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1–3Final · Oct 4, 2003
OAK 1 BOS 3 Final
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OAK96-6600000100000164
BOS95-6701000000002371

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Billy McMillonLF0-550000010.000.167.000
Erubiel DurazoDH0-441000120.250.400.333
Miguel TejadaSS0-550000010.067.067.067
Eric Chavez3B0-440000100.000.067.000
Ramon HernandezC0-550000010.231.333.231
Scott Hatteberg1B1-440100000.167.286.167
Mark Ellis2B1-440100010.200.429.200
Terrence LongRF1-440100000.400.400.400
Eric ByrnesCF3-440300010.625.625.750
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyP7.0210250106-720.00106
Chad BradfordP1.220012023-150.0023
Ricardo RinconP0.20000106-46.756
Jim MecirP0.210010016-60.0016
Rich HardenP0.12220019-613.509

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-440100010.308.400.462
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-440200100.417.533.417
Bill Mueller3B0-550000020.143.200.214
Manny RamirezLF0-440000120.083.267.083
David OrtizDH0-440000110.000.133.000
Kevin Millar1B1-440100110.214.267.214
Jason VaritekC1-441100000.375.500.750
Adrian BrownPR0-000000000.000.000.000
Doug MirabelliC1-111100000.500.500.750
Gabe KaplerRF0-440000000.000.000.000
Trot NixonPH1-111121000.250.2501.000
Damian Jackson2B0-330000010.000.000.000
Todd Walker2B0-110000000------
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweP7.0610220100-661.04100
Mike TimlinP3.000003033-230.0033
Scott WilliamsonP1.000002014-80.0014

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  3. 3 Bill Mueller 3B
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz DH
  6. 6 Kevin Millar 1B
  7. 7 Jason Varitek C
  8. 8 Gabe Kapler RF
  9. 9 Damian Jackson 2B

OAK

  1. 1 Billy McMillon LF
  2. 2 Erubiel Durazo DH
  3. 3 Miguel Tejada SS
  4. 4 Eric Chavez 3B
  5. 5 Ramon Hernandez C
  6. 6 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  7. 7 Mark Ellis 2B
  8. 8 Terrence Long RF
  9. 9 Eric Byrnes CF

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