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

4–5Final · Oct 5, 2003
OAK 4 BOS 5 Final
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OAK96-660100030004111
BOS95-6700200102570

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B0-440000110.143.368.143
Erubiel DurazoDH1-550100000.235.350.294
Eric Chavez3B1-440100000.056.105.111
Miguel TejadaSS0-440000000.053.053.053
Scott Hatteberg1B1-332100110.200.333.200
Jose GuillenLF2-440200000.375.500.375
Ramon HernandezC---------------------------
Jermaine DyeRF2-441231010.200.273.500
Eric ByrnesCF1-440100010.500.500.583
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim HudsonP1.00000109-73.529
Steve W. SparksP4.022231171-354.5071
Ricardo RinconP2.021100124-165.4024
Keith FoulkeP1.032200024-163.6024

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-441121000.294.368.588
Nomar GarciaparraSS1-441100010.375.474.438
Todd Walker2B1-441111000.385.3851.077
Damian Jackson2B0-000000000.000.000.000
Manny RamirezLF2-441200000.188.316.188
David OrtizDH1-440120010.059.158.118
Adrian BrownDH0-000000000.000.000.000
Kevin Millar1B0-330000100.176.263.176
Trot NixonRF1-220100100.333.429.833
Bill Mueller3B0-220000100.125.222.188
Jason VaritekC0-331000000.273.385.545
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John BurkettP5.1944211108-636.75108
Tim WakefieldP1.220000018-133.5218
Scott WilliamsonP2.000003028-180.0028

Starting lineups

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 Trot Nixon RF
  8. 8 Bill Mueller 3B
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

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 Eric Byrnes CF

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