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2–6Final · Oct 9, 2003
BOS 2 NYY 6 Final
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BOS95-670100010002101
NYY101-6102101020680

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Gabe KaplerCF1-440100020.125.125.125
Dave McCartyPH0-110000010.000.000.000
Bill Mueller3B1-440100010.222.222.222
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-440200000.222.222.222
Manny RamirezLF1-440100010.556.556.889
David OrtizDH0-330000100.167.444.667
Kevin Millar1B0-440000010.222.222.222
Jason VaritekC2-442211000.500.5001.500
Trot NixonRF1-330100110.500.625.500
Damian Jackson2B1-330110010.333.333.333
Todd WalkerPH1-110100000.500.5001.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweP6.276632198-618.1098
Scott SauerbeckP0.110010013-80.0013
Bronson ArroyoP1.000002012-80.0012

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B0-440000020.000.111.000
Derek JeterSS1-551100010.111.111.111
Jason GiambiDH2-330200100.333.500.333
Dave DellucciDH0-001000000.000.000.000
Bernie WilliamsCF2-332210100.333.500.500
Jorge PosadaC1-330120100.429.500.714
Hideki MatsuiLF1-331110100.400.429.400
Nick Johnson1B1-441121000.143.143.571
Aaron Boone3B0-330000010.000.143.000
Karim GarciaRF0-440000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Andy PettitteP6.2922251118-742.70118
Jose ContrerasP1.100001014-80.0014
Mariano RiveraP1.010002015-120.0015

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Derek Jeter SS
  3. 3 Jason Giambi DH
  4. 4 Bernie Williams CF
  5. 5 Jorge Posada C
  6. 6 Hideki Matsui LF
  7. 7 Nick Johnson 1B
  8. 8 Aaron Boone 3B
  9. 9 Karim Garcia RF

BOS

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

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