Starting Lineups:
Boston Red Sox Oakland Athletics
1. Damon cf Ellis 2b
2. Garciaparra ss Durazo dh
3. Walker 2b Chavez 3b
4. Ramirez lf Tejada ss
5. Ortiz dh Hatteberg 1b
6. Millar 1b Guillen lf
7. Mueller 3b Hernandez c
8. Nixon rf Dye rf
9. Varitek c Singleton cf
Martinez p Zito p
RED SOX 1ST: Damon lined to left; Garciaparra grounded out
(shortstop to first); Walker struck out (catcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Durazo
struck out; Chavez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0,
Athletics 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Ramirez was called out on strikes; Ortiz flied to
left; Millar flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Tejada struck out; Hatteberg grounded out (third
to first); Guillen singled to center; Hernandez was hit by a
pitch [Guillen to second]; Dye forced Hernandez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.
RED SOX 3RD: Mueller flied to right; Nixon flied to center;
Varitek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Singleton struck out; Ellis popped to first;
Durazo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.
RED SOX 4TH: Damon singled to second; Garciaparra flied to left;
Damon stole second; Walker flied to left; Ramirez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Chavez grounded out (shortstop to first); Tejada
struck out; Hatteberg walked; Guillen doubled to right
[Hatteberg scored, Guillen out at third (right to shortstop to
third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.
RED SOX 5TH: Ortiz grounded out (second to first); Millar
singled to center [Millar out at second (center to second)];
Mueller walked; Nixon grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dye
grounded out (third to first); Singleton flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.
RED SOX 6TH: Varitek homered to left; Damon walked; Garciaparra
popped to first; Walker was hit by a pitch [Damon to second];
Ramirez homered to left [Damon scored, Walker scored]; Ortiz
struck out; Millar popped to second; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red
Sox 4, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: JACKSON REPLACED WALKER (PLAYING 2B); Ellis was
called out on strikes; Durazo doubled to center; Chavez popped
to shortstop; Tejada doubled to right [Durazo scored]; Hatteberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red
Sox 4, Athletics 2.
RED SOX 7TH: LILLY REPLACED ZITO (PITCHING); Mueller grounded
out (shortstop to first); Nixon struck out; Varitek struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics
2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Guillen grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dye singled to
center [Dye out at second (shortstop to third)]; horrendous
collision between Johnny Damon and Damian Jackson on the fly
ball as they hit heads; Damon unconscious for a time, left in
ambulance; suffered concussion; alert play by Nomar Garciaparra
and Bill Mueller to get Jermaine Dye trying for 2B; 10 minute
delay; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 2.
RED SOX 8TH: BROWN BATTED FOR DAMON; Brown grounded out (second
to first); Garciaparra flied to center; Jackson flied to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Singleton
doubled to right; MCMILLON BATTED FOR ELLIS; McMillon singled to
right [Singleton scored]; EMBREE REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING);
MENECHINO RAN FOR MCMILLON; Durazo popped to third; Chavez flied
to left; TIMLIN REPLACED EMBREE (PITCHING); Tejada forced
Menechino (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox
4, Athletics 3.
RED SOX 9TH: MENECHINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRADFORD
REPLACED LILLY (PITCHING); Ramirez struck out; Ortiz singled to
right; KAPLER RAN FOR ORTIZ; Millar singled to center [Kapler to
second]; RINCON REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Mueller popped to
first; Nixon struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4,
Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: KAPLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILLIAMSON
REPLACED TIMLIN (PITCHING); Hatteberg walked; BYRNES RAN FOR
HATTEBERG; Guillen walked [Byrnes to second]; LOWE REPLACED
WILLIAMSON (PITCHING); Hernandez out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Byrnes to third, Guillen to second]; MELHUSE BATTED
FOR DYE; Melhuse was called out on strikes; Singleton walked;
LONG BATTED FOR MENECHINO; Long was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Red Sox 4 6 0 4
Athletics 3 7 0 7
