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4–5Final · Jun 5, 2003
BOS 4 PIT 5 Final
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BOS33-25000210100471
PIT25-33201100015110

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bill Mueller3B0-440000020.362.417.571
Todd Walker2B1-441100000.324.367.438
Nomar GarciaparraSS1-330100100.315.346.573
Manny RamirezLF1-441121030.323.407.539
David Ortiz1B0-440000020.282.351.462
Trot NixonRF2-442211000.310.391.513
Jason VaritekC1-440100010.277.341.493
Johnny DamonCF0-440010020.242.316.410
John BurkettRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Freddy SanchezRP1-1101000001.0001.0001.000
Ramiro MendozaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Alan EmbreeP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John BurkettRP6.084332196-646.1296
Ramiro MendozaRP1.131100020-157.3120
Alan EmbreeP0.20000002-16.232

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-332121100.315.372.479
Jason KendallC0-331000000.280.375.380
Brian GilesLF1-440110000.270.426.467
Aramis Ramirez3B2-441200000.298.349.399
Randall Simon1B2-440210000.288.315.446
Reggie SandersRF2-440200000.250.315.461
Jack WilsonSS0-220010100.249.290.363
Jeff Reboulet2B1-331100110.258.333.323
Jeff SuppanRP1-220100000.273.304.273
Rob MackowiakRP0-110000010.185.283.259
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian BoehringerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Abraham NunezRP1-110100000.228.295.248
Mike WilliamsP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff SuppanRP6.043316190-574.0790
Scott SauerbeckRP1.121102125-143.7525
Brian BoehringerRP0.21000107-68.717
Mike WilliamsP1.000001013-85.7913

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Jason Kendall C
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Randall Simon 1B
  6. 6 Reggie Sanders RF
  7. 7 Jack Wilson SS
  8. 8 Jeff Reboulet 2B
  9. 9 Jeff Suppan RP

BOS

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

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