 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Garcia (6,8th inning off Banks 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Varitek (3,off Wright); Floyd (1,off Mulholland); Garcia (1,off Hermanson); Stevens (2,off Banks).  HBP–Daubach (5,by Mulholland); Garciaparra (5,by Mulholland).  HBP–Mulholland 2 (2,Daubach,Garciaparra).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:06.  A–31,986.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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