Boston Red Sox v Baltimore Orioles — Saturday, September 21, 2002 –Pedro Martinez

Game #154
Saturday, September 21, 2002
Boston 3, Baltimore 0

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              5  1  2  0   0  1   3  .284
S Hillenbrand 3b        3  0  0  0   1  0   0  .295
N Garciaparra ss        4  1  2  1   0  0   1  .313
M Ramirez lf            3  0  1  1   1  0   0  .345
T Nixon pr-rf          0  1  0  0   0  0   0  .255
C Floyd rf-lf           4  0  0  0   0  1   4  .329
C Baerga dh             4  0  1  0   0  0   3  .299
J Varitek c             4  0  2  1   0  0   3  .262
T Clark 1b              3  0  0  0   0  3   3  .208
L Merloni 2b            3  0  0  0   0  0   2  .256

Totals                 33  3  8  3   2  5  19

BATTING: 3B – N Garciaparra (5, J Johnson). RBI – N Garciaparra (114),
M Ramirez (103), J Varitek (58). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out –
J Damon 2, J Varitek 2, L Merloni 1. GIDP – L Merloni, N Garciaparra. Team LOB – 7.

BASERUNNING: SB – J Damon (30, 2nd base off J Johnson/G Gil). CS – J Varitek
(3, 2nd base by J Johnson/G Gil). Picked Off – J Damon (1st base, J Johnson).

BALTIMORE              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Hairston 2b           3  0  0  0   1  1   0  .268
C Singleton cf          4  0  0  0   0  2   2  .265
J Conine 1b             3  0  0  0   1  1   0  .274
T Batista 3b            4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .252
J Gibbons rf            4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .242
M Cordova lf            3  0  0  0   0  0   1  .255
C Richard dh            2  0  0  0   1  2   1  .236
G Gil c                 2  0  0  0   0  1   1  .237
a-L Lopez ph-ss        1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .200
M Bordick ss            2  0  0  0   0  0   0  .230
b-L Bigbie ph          1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .200
B Fordyce c            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .230

Totals                 29  0  2  0   3  9   7

a-doubled to center for G Gil in the 8th;  b-struck out looking for M Bordick
in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B – L Lopez (5, J Burkett). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out –
M Cordova 1, C Singleton 1, C Richard 1. Team LOB – 5.

FIELDING: E – J Conine (9, catch). DP: 2 (J Hairston-M Bordick-J Conine,
T Batista-J Hairston-J Conine).

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BOSTON          – 101 000 001   —   3  8  0
BALTIMORE       – 000 000 000   —   0  2  1
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BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Burkett (W, 12-8)           8       2   0   0   3   7   0   4.69
U Urbina (S, 38)              1       0   0   0   0   2   0   3.00

BALTIMORE                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Johnson (L, 5-14)           8       5   2   2   2   4   0   4.59
B Groom                         2/3   3   1   1   0   1   0   1.63
W Roberts                       1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.25

HBP – T Clark (by J Johnson); L Merloni (by W Roberts). Pitches-strikes:
J Burkett 113-75; U Urbina 9-8; J Johnson 102-67; B Groom 18-10; W Roberts 5-4.
Ground balls-fly balls: J Burkett 9-8; U Urbina 1-0; J Johnson 13-6; B Groom 0-1;
W Roberts 1-0. Batters faced: J Burkett 29; U Urbina 3; J Johnson 31; B Groom 5;
W Roberts 2.

UMPIRES: HP–Brian Runge. 1B–Tim Mcclelland. 2B–Chuck Meriwether. 3B–Ted Barrett.
T–2:41. Att–43,613.
Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.


Play-by-play:
(b – ball; c – called strike; s – swinging strike; f – foul; B/C/S/F – result on bunt attempt; i – intentional ball;
t – throw to first; p – pitchout; T – pitcher pickoff to 2B)

Boston 1st – Damon (bfsffbbff) safe on infield single to 3B. Hillenbrand (ctc – Damon stole second) reached on fielder’s choice to SS, Damon to third. Garciaparra (bbfbt) singled to center, Damon scored, Hillenbrand to second. Ramirez (bsfbb) walked, Hillenbrand to third, Garciaparra to second. Floyd (fs) struck out swinging. Baerga (f) popped out to shortstop. Varitek (bf) fouled out to catcher.

Baltimore 1st — Hairston (c) grounded out third to first. Singleton flied out to left. Conine (cc) flied out to right.

Boston 2nd — Clark (sff) struck out swinging. Merloni (b) flied out to center. Damon (fs) singled to left. Hillenbrand (t – Damon picked off pitcher to first).

Baltimore 2nd — Batista (cfbfb) grounded out third to first. Gibbons (cbbff) singled to left. Cordova (cbfbbt) grounded out shortstop to first, Gibbons to second. Richard (cbs) struck out looking.

Boston 3rd — Hillenbrand (cb) grounded out shortstop to first. Garciaparra tripled to deep right. Ramirez grounded out shortstop to first, Garciaparra scored. Floyd (bfbbff) grounded out first unassisted.

Baltimore 3rd — Gil (cbf) struck out looking. Bordick flied out to left. Hairston (bfbfff) struck out swinging.

Boston 4th – Baerga (bcbfbf) popped out to shortstop. Varitek (b) singled to right. Clark (fbbs – Varitek caught stealing, safe at second on 1B’s throwing error; C gets assist) struck out looking. Merloni (bcbb) grounded

out third to first.

Baltimore 4th — Singleton (cs) struck out looking. Conine grounded out shortstop to first. Batista (bf) grounded out shortstop to first.

Boston 5th — Damon (b) grounded out pitcher to first. Hillenbrand grounded out shortstop to first. Garciaparra flied out to right.

Baltimore 5th — Gibbons (bfb) fouled out to catcher. Cordova grounded out third to first. Richard (bsbffb) walked. Gil (btbbcf) grounded out shortstop to first.

Boston 6th — Ramirez (ffb) grounded out second to first. Floyd (c) grounded out shortstop to first. Baerga (csbb) popped out to second.

Baltimore 6th — Bordick (ccbf) flied out to center. Hairston lined out to left. Singleton flied out to left.

Boston 7th — Varitek (c) grounded out second to first. Clark (c) hit by pitch. Merloni (c) grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first.

Baltimore 7th – Conine (cbcfbb) walked. Batista (cb) grounded out third to first, Conine to second. Gibbons (b) lined out to first. Cordova (bb) grounded out third to first.

Boston 8th — Damon (fbf) struck out looking. Hillenbrand (bbb) walked. Garciaparra grounded into double play, third to second to first.

Baltimore 8th — Richard (cf) struck out looking. Lopez hit for Gil. Lopez (cbfff) doubled to center. Bigbie hit for Bordick. Bigbie (bsbc) struck out looking. Hairston (cbfbbf) walked. Singleton (bfff) struck out swinging.

Boston 9th – Groom relieved Johnson. Lopez replaced Bordick at SS. Fordyce replaced Gil at C. Ramirez (b) singled to right. Nixon ran for Ramirez. Floyd (bbf) popped out to second. Baerga (cbs) singled to left center, fielded by CF, Nixon to third. Varitek (b) singled to center, Nixon scored, Baerga to third. Clark (sfbbb) struck out swinging. Roberts relieved Groom. Merloni (cc) hit by pitch, Varitek to second. Damon (c) grounded out first unassisted.

Baltimore 9th – Urbina relieved Burkett. Nixon replaced Floyd in RF. Floyd moved from RF to LF and replaced Ramirez. Conine (cbf) struck out swinging. Batista (c) grounded out first unassisted. Gibbons (cf) struck out swinging.

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