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

BATTERIES: OAK - BARRY ZITO AND GREG MYERS

           BOS - DEREK LOWE, BOB HOWRY (8TH), UGUETH URBINA (9TH)
                 AND JASON VARITEK


            WP - DEREK LOWE (16-5)
            LP - BARRY ZITO (15-5)
          SAVE - UGUETH URBINA (26)

HOME RUNS: OAK - MIGUEL TEJADA (26) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
                 DAVID JUSTICE (7) OFF UGUETH URBINA IN THE 9TH, 0 ON

           BOS - CLIFF FLOYD (1) OFF BARRY ZITO IN THE 8TH, 0 ON



     TIME: 2:32     ATT: 33,855

PROBABLES: OAK - TIM HUDSON (8-9, 3.59)
           NYY - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (6-3, 3.45)

PROBABLES: MIN - KYLE LOHSE (10-6, 4.59)
           BOS - CASEY FOSSUM (2-1, 2.94)



Box Score
OAKLAND (2) VS BOSTON (4) - FINAL

OAKLAND                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Ellis 2b              4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .275
R Durham dh             4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .295
M Tejada ss             4  1  2  1   0  1   0  .301
D Justice lf            3  1  1  1   1  0   2  .266
E Chavez 3b             4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .269
J Dye rf                4  0  0  0   0  2   2  .244
T Long cf               4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .248
S Hatteberg 1b          3  0  0  0   0  1   2  .258
G Myers c               3  0  0  0   0  2   0  .222

Totals                 33  2  6  2   1  8   7

BATTING: HR - M Tejada (26, 6th inning off D Lowe 0 on, 1 Out), D Justice (7,
9th inning off U Urbina 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Tejada (93), D Justice (29).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Dye 1, S Hatteberg 1, D Justice 1.
Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Ellis-M Tejada-S Hatteberg, M Tejada-M Ellis-S Hatteberg).



BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              4  1  2  0   0  0   0  .300
T Nixon rf              2  0  0  1   1  1   0  .273
N Garciaparra ss        4  0  2  1   0  2   2  .311
M Ramirez lf            2  1  0  0   2  0   2  .313
C Floyd dh              4  1  2  1   0  0   4  .391
J Varitek c             3  0  0  1   0  1   1  .278
S Hillenbrand 3b        3  0  1  0   0  1   0  .310
T Clark 1b              3  0  0  0   0  2   2  .219
R Sanchez 2b            2  1  0  0   1  0   2  .291

Totals                 27  4  7  4   4  7  13

BATTING: 2B - J Damon (25, B Zito). HR - C Floyd (1, 8th inning off B Zito
0 on, 2 Out). SF - J Varitek, T Nixon. RBI - J Varitek (45), T Nixon (65),
N Garciaparra (92), C Floyd (1). 2-out RBI - C Floyd. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Sanchez 1. GIDP - C Floyd, M Ramirez. Team LOB - 5.


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    OAKLAND         - 000 001 001   --   2
    BOSTON          - 010 020 01x   --   4
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OAKLAND                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
B Zito (L, 15-5)              8       7   4   4   4   7   1   3.04

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
D Lowe (W, 16-5)              7       5   1   1   1   6   1   2.09
B Howry (H, 11)               1       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.88
U Urbina (S, 26)              1       1   1   1   0   1   1   3.60

WP - D Lowe. Pitches-strikes: B Zito 110-72; D Lowe 114-71; B Howry 16-9;
U Urbina 16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 9-8; D Lowe 12-3; B Howry 0-2;
U Urbina 0-2. Batters faced: B Zito 33; D Lowe 27; B Howry 3; U Urbina 4.

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

T--2:32. Att--33,855. 
Weather: 74 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, right to left.

AL        OAKLAND AT BOSTON
          NOTE: BOSTON'S JOHNNY DAMON EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO
          10 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING.