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Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics

4–5Final · Oct 1, 2003
BOS 4 OAK 5 Final
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BOS95-671000102000004121
OAK96-66003000001001580

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 J Damon batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
  5. Top 1 J Damon grounded out to second.
  6. Top 1 N Garciaparra batting
  7. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  8. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  9. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  10. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  11. Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
  12. Top 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  13. Top 1 N Garciaparra struck out swinging.
  14. Top 1 T Walker batting
  15. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  16. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  17. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
  18. Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  19. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  20. Top 1 T Walker homered to right.
  21. Top 1 M Ramirez batting
  22. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  23. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  24. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  25. Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  26. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  27. Top 1 M Ramirez struck out swinging.
  28. Bot 1 M Ellis batting
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  31. Bot 1 M Ellis flied out to center.
  32. Bot 1 E Durazo batting
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 3: foul
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 1
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
  38. Bot 1 E Durazo grounded out to third.
  39. Bot 1 E Chavez batting
  40. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  44. Bot 1 E Chavez struck out swinging.
  45. Top 2 D Ortiz batting
  46. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  47. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  48. Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
  49. Top 2 Pitch 4: foul
  50. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 1
  51. Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 2
  52. Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
  53. Top 2 D Ortiz flied out to left.
  54. Top 2 K Millar batting
  55. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  56. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  57. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  58. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  59. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  60. Top 2 Pitch 6: in play
  61. Top 2 K Millar reached on infield single to shortstop.
  62. Top 2 B Mueller batting
  63. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  64. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  65. Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
  66. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
  67. Top 2 K Millar caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  68. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
  69. Top 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  70. Top 2 B Mueller struck out swinging.
  71. Bot 2 M Tejada batting
  72. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  73. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  74. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  75. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  76. Bot 2 M Tejada grounded out to pitcher.
  77. Bot 2 S Hatteberg batting
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  79. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  80. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  81. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  82. Bot 2 S Hatteberg grounded out to first.
  83. Bot 2 J Guillen batting
  84. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  85. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  86. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  89. Bot 2 J Guillen singled to shallow right.
  90. Bot 2 R Hernandez batting
  91. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  92. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  93. Bot 2 R Hernandez flied out to center.
  94. Top 3 T Nixon batting
  95. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  96. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  97. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  98. Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  99. Top 3 T Nixon struck out swinging.
  100. Top 3 J Varitek batting
  101. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  102. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  103. Top 3 J Varitek singled to center.
  104. Top 3 J Damon batting
  105. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  106. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  107. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  108. Top 3 J Damon singled to left, J Varitek to second.
  109. Top 3 N Garciaparra batting
  110. Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
  111. Top 3 N Garciaparra grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Varitek out at third, J Damon to second.
  112. Top 3 T Walker batting
  113. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  114. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  115. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  116. Top 3 T Walker reached on infield single to second, J Damon to third, N Garciaparra to second.
  117. Top 3 M Ramirez batting
  118. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  119. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  120. Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
  121. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
  122. Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
  123. Top 3 M Ramirez grounded out to second.
  124. Bot 3 J Dye batting
  125. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  126. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  127. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  128. Bot 3 J Dye flied out to right.
  129. Bot 3 C Singleton batting
  130. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  131. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  132. Bot 3 C Singleton doubled to right.
  133. Bot 3 M Ellis batting
  134. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  135. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  136. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
  137. Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 4
  138. Bot 3 M Ellis walked.
  139. Bot 3 E Durazo batting
  140. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  141. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  142. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
  143. Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  144. Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
  145. Bot 3 E Durazo doubled to right, C Singleton and M Ellis scored.
  146. Bot 3 E Chavez batting
  147. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  148. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  149. Bot 3 E Chavez flied out to left.
  150. Bot 3 M Tejada batting
  151. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  152. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  153. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  154. Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  155. Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
  156. Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
  157. Bot 3 M Tejada singled to center, E Durazo scored, M Tejada out stretching at second.
  158. Top 4 D Ortiz batting
  159. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  160. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  161. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  162. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  163. Top 4 D Ortiz struck out swinging.
  164. Top 4 K Millar batting
  165. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  166. Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
  167. Top 4 K Millar grounded out to shortstop.
  168. Top 4 B Mueller batting
  169. Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
  170. Top 4 B Mueller grounded out to shortstop.
  171. Bot 4 S Hatteberg batting
  172. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  173. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  174. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
  175. Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  176. Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  177. Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
  178. Bot 4 S Hatteberg lined out to center.
  179. Bot 4 J Guillen batting
  180. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  181. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  182. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  183. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  185. Bot 4 J Guillen struck out looking.
  186. Bot 4 R Hernandez batting
  187. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  188. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  189. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  190. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  191. Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
  192. Bot 4 R Hernandez walked.
  193. Bot 4 J Dye batting
  194. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  195. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  196. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  197. Bot 4 J Dye popped out to second.
  198. Top 5 T Nixon batting
  199. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  200. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  201. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  202. Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
