BOXSCORE: 2002 Boston Red Sox At 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates            10/9/2002

  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon CF          4  0  2  0 .208     R.Winn CF           3  0  0  0 .241  
  E.Young 2B          4  0  0  0 .235     J.Kendall C         4  0  0  0 .231  
  N.Garciaparra SS    4  0  0  0 .189     J.Vidro 2B          3  0  0  0 .365  
  M.Sweeney 1B        2  1  0  0 .265     B.Giles LF          3  0  0  0 .255  
A-S.Spiezio 1B        1  0  0  0 .308     E.Durazo 1B         3  0  0  0 .133  
  K.Griffey Jr. LF    4  0  1  0 .320     A.Boone 3B          3  0  0  0 .241  
  T.Nixon RF          3  0  0  0 .182     R.Sanders RF        3  0  0  0 .250  
  J.Varitek C         3  0  1  1 .167     C.Guillen SS        2  0  0  0 .222  
  D.Hocking 3B        3  0  1  0 .182     B.Zito P            2  0  0  0 .250  
  P.Martinez P        3  0  0  0 .000   B-J.Giambi PH         1  0  0  0 .258  
  J.Smoltz P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  5  1                 Totals      27  0  0  0

A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Sweeney In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Zito In 9th Inning

Red Sox......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  0

Red Sox (8-5)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Martinez WIN(3-0)       7       0   0   0   0   5   0   1.65  A1 C3
J.Smoltz SAVE(5th)        2       0   0   0   2   2   0   1.35  C4
Totals                    9       0   0   0   2   7   0

Pirates (7-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Zito LOSS(1-2)          9       5   1   1   1   9   0   4.22  A1
Totals                    9       5   1   1   1   9   0

ATTENDANCE- 17,045 DATE- Wednesday, October 9th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5  Pirates: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Pirates: 1
DOUBLES- J.Varitek(1st)
WALKS- T.Nixon, R.Winn, C.Guillen
HIT BY PITCH- M.Sweeney
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon, E.Young, N.Garciaparra, K.Griffey Jr.-2, T.Nixon,
             D.Hocking, P.Martinez-2, R.Winn, J.Vidro, B.Giles-3, E.Durazo,
             R.Sanders
GIDP- E.Young

The Boston Red Sox pitching staff gave the fans an evening that they'll never
forget by tossing a combined perfect game! The tension started to build
around the 6th inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified.  Boston
had only 5 hits for the night.  

The win went to Pedro Martinez(3-0) who allowed no runs in 7 innings. John
Smoltz earned his 5th save.  Barry Zito(1-2) was the loser.  He surrendered
just 5 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  

'You probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than this
happening,' said Martinez who got credit for the win, 'I don't expect it to
sink in for awhile.' he said. 'You know, it's hard to say who was better, the
starter or the bullpen!'