MULDER TOSSES SHUTOUT

OAKLAND -- Recently re-activated Mark Mulder hit the ground running in his 1st start back from the DL, throwing a complete game shutout - his 3rd in his 4 starts - in Oakland's 3-0 win over the Red Sox.  Oakland's victory snaps the Red Sox 11-game winning streak. 

Miguel Tejada smacked his 1st home run since 4/18 in the effort.  Jason Giambi slugged his 7th home run of the season.  Maty McNeil shook up the lineup a bit for this game, dropping Tejada to 5th in the order.

Mulder's ERA drops to 0.81 and he picked up his 4th win in four starts.  The rubbergame begins tomorrow: Derek Lowe (4-1, 2.27) vs. Cory Lidle (2-0, 3.93).

Around the League: • Paul Konerko has notched 4 hits in each of his last two games.  He is 25-for-31 (.806) with 3 home runs and 11 RBI's over his last 8 games. • The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have finally won.  After losing 9 straight, they beat the Yankees. Their record is still an abysmal 7-25. • Curt Schilling won his 7th start of the season, improving to 7-0.  Schilling pitched a complete game 4-hitter against the Pirates. • Ryan Klesko has had some key at-bats of late for the Padres.  He's .419 with 4 home runs and 11 RBI's over the past 10 days.  The Padres still continue to struggle at 8-25. • Milwaukee's Eric Young leads the majors in steals at 21.  He's only been caught one time.

BOXSCORE: 2002 Boston Red Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics              5/8/2002
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon CF          4  0  0  0 .245     R.Velarde 2B        4  1  2  0 .273 
  T.Nixon RF          4  0  1  0 .256     S.Hatteberg 1B      4  0  1  0 .288 
  N.Garciaparra SS    4  0  1  0 .388     J.Dye RF            4  0  1  1 .304 
  M.Ramirez DH        4  0  1  0 .363     E.Chavez 3B         4  0  0  0 .287 
  S.Hillenbrand 3B    4  0  2  0 .311     M.Tejada SS         3  1  1  1 .258 
  J.Varitek C         4  0  0  0 .265     J.Giambi LF         3  1  1  1 .302 
  R.Henderson LF      3  0  0  0 .171     R.Hernandez C       3  0  1  0 .270 
  R.Sanchez 2B        2  0  1  0 .352     C.Pena DH           2  0  0  0 .169 
A-L.Merloni PH,1B     1  0  0  0 .200     T.Long CF           3  0  0  0 .152 
  T.Clark 1B          2  0  0  0 .167                                         
B-B.Daubach PH        1  0  1  0 .283                                         
C-J.Offerman 2B       0  0  0  0 .435                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      33  0  7  0                 Totals      30  3  7  3

A-Pinch Hit For Sanchez In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Clark In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Daubach In 8th Inning

Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  1
Athletics....... 0 0 0  2 1 0  0 0    -  3  7  0

Red Sox (25-5)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Burkett LOSS(0-1)       4 1/3   4   3   3   2   4   2  66  10.00  A1 C1
R.Arrojo                  0       2   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.63  C2 C3
T.Wakefield               3 2/3   1   0   0   1   4   0  41   1.35  C4
Totals                    8       7   3   3   3   8   2

Athletics (17-16)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Mulder WIN(4-0)         9       7   0   0   0   8   0 128   0.81  A1
Totals                    9       7   0   0   0   8   0

ATTENDANCE- 42,395 DATE- Wednesday, May 8th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Athletics: 1
ERRORS- S.Hillenbrand
DOUBLES- T.Nixon(8th), N.Garciaparra(9th), S.Hillenbrand(8th)
HOME RUNS- M.Tejada(5th), J.Giambi(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Tejada
WALKS- M.Tejada, J.Giambi, C.Pena
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon, T.Nixon, N.Garciaparra, J.Varitek-2, R.Sanchez, T.Clark-2,
             R.Velarde, S.Hatteberg-2, E.Chavez-3, J.Giambi, C.Pena
GIDP- J.Varitek