Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 10, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 2002 at Tropicana Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 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 12, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 0 0
  Andrews lf 1 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 6 2 1 0
Garciaparra ss 3 2 2 2
  Merloni ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Ramirez dh 4 2 2 2
  Baerga ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Floyd rf 5 3 4 2
Agbayani lf,cf 4 2 2 1
Mirabelli c 3 1 2 2
  Brown ph,c 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 5 0 1 0
Sanchez R. 2b 2 0 0 1
  Sanchez F. ph,2b,ss 2 0 1 2
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 15 12
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Rolls lf 4 0 2 0
Grieve rf 4 0 0 0
Winn cf 2 0 0 0
  Conti ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Huff 1b 4 1 2 1
Cox dh 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Sandberg 3b 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 2 0
Sheets 2b 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Kent p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Phelps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Boston 011 005 41012150
Tampa Bay 000 010 000171
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  W (11-7) 7.0 6 1 1 0 2
  Gomes   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hancock   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
2
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L (7-11) 6.0 7 7 7 1 2
  Kent   1.0 6 4 4 0 0
  Gardner   0.0 0 1 0 0 0
  Phelps   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
12
11
1
3

  E–Sandberg (14).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Garciaparra (49,off Kennedy); Floyd 2 (15,off Kennedy 2); Ramirez (25,off Kennedy); Hillenbrand (38,off Kent), Tampa Bay Flaherty (19,off Burkett).  HR–Boston Ramirez (28,3rd inning off Kennedy 0 on, 2 out); Mirabelli (7,6th inning off Kennedy 1 on, 0 out); Garciaparra (22,7th inning off Kent 1 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Huff (22,5th inning off Burkett 0 on, 0 out).  SF–R Sanchez (5,off Kennedy).  HBP–Mirabelli (3,by Kennedy); Garciaparra (6,by Kennedy); Merloni (3,by Gardner).  SB–Floyd (2,3rd base off Kennedy/Flaherty).  CS–Rolls (3,2nd base by Burkett/Mirabelli).  HBP–Kennedy 2 (16,Mirabelli,Garciaparra); Gardner (3,Merloni).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:34.  A–10,891.
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