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4–3Final · Oct 6, 2003
BOS 4 OAK 3 Final
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OAK96-66000101010370

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-221100100.316.409.579
Adrian BrownCF0-110000000------
Nomar GarciaparraSS0-440000000.300.391.350
Todd Walker2B0-221000010.333.375.933
Damian Jackson2B0-110000000.000.000.000
Manny RamirezLF1-441131030.200.304.350
David OrtizDH1-440100010.095.174.143
Gabe KaplerDH0-000000000.000.000.000
Kevin Millar1B2-440200000.238.304.238
Bill Mueller3B0-330000100.105.227.158
Trot NixonRF0-440000020.200.273.500
Jason VaritekC1-331111010.286.375.714
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pedro MartinezP7.0733160100-663.86100
Alan EmbreeP0.20000004-40.004
Mike TimlinP0.10000004-30.004
Scott WilliamsonP0.000020012-40.0012
Derek LoweP1.000012017-90.9317

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B0-330000010.118.318.118
Billy McMillonPH1-110110000.167.286.167
Frank Menechino2B0-000000000------
Terrence LongPH0-110000010.333.333.333
Erubiel DurazoDH1-441100010.238.333.333
Eric Chavez3B0-440000010.045.087.091
Miguel TejadaSS1-440110020.087.087.130
Scott Hatteberg1B0-221000200.176.364.176
Eric ByrnesPR0-000000000.500.500.583
Jose GuillenLF2-330210100.455.571.545
Ramon HernandezC0-220000000.200.333.200
Jermaine DyeRF1-330100000.231.286.462
Adam MelhusePH0-110000010.600.6001.000
Chris SingletonCF1-331100110.286.444.571
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoP6.044424299-623.4699
Ted LillyP2.000002021-140.0021
Chad BradfordP0.120001011-70.0011
Ricardo RinconP0.20000106-44.506

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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