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Associated Press 19y

Millar error changed to fielder's choice

BOSTON -- One of two errors originally charged to Red Sox
first baseman Kevin Millar in a game against the Oakland Athletics
has been changed by the official scorer to a fielder's choice.

With the score tied 1-1 in the seventh inning Tuesday night,
Millar threw the ball home to try to get the go-ahead run instead
of stepping on first for a force out. The throw wasn't in time to
keep Bobby Kielty from scoring, and Millar was charged with his
fourth error of the season.

Boston manager Terry Francona politely questioned the call in a
meeting with reporters before Wednesday's game. But official scorer
Charlie Scoggins of The Sun of Lowell already had changed his mind.

Millar, who also had a throwing error in the first inning, hit a
two-run homer with one out in the ninth to give Boston a 3-2
victory.

Because of the change, pitcher Bronson Arroyo loses an assist.

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