Oakland 3 Boston 2
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
OAKLAND             0  0  0   0  0  2   1  0  0     3  9  1
BOSTON              0  0  0   1  0  0   0  1  0     2  7  1      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: OAK - AARON HARANG, JIM MECIR (6TH), RICARDO RINCON (7TH),
                 CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), BILLY KOCH (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ,
                 GREG MYERS (9TH)

           BOS - JOHN BURKETT, ALAN EMBREE (7TH), BOB HOWRY (9TH) AND
                 JASON VARITEK, DOUG MIRABELLI (9TH)


            WP - AARON HARANG (4-2)
            LP - JOHN BURKETT (10-5)
          SAVE - BILLY KOCH (28)

HOME RUNS: OAK - JERMAINE DYE (12) OFF JOHN BURKETT IN THE 6TH, 1 ON

           BOS - MANNY RAMIREZ (18) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 4TH, 0 ON



     TIME: 3:25     ATT: 33,325

PROBABLES: OAK - BARRY ZITO (15-4, 2.96)
           BOS - DEREK LOWE (15-5, 2.13)





Box Score
OAKLAND (3) VS BOSTON (2) - FINAL

OAKLAND                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Ellis 2b              5  0  2  0   0  2   1  .280
S Hatteberg 1b          5  0  1  0   0  0   4  .260
M Tejada ss             5  0  1  1   0  1   4  .299
D Justice dh            4  0  0  0   1  1   2  .266
E Chavez 3b             4  1  0  0   1  1   3  .269
J Dye rf                3  1  2  2   1  0   1  .248
J Mabry lf              3  0  1  0   0  0   1  .318
 a-E Byrnes ph-lf       1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .262
T Long cf               4  0  1  0   0  2   3  .248
R Hernandez c           3  1  1  0   1  0   1  .235
 R Velarde pr           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .243
 G Myers c              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .228

Totals                 37  3  9  3   4  8  21

a-struck out swinging for J Mabry in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - J Dye (12, 6th inning off J Burkett 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Dye 2 (47),
M Tejada (92). 2-out RBI - J Dye 2, M Tejada. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - D Justice 1, M Tejada 1, T Long 1, E Chavez 2. Team LOB - 11.


FIELDING: E - E Byrnes (1, bobble). Outfield assists - J Mabry (R Sanchez at 2nd base).


BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              4  0  1  0   1  0   1  .298
T Nixon rf              4  0  1  0   1  1   2  .274
N Garciaparra ss        4  0  1  0   1  2   3  .309
M Ramirez dh            5  2  2  1   0  1   5  .315
C Floyd lf              3  0  0  0   1  1   1  .368
J Varitek c             3  0  0  0   1  3   1  .281
 R Henderson pr         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .234
 D Mirabelli c          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .233
S Hillenbrand 3b        4  0  2  1   0  0   0  .310
B Daubach 1b            4  0  0  0   0  0   4  .271
R Sanchez 2b            2  0  0  0   1  0   0  .294
 a-C Baerga ph          1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .304

Totals                 34  2  7  2   6  9  17

a-struck out swinging for R Sanchez in the 9th.

BATTING: 3B - J Damon (8, J Mecir). HR - M Ramirez (18, 4th inning off A Harang
0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Ramirez (59), S Hillenbrand (65). 2-out RBI -
S Hillenbrand. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Daubach 2, M Ramirez 2,
T Nixon 1. Team LOB - 11.

FIELDING: E - S Hillenbrand (13, ground ball).


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    OAKLAND         - 000 002 100   --   3
    BOSTON          - 000 100 010   --   2
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OAKLAND                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
A Harang (W, 4-2)             5 2/3   3   1   1   4   4   1   3.64
J Mecir (H, 17)               1       1   0   0   0   0   0   4.64
R Rincon (H, 15)                1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4.62
C Bradford (H, 16)              1/3   1   1   1   0   1   0   2.01
B Koch (S, 28)                1 2/3   2   0   0   2   3   0   3.29

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Burkett (L, 10-5)           6 2/3   6   3   1   3   5   1   4.19
A Embree                      1 1/3   1   0   0   0   3   0   3.29
B Howry                       1       2   0   0   1   0   0   3.95

Pitches-strikes: A Harang 105-63; J Mecir 21-12; R Rincon 5-3; C Bradford 7-6;
B Koch 35-21; J Burkett 101-62; A Embree 27-19; B Howry 25-16. Ground balls-fly
balls: A Harang 10-3; J Mecir 2-1; R Rincon 0-0; C Bradford 0-0; B Koch 1-1;
J Burkett 9-6; A Embree 1-0; B Howry 0-3. Batters faced: A Harang 24; J Mecir 4;
R Rincon 1; C Bradford 2; B Koch 9; J Burkett 30; A Embree 5; B Howry 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Dan Iassogna.

T--3:25. Att--33,325. 
Weather: 79 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.

AL        OAKLAND AT BOSTON
          NOTE: OAKLAND PITCHER JIM MECIR LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM
          OF THE SEVENTH INNING WITH AN UNDISCLOSED INJURY.