  203. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  204. Top 5 T Nixon flied out to center.
  205. Top 5 J Varitek batting
  206. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  207. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  208. Top 5 J Varitek homered to right.
  209. Top 5 J Damon batting
  210. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  211. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  212. Top 5 J Damon grounded out to first.
  213. Top 5 N Garciaparra batting
  214. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  215. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  216. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  217. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  218. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  219. Top 5 N Garciaparra singled to left.
  220. Top 5 T Walker batting
  221. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  222. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  223. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  224. Top 5 T Walker singled to center, N Garciaparra to third.
  225. Top 5 M Ramirez batting
  226. Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
  227. Top 5 M Ramirez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Walker out at second.
  228. Bot 5 C Singleton batting
  229. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  230. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  231. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  232. Bot 5 C Singleton popped out to shortstop.
  233. Bot 5 M Ellis batting
  234. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  235. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  236. Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
  237. Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
  238. Bot 5 M Ellis singled to shallow right.
  239. Bot 5 E Durazo batting
  240. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  241. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  242. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  243. Bot 5 M Ellis safe at third.
  244. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  245. Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
  246. Bot 5 E Durazo grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, M Ellis out at home.
  247. Bot 5 E Chavez batting
  248. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  249. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  250. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  251. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  252. Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
  253. Bot 5 E Chavez flied out to left.
  254. Top 6 D Ortiz batting
  255. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  256. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  257. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  258. Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  259. Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
  260. Top 6 D Ortiz fouled out to third.
  261. Top 6 K Millar batting
  262. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  263. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  264. Top 6 Pitch 3: foul
  265. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 1
  266. Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
  267. Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
  268. Top 6 K Millar singled to left.
  269. Top 6 B Mueller batting
  270. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  271. Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
  272. Top 6 B Mueller flied out to right.
  273. Top 6 T Nixon batting
  274. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  275. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  276. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  277. Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
  278. Top 6 T Nixon grounded out to second.
  279. Bot 6 M Tejada batting
  280. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  281. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  282. Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
  283. Bot 6 M Tejada grounded out to third.
  284. Bot 6 S Hatteberg batting
  285. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  286. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  287. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  288. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  289. Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
  290. Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
  291. Bot 6 S Hatteberg flied out to right.
  292. Bot 6 J Guillen batting
  293. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  294. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  295. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  296. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  297. Bot 6 J Guillen struck out swinging.
  298. Top 7 J Varitek batting
  299. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  300. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  301. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  302. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
  303. Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
  304. Top 7 J Varitek walked.
  305. Top 7 J Damon batting
  306. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  307. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  308. Top 7 J Damon grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Varitek out at second.
  309. Top 7 N Garciaparra batting
  310. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  311. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  312. Top 7 N Garciaparra singled to left.
  313. Top 7 Lineup Change
  314. Top 7 Lineup Change
  315. Top 7 R Rincon relieved T Hudson.
  316. Top 7 T Walker batting
  317. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  318. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  319. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  320. Top 7 T Walker homered to right, N Garciaparra scored.
  321. Top 7 M Ramirez batting
  322. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  323. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  324. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  325. Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
  326. Top 7 M Ramirez flied out to right.
  327. Bot 7 R Hernandez batting
  328. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  329. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  330. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  331. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  332. Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
  333. Bot 7 Pitch 6: foul
  334. Bot 7 Pitch 7: in play
  335. Bot 7 R Hernandez singled to left.
  336. Bot 7 J Dye batting
  337. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  338. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  339. Bot 7 J Dye grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Hernandez out at second, J Dye to second on throwing error by second baseman T Walker.
  340. Bot 7 C Singleton batting
  341. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  342. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  343. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  344. Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  345. Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  346. Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
  347. Bot 7 C Singleton fouled out to left.
  348. Bot 7 M Ellis batting
  349. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  350. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  351. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  352. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
  353. Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
  354. Bot 7 M Ellis walked.
  355. Bot 7 E Durazo batting
  356. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  357. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  358. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  359. Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
  360. Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
  361. Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 2
  362. Bot 7 Pitch 7: foul
  363. Bot 7 Pitch 8: foul
  364. Bot 7 Pitch 9: ball 3
  365. Bot 7 Pitch 10: foul
  366. Bot 7 Pitch 11: ball 4
  367. Bot 7 E Durazo walked, J Dye to third, M Ellis to second.
  368. Bot 7 E Chavez batting
  369. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  370. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  371. Bot 7 E Chavez fouled out to catcher.
  372. Top 8 D Ortiz batting
  373. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  374. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  375. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  376. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
  377. Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 4
  378. Top 8 D Ortiz walked.
  379. Top 8 K Millar batting
  380. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  381. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  382. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  383. Top 8 K Millar struck out swinging.
  384. Top 8 B Mueller batting
  385. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  386. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  387. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  388. Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  389. Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
  390. Top 8 Pitch 6: foul
  391. Top 8 Pitch 7: foul
  392. Top 8 Pitch 8: in play
  393. Top 8 B Mueller doubled to left, D Ortiz to third.
  394. Top 8 Lineup Change
  395. Top 8 Lineup Change
  396. Top 8 D McCarty hit for T Nixon.
  397. Top 8 Lineup Change
  398. Top 8 Lineup Change
  399. Top 8 C Bradford relieved R Rincon.
  400. Top 8 Lineup Change

