New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
October 18, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 2004 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 7 0 1 3
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0
Matsui lf 7 0 1 0
Williams cf 7 1 2 1
Posada c 6 1 2 0
Sierra dh 5 1 3 0
Clark 1b 7 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 6 1 2 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 4 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 6 1 1 0
Cabrera ss 6 1 2 0
Ramirez lf 6 0 2 0
Ortiz dh 6 2 3 3
Millar 1b 2 0 0 0
  Roberts pr 0 1 0 0
  Mientkiewicz 1b 2 0 1 0
Nixon rf 4 0 1 0
  Kapler pr,rf 2 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 2
Mueller 3b 6 0 1 0
Bellhorn 2b 6 0 2 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 13 5
New York 010 003 000 000 004121
Boston 200 000 020 000 015131
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  6 6.0 2 2 2 7 0
  Sturtze  0.1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Gordon  0.2 2.0 2 2 1 0 1
  Rivera  2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Heredia  0.1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Quantrill  1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Loaiza  L (0-1) 3.1 1 1 1 3 3
Totals
15.1
13
5
5
7
12
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  6 7.0 4 4 5 6 1
  Timlin  1.2 2.0 0 0 1 1 0
  Foulke  1.1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Arroyo  1 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Myers  0.1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Embree  0.2 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Wakefield  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
14.0
12
4
4
8
16

  E–Jeter (2), Ramirez (1).  DP–New York 2 Rodriguez-Cairo-Clark, Jeter-Cairo-Clark, Boston 1 Mueller-Bellhorn-Millar.  PB–Varitek 3 (3).  2B–New York Jeter (1,off Martinez); Cairo (1,off Timlin); Clark (1,off Foulke), Boston Bellhorn (2,off Mussina); Mientkiewicz (1,off Heredia).  HR–New York Williams (1,2nd inning off Martinez 0 on 0 out), Boston Ortiz (2,8th inning off Gordon 0 on 0 out).  SH–Jeter (2,off Timlin).  HBP–Cairo (3,by Martinez); Rodriguez (2,by Martinez).  IBB–Posada (2,by Wakefield).  Team LOB–18.  SF–Varitek (1,off Rivera).  Team–12.  CS–Damon (1,2nd base by Rivera/Posada); Ortiz (1,2nd base by Loaiza/Posada).  HBP–Martinez 2 (3,Cairo,Rodriguez).  IBB–Wakefield (2,Posada).  U–Jeff Kellogg, Joe West, Randy Marsh, Jeff Nelson, John Hirschbeck.  T–5:49.  A–35,120.
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