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Boston Red Sox @ Florida Marlins

1998-06-27 · Night game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 31212 · 88°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 15 mph L to R · 2:52

Boston Red Sox defeated Florida Marlins 9–4. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 5th. Tim Wakefield earned the win. Mark Kotsay went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	9	14
FLO	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	8

W: Tim Wakefield L: Jesus Sanchez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rich Rieker · 1B: Sam Holbrook · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darren Lewis	4	2	2	1	1	0
John Valentin	5	1	3	0	0	2
Nomar Garciaparra	3	1	2	1	1	0
Damon Buford	5	1	1	1	0	0
Troy O'Leary	4	2	2	1	0	0
Jason Varitek	3	1	0	0	2	3
Reggie Jefferson	2	1	2	1	0	0
Mike Benjamin	4	0	1	3	1	1
Tim Wakefield	2	0	0	0	1	2
Billy Ashley	2	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Corsi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Todd Dunwoody	5	0	2	0	0	1
Edgar Renteria	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Kotsay	5	2	2	1	0	1
Todd Zeile	0	0	0	0	4	0
Cliff Floyd	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Counsell	2	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Redmond	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jesus Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Berg	3	0	0	0	0	1
John Cangelosi	1	0	1	0	0	0
Derrek Lee	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	7.2	6	5	3
Jim Corsi	1.1	2	0	1

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesus Sanchez	4.1	10	3	3
Matt Mantei	2.2	3	1	5
Jay Powell	1.0	1	1	0
Kirt Ojala	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Darren Lewis: S4/BG4S
John Valentin: S6/L6D.1-3
Nomar Garciaparra: S6/L6MD.3-H;1-2
Damon Buford: 53/G6S.2-3;1-2
Troy O'Leary: 9/SF/F89M.3-H;2-3
Jason Varitek: K

Bot 1

Todd Dunwoody: K
Edgar Renteria: 53/G5S
Mark Kotsay: HR/F89XD
Todd Zeile: W
Cliff Floyd: 8/F8LS

Top 2

Reggie Jefferson: S3/L34D
Mike Benjamin: 64(1)/FO/G56
Tim Wakefield: PO1(13)
Tim Wakefield: W
Darren Lewis: 53/G56S

Bot 2

Ryan Jackson: E3/G34
Craig Counsell: 54(1)/FO/G6S
Mike Redmond: 53/G56.1-2
Jesus Sanchez: 3/G34S

Top 3

John Valentin: S7/L7LM
Nomar Garciaparra: W.1-2
Damon Buford: 5(2)3/GDP/G5.1-2
Troy O'Leary: 8/F8LM

Bot 3

Todd Dunwoody: 43/G4
Edgar Renteria: 53/G56
Mark Kotsay: 13/G13

Top 4

Jason Varitek: W
Reggie Jefferson: D8/F78XD.1-3
Mike Benjamin: D7/F7LD.3-H;2-H
Tim Wakefield: 24/SH/BG15S.2-3
Darren Lewis: 13/G15
John Valentin: K

Bot 4

Todd Zeile: W
Cliff Floyd: E3/G3S.1-2
Ryan Jackson: CS3(25).1-2
Ryan Jackson: K
Craig Counsell: S8/L6MD.2-H(UR)
Mike Redmond: D7/F7LD.1XH(752)

Top 5

Nomar Garciaparra: S8/L4D
Damon Buford: S7/P56D.1-2
Troy O'Leary: S8/F8LS.2-3;1-2
Jason Varitek: K
Reggie Jefferson: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mike Benjamin: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tim Wakefield: K
Darren Lewis: S9/L34D.3-H;2XH(92);1-2

Bot 5

Dave Berg: K
Todd Dunwoody: T8/F78D
Edgar Renteria: 3/P34S
Mark Kotsay: 41/G34

Top 6

John Valentin: K
Nomar Garciaparra: HP
Damon Buford: CS2(24)
Damon Buford: 9/F89XD

Bot 6

Todd Zeile: W
Cliff Floyd: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Ryan Jackson: 9/F89S

Top 7

Troy O'Leary: S8/L8RS
Jason Varitek: K
Billy Ashley: D8/L89XD.1-H
Mike Benjamin: K
Tim Wakefield: K

Bot 7

John Cangelosi: S4/G34D
Mike Redmond: 9/F9LM
Dave Berg: 8/F78D
Todd Dunwoody: E3/G3.1-2
Edgar Renteria: 13/G13

Top 8

Darren Lewis: W
John Valentin: S3/G34D.1-2
Nomar Garciaparra: 9/F9LM.2-3
Damon Buford: 54(1)/FO/G56.3-H
Troy O'Leary: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Mark Kotsay: D8/F78XD
Todd Zeile: W
Cliff Floyd: 5/P7LSF
Ryan Jackson: PB.2-3;1-2
Ryan Jackson: 5/P13S
Derrek Lee: W+PB.3-H(NR);2-3
Mike Redmond: S3/G34D.3-H;1-2
Dave Berg: 3/G3

Top 9

Jason Varitek: W
Billy Ashley: 9/F89S
Mike Benjamin: 2/P23F
Jim Corsi: 53/G56

Bot 9

Todd Dunwoody: S4/L34D
Edgar Renteria: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Mark Kotsay: K