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-550100100.200.333.200
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-551200110.400.500.400
Todd Walker2B4-552432000.800.8002.000
Damian Jackson2B0-110000010.000.000.000
Manny RamirezLF0-550000110.000.167.000
David OrtizDH0-550000120.000.167.000
Kevin Millar1B2-660200010.333.333.333
Bill Mueller3B1-550100110.200.333.400
Trot NixonRF0-330000010.000.000.000
Dave McCartyPH0-000000000.000.000.000
Adrian BrownRF0-110000010------
Gabe KaplerRF0-220000010------
Jason VaritekC2-331211210.667.8001.667
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pedro MartinezP7.0633430130-803.86130
Mike TimlinP1.000002013-90.0013
Byung-Hyun KimP0.201111015-713.5015
Alan EmbreeP0.11000005-40.005
Scott WilliamsonP1.000012018-80.0018
Derek LoweP1.211142042-235.4042

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B1-441100220.250.500.250
Erubiel DurazoDH2-441230200.500.667.750
Eric Chavez3B0-661000010.000.000.000
Miguel TejadaSS1-660110010.167.167.167
Scott Hatteberg1B0-440000210.000.333.000
Jose GuillenLF1-330100020.333.333.333
Terrence LongRF0-220000120------
Ramon HernandezC2-440210200.500.667.500
Jermaine DyeRF0-330000000.000.000.000
Billy McMillonPH0-000000100.0001.000.000
Eric ByrnesLF0-111000010------
Chris SingletonCF1-441100000.250.400.500
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim HudsonP6.21033152106-714.05106
Ricardo RinconP0.221111123-1213.5023
Chad BradfordP0.200011012-50.0012
Keith FoulkeP3.000023051-280.0051
Rich HardenP1.000021020-90.0020

Starting lineups

OAK

  1. 1 Mark Ellis 2B
  2. 2 Erubiel Durazo DH
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  6. 6 Jose Guillen LF
  7. 7 Ramon Hernandez C
  8. 8 Jermaine Dye RF
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  3. 3 Todd Walker 2B
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz DH
  6. 6 Kevin Millar 1B
  7. 7 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Trot Nixon RF
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

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