2002 Boston Red Sox Box Scores

SOXBOX: Saturday, August 31, 2002
Cleveland 8 Boston 7
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
BOSTON              0  0  0   0  2  3   1  1  0     7 12  3
CLEVELAND           2  3  0   1  1  0   0  0  1     8 13  1      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BOS - JOHN BURKETT, WILLIE BANKS (5TH), FRANK CASTILLO (6TH), ALAN
                 EMBREE (7TH), BOB HOWRY (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK

           CLE - RICARDO RODRIGUEZ, CARL SADLER (6TH), DAVE BURBA
                 (7TH), MARK WOHLERS (8TH), DANYS BAEZ (9TH) AND JOSH BARD


            WP - DANYS BAEZ (10-10)
            LP - BOB HOWRY (3-4)
          SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - TROT NIXON (22) OFF RICARDO RODRIGUEZ IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
                 NOMAR GARCIAPARRA (21) OFF RICARDO RODRIGUEZ IN THE 6TH, 0
                  ON

           CLE - JIM THOME (42) OFF JOHN BURKETT IN THE 1ST, 1 ON



     TIME: 2:42     ATT: 37,908

PROBABLES: BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD (7-5, 3.17)
           CLE - CHARLES NAGY (1-3, 8.41)





Box Score
BOSTON (7) VS CLEVELAND (8) - FINAL

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              5  1  3  0   0  0   0  .289
N Garciaparra ss        5  1  1  1   0  0   2  .307
M Ramirez lf            5  0  1  1   0  0   1  .335
C Floyd dh              4  1  2  0   0  0   1  .325
S Hillenbrand 3b        2  2  1  0   0  0   0  .303
B Daubach 1b            4  0  1  2   0  1   2  .260
J Varitek c             3  1  2  0   1  0   0  .270
T Nixon rf              4  1  1  3   0  1   2  .262
R Sanchez 2b            4  0  0  0   0  0   1  .288

Totals                 36  7 12  7   1  2   9

BATTING: 2B - J Damon (30, R Rodriguez); B Daubach (18, R Rodriguez); M Ramirez
(21, D Burba). HR - T Nixon (22, 5th inning off R Rodriguez 1 on, 1 Out), N
Garciaparra (21, 6th inning off R Rodriguez 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Nixon 3 (79),
N Garciaparra (102), B Daubach 2 (63), M Ramirez (77). 2-out RBI - M Ramirez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Garciaparra 1, C Floyd 1, T Nixon
1. GIDP - B Daubach. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Damon (28, 2nd base off R Rodriguez/J Bard). CS - J
Varitek (2, 2nd base by R Rodriguez/J Bard).

FIELDING: E - M Ramirez (5, ground ball); N Garciaparra (21, throw); J Damon
(1, bobble). Outfield assists - M Ramirez (M Bradley at 3rd base). DP: 3 (S
Hillenbrand-R Sanchez-B Daubach 3).


CLEVELAND              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Bradley cf            5  0  1  1   0  1   3  .247
O Vizquel ss            5  0  3  2   0  0   0  .279
E Burks dh              3  2  2  0   0  0   1  .284
J Thome 1b              3  1  1  2   1  1   2  .296
K Garcia rf             4  0  2  1   0  1   0  .319
L Stevens lf            3  1  0  0   1  0   2  .250
J Bard c                4  1  1  0   0  0   2  .310
G Larocca 3b            4  1  1  1   0  0   0  .278
J McDonald 2b           3  1  1  0   0  1   2  .258
 a-B Selby ph           1  1  1  0   0  0   0  .204

Totals                 35  8 13  7   2  4  12

a-singled to right for J Mcdonald in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - E Burks (22, J Burkett); M Bradley (15, J Burkett); O Vizquel
(24, B Howry). HR - J Thome (42, 1st inning off J Burkett 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - J
Thome 2 (95), G Larocca (2), O Vizquel 2 (63), M Bradley (36), K Garcia (24).
2-out RBI - J Thome 2, O Vizquel 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Bard 1, J Thome 1. GIDP - L Stevens, E Burks, J Bard. Team LOB - 4.

FIELDING: E - D Burba (1, throw). Outfield assists - M Bradley (M Ramirez at
Home). DP: 1 (O Vizquel-J McDonald-J Thome).


----------------------------------------------------
    BOSTON          - 000 023 110   --   7
    CLEVELAND       - 230 110 001   --   8

Two outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Burkett                     4       8   7   6   2   3   1   4.94
W Banks                       1       1   0   0   0   0   0   3.94
F Castillo                    1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5.31
A Embree                      1 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   3.13
B Howry (L, 3-4)                2/3   2   1   0   0   0   0   4.26

CLEVELAND                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
R Rodriguez                   5 1/3   7   5   5   1   1   2   6.05
C Sadler (H, 2)                 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   2.53
D Burba (H, 1)                1       3   1   1   0   0   0   5.22
M Wohlers (B, 3)              1       2   1   1   0   0   0   5.46
D Baez (W, 10-10)             1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4.38

J Burkett pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.

HBP - S Hillenbrand 2 (by R Rodriguez 2); E Burks (by J Burkett).
Pitches-strikes: J Burkett 67-42; W Banks 13-7; F Castillo 15-11; A Embree
13-9; B Howry 14-9; R Rodriguez 73-48; C Sadler 11-6; D Burba 18-11; M Wohlers
14-9; D Baez 12-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Burkett 2-6; W Banks 3-0; F
Castillo 5-0; A Embree 2-1; B Howry 0-2; R Rodriguez 7-7; C Sadler 1-0; D Burba
1-1; M Wohlers 2-1; D Baez 1-2. Batters faced: J Burkett 22; W Banks 3; F
Castillo 5; A Embree 4; B Howry 4; R Rodriguez 24; C Sadler 2; D Burba 5; M
Wohlers 5; D Baez 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Terry Craft. 2B--Alfonso Marquez. 3B--Brian
Onora.

T--2:42. Att--37,908. 
Weather: 75 degrees, clear. Wind: 16 mph, right to
left.