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Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics

2003-10-06 · 2003 Division Series · Game 5 of 5 ◀ Game 4 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 49397 · 69°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph · 3:05

Boston Red Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 4–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 6th. Pedro Martinez earned the win and Derek Lowe picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Pedro Martinez L: Barry Zito SV: Derek Lowe

Umpires — HP: Tim Welke · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Randy Marsh · 3B: Eric Cooper · LF: Wally Bell · RF: Gary Darling

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	2	1	1	0	1	0
Nomar Garciaparra	4	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Walker	2	1	0	0	0	1
Manny Ramirez	4	1	1	3	0	3
David Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Millar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Mueller	3	0	0	0	1	0
Trot Nixon	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Varitek	3	1	1	1	0	1
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Ellis	3	0	0	0	0	1
Erubiel Durazo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Eric Chavez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Tejada	4	0	1	1	0	2
Scott Hatteberg	2	1	0	0	2	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ramon Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Singleton	3	1	1	0	1	1
Billy McMillon	1	0	1	1	0	0
Adam Melhuse	1	0	0	0	0	1
Terrence Long	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pedro Martinez	7.0	7	1	6
Alan Embree	0.2	0	0	0
Mike Timlin	0.1	0	0	0
Scott Williamson	0.0	0	2	0
Derek Lowe	1.0	0	1	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Barry Zito	6.0	4	2	4
Ted Lilly	2.0	0	0	2
Chad Bradford	0.1	2	0	1
Ricardo Rincon	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: 7/L
Nomar Garciaparra: 63/G
Todd Walker: K23

Bot 1

Mark Ellis: 63/G
Erubiel Durazo: K
Eric Chavez: K

Top 2

Manny Ramirez: K
David Ortiz: 7/F7LF
Kevin Millar: 8/F

Bot 2

Miguel Tejada: K
Scott Hatteberg: 53/G-
Jose Guillen: S8/G+
Ramon Hernandez: HP.1-2
Jermaine Dye: 64(1)/FO/G

Top 3

Bill Mueller: 9/F
Trot Nixon: 8/F
Jason Varitek: 43/G

Bot 3

Chris Singleton: K
Mark Ellis: 3/P3F
Erubiel Durazo: 3/G

Top 4

Johnny Damon: S4/G
Nomar Garciaparra: 7/F
Todd Walker: SB2
Todd Walker: 7/F
Manny Ramirez: K

Bot 4

Eric Chavez: 63/G
Miguel Tejada: K
Scott Hatteberg: W
Jose Guillen: D9/L.1-H;BX3(965)

Top 5

David Ortiz: 43/G
Kevin Millar: S8/L.BX2(84)
Bill Mueller: W
Trot Nixon: 3/G

Bot 5

Ramon Hernandez: 63/G
Jermaine Dye: 53/G
Chris Singleton: 8/F

Top 6

Jason Varitek: HR/7/L
Johnny Damon: W
Nomar Garciaparra: 3/P2F
Todd Walker: HP.1-2
Manny Ramirez: HR/7/L+.2-H;1-H
David Ortiz: K
Kevin Millar: 4/P

Bot 6

Mark Ellis: K
Erubiel Durazo: D8/L
Eric Chavez: 6/P
Miguel Tejada: D9/L.2-H
Scott Hatteberg: 63/G

Top 7

Bill Mueller: 63/G
Trot Nixon: K
Jason Varitek: K23

Bot 7

Jose Guillen: 13/G
Ramon Hernandez: 63/G
Jermaine Dye: S8/F.BX2(65)

Top 8

Adrian Brown: 43/G
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F+
Damian Jackson: 9/F

Bot 8

Chris Singleton: D9/G
Billy McMillon: S9/G.2-H
Erubiel Durazo: 5/P
Eric Chavez: 7/F
Miguel Tejada: 64(1)/FO/G

Top 9

Manny Ramirez: K
David Ortiz: S9/G
Kevin Millar: S8/G.1-2
Bill Mueller: 3!/P3F
Trot Nixon: K

Bot 9

Scott Hatteberg: W
Jose Guillen: W.1-2
Ramon Hernandez: 54/SH/BG.2-3;1-2
Adam Melhuse: K
Chris Singleton: W
Terrence Long: K

Notes & reviews

horrendous collision between Johnny Damon and Damian Jackson on the fly ball as they hit heads; Damon unconscious for a time, left in ambulance; suffered concussion; alert play by Nomar Garciaparra and Bill Mueller to get Jermaine Dye trying for 2B; 10 minute delay

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