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A's muster comeback, but get edged in 10th inning

By Mychael Urban / MLB.com

Trailing by six runs after five innings, the A's rallied back to tie things up at historic Fenway Park and seemed poised to salvage the series finale. But in the 10th inning, Boston drove in the winning run with two outs.

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Bill Mueller is the center of attention after his game-winning double. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Red Sox brush aside A's to keep momentum going

By Ian Browne / MLB.com

Bill Mueller smacked a game-winning RBI double in the 10th inning as the Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the A's.

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Bill Mueller's 10th-inning double

Oakland (46-37)
Lost 3

Boston 8, Oakland 7

Boston (46-37)
Won 3

July 8, 2004

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	7	17	0
Boston	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	8	14	0

Standings through 7/8/04 | Gameday | Athletics Stats | Red Sox Stats

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Kotsay, CF	6	0	2	0	0	0	3	.303
Byrnes, LF	6	1	1	1	0	3	5	.282
Hatteberg, 1B	5	1	2	1	0	2	2	.304
Dye, RF	5	0	1	1	0	1	2	.288
Durazo, DH	5	2	3	0	0	1	1	.313
Crosby, SS	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	.273
Miller, C	5	0	3	1	0	2	1	.302
Scutaro, 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	.269
Castro, 3B	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	.143
a-Melhuse, PH-3B	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	.247
Totals	47	7	17	7	0	13	20
a-Doubled for Castro in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Kotsay 2 (16, Schilling, Schilling), Durazo 2 (15, Schilling, Timlin), Melhuse (5, Timlin). 3B: Dye (4, Foulke). HR: Byrnes (11, 5th inning off Schilling, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Kotsay 4; Byrnes 4; Hatteberg 2; Dye 3; Durazo 5; Crosby 2; Miller 3; Scutaro 2; Melhuse 2. RBI: Byrnes (33), Miller (37), Castro (3), Crosby (35), Melhuse (11), Hatteberg (51), Dye (52). 2-out RBI: Byrnes, Crosby, Hatteberg, Dye. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dye, Hatteberg, Scutaro, Byrnes, Durazo. Team LOB: 10. FIELDING Outfield assists: Byrnes (Damon at 1st base). DP: 2 (Scutaro-Crosby-Hatteberg, Byrnes-Hatteberg).

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, CF	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	.312
Mueller, 3B	4	2	2	1	2	0	2	.287
Ortiz, DH	5	3	3	1	0	1	1	.301
Ramirez, LF	4	2	2	3	1	1	0	.338
Garciaparra, SS	4	0	0	0	1	2	5	.287
Nixon, RF	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	.241
Millar, 1B	4	0	3	2	0	1	2	.283
1-McCarty, PR-1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.219
Varitek, C	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	.272
Reese, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	.239
a-Bellhorn, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Totals	40	8	14	8	6	14	16
a-Grounded out for Reese in the 10th. 1-Ran for Millar in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Ortiz (32, Harden), Millar (19, Harden), Mueller (9, Lehr). 3B: Nixon (1, Dotel). HR: Ortiz (23, 1st inning off Harden, 0 on, 2 out), Ramirez (24, 3rd inning off Harden, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Damon 3; Mueller 3; Ortiz 7; Ramirez 5; Nixon 3; Millar 4. RBI: Ortiz (77), Ramirez 3 (71), Nixon (7), Millar 2 (25), Mueller (27). 2-out RBI: Ortiz, Ramirez 3, Millar 2, Mueller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Millar, Reese, Garciaparra, McCarty. SF: Nixon. GIDP: Mueller. Team LOB: 10.

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Harden	5.0	7	7	7	6	7	2	4.52
Rincon	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5.06
Mecir	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	5.08
Dotel	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.45
Lehr (L, 0-1)	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	8.00

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Schilling	5.1	11	3	3	0	8	1	3.16
Embree (H, 12)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45
Timlin	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	3.57
Foulke (BS, 4)	1.2	2	1	1	0	3	0	1.40
Leskanic (W, 1-4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.17

WP: Harden.
IBB: Ramirez (by Harden).
Pitches-strikes: Harden 114-62, Rincon 21-15, Mecir 10-8, Dotel 31-22, Lehr 10-8, Schilling 119-83, Embree 5-3, Timlin 30-18, Foulke 27-20, Leskanic 11-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Harden 6-2, Rincon 0-2, Mecir 0-0, Dotel 1-3, Lehr 1-0, Schilling 5-3, Embree 0-2, Timlin 2-1, Foulke 1-1, Leskanic 0-2.
Batters faced: Harden 27, Rincon 6, Mecir 3, Dotel 7, Lehr 4, Schilling 27, Embree 2, Timlin 8, Foulke 7, Leskanic 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Embree 2-0, Foulke 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Bill Miller. 1B: Brian Gorman. 2B: Dale Scott. 3B: Ron Kulpa.
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:33.
Att: 35,144.

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