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2–4Final · Jun 16, 2003
BOS 2 CWS 4 Final
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BOS39-29101000000250
CWS32-3700001300481

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: strike 2 (swinging)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  6. Top 1 J Damon struck out swinging.
  7. Top 1 B Mueller batting
  8. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  9. Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
  10. Top 1 B Mueller safe at first on error by second baseman D Jimenez.
  11. Top 1 N Garciaparra batting
  12. Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
  13. Top 1 N Garciaparra singled to right center, B Mueller to third.
  14. Top 1 M Ramirez batting
  15. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  16. Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
  17. Top 1 M Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to right, B Mueller scored.
  18. Top 1 D Ortiz batting
  19. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  20. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  21. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  22. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  23. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  24. Top 1 D Ortiz popped out to shortstop.
  25. Bot 1 W Harris batting
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  28. Bot 1 W Harris grounded out to third.
  29. Bot 1 D Jimenez batting
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  32. Bot 1 D Jimenez singled to center.
  33. Bot 1 F Thomas batting
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
  37. Bot 1 F Thomas struck out looking.
  38. Bot 1 M Ordonez batting
  39. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  40. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  43. Bot 1 M Ordonez struck out swinging.
  44. Top 2 K Millar batting
  45. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  46. Top 2 K Millar popped out to second.
  47. Top 2 J Varitek batting
  48. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  49. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  50. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  51. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  52. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
  53. Top 2 J Varitek walked.
  54. Top 2 F Sanchez batting
  55. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  56. Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
  57. Top 2 F Sanchez singled to right, J Varitek to second.
  58. Top 2 D Jackson batting
  59. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  60. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  61. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  62. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  63. Top 2 D Jackson grounded out to first, J Varitek to third, F Sanchez to second.
  64. Top 2 J Damon batting
  65. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  66. Top 2 J Damon grounded out to second.
  67. Bot 2 C Lee batting
  68. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  69. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  70. Bot 2 C Lee flied out to center.
  71. Bot 2 J Valentin batting
  72. Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
  73. Bot 2 J Valentin grounded out to first.
  74. Bot 2 P Konerko batting
  75. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  76. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  79. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  80. Bot 2 P Konerko flied out to right.
  81. Top 3 B Mueller batting
  82. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  83. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  84. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  85. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  86. Top 3 B Mueller grounded out to second.
  87. Top 3 N Garciaparra batting
  88. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  89. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  90. Top 3 N Garciaparra flied out to right.
  91. Top 3 M Ramirez batting
  92. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  93. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  94. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  95. Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
  96. Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
  97. Top 3 M Ramirez homered to left.
  98. Top 3 D Ortiz batting
  99. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  100. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  101. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  102. Top 3 D Ortiz popped out to shallow left.
  103. Bot 3 J Crede batting
  104. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  105. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  106. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  107. Bot 3 J Crede struck out swinging.
  108. Bot 3 J Paul batting
  109. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  110. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  111. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  112. Bot 3 J Paul fouled out to right.
  113. Bot 3 W Harris batting
  114. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  115. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  116. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  117. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  118. Bot 3 W Harris reached on bunt single to first.
  119. Bot 3 D Jimenez batting
  120. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  121. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  122. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  123. Bot 3 D Jimenez flied out to left.
  124. Top 4 K Millar batting
  125. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  126. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  127. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  128. Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
  129. Top 4 K Millar grounded out to shortstop.
  130. Top 4 J Varitek batting
  131. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  132. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  133. Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
  134. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
  135. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  136. Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
  137. Top 4 J Varitek flied out to right.
  138. Top 4 F Sanchez batting
  139. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  140. Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
  141. Top 4 F Sanchez flied out to right.
  142. Bot 4 F Thomas batting
  143. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  144. Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
  145. Bot 4 F Thomas grounded out to pitcher.
  146. Bot 4 M Ordonez batting
  147. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  148. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  149. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  150. Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  151. Bot 4 M Ordonez struck out looking.
  152. Bot 4 C Lee batting
  153. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  154. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  155. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  156. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  157. Bot 4 C Lee singled to left, C Lee out stretching at second.
  158. Top 5 D Jackson batting
  159. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  160. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  161. Top 5 Pitch 3: foul
  162. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  163. Top 5 D Jackson struck out looking.
  164. Top 5 J Damon batting
  165. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  166. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  167. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  168. Top 5 J Damon reached on infield single to second.
  169. Top 5 B Mueller batting
  170. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  171. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  172. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  173. Top 5 J Damon caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  174. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  175. Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
  176. Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
  177. Top 5 Pitch 7: in play
  178. Top 5 B Mueller flied out to center.
  179. Bot 5 J Valentin batting
  180. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  181. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  182. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  183. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  184. Bot 5 J Valentin struck out swinging.
  185. Bot 5 P Konerko batting
  186. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  187. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  188. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  189. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  190. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  191. Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
  192. Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 4
  193. Bot 5 P Konerko walked.
  194. Bot 5 J Crede batting
  195. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  196. Bot 5 J Crede reached on infield single to third, P Konerko to second.
  197. Bot 5 J Paul batting
  198. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  199. Bot 5 J Paul singled to center, P Konerko scored, J Crede to second.
  200. Bot 5 W Harris batting
  201. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  202. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  203. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  204. Bot 5 W Harris singled to right, J Crede to third, J Paul to second.
  205. Bot 5 D Jimenez batting
  206. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  207. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  208. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  209. Bot 5 D Jimenez popped out to shallow left.
  210. Bot 5 F Thomas batting
  211. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  212. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  213. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  214. Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
  215. Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
  216. Bot 5 Pitch 6: ball 2
  217. Bot 5 Pitch 7: foul
  218. Bot 5 Pitch 8: foul
  219. Bot 5 Pitch 9: foul
  220. Bot 5 Pitch 10: strike 3 (looking)
  221. Bot 5 F Thomas struck out looking.
  222. Top 6 N Garciaparra batting
  223. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  224. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  225. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  226. Top 6 N Garciaparra flied out to right.
  227. Top 6 M Ramirez batting
  228. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  229. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  230. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  231. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  232. Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
  233. Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  234. Top 6 M Ramirez struck out swinging.
  235. Top 6 D Ortiz batting
  236. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  237. Top 6 D Ortiz flied out to left center.
  238. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  239. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  240. Bot 6 R Rupe relieved P Martinez.
  241. Bot 6 M Ordonez batting
  242. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  243. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  244. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  245. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  246. Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
  247. Bot 6 M Ordonez grounded out to shortstop.
  248. Bot 6 C Lee batting
  249. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  250. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 0 (bunted foul)
  251. Bot 6 C Lee bunt popped out foul to pitcher.
  252. Bot 6 J Valentin batting
  253. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  254. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  255. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  256. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  257. Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
  258. Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
  259. Bot 6 Pitch 7: ball 4
  260. Bot 6 J Valentin walked.
  261. Bot 6 P Konerko batting
  262. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  263. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  264. Bot 6 P Konerko singled to left, J Valentin to second.
  265. Bot 6 J Crede batting
  266. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  267. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  268. Bot 6 J Crede homered to left, J Valentin and P Konerko scored.
  269. Bot 6 J Paul batting
  270. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  271. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  272. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  273. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  274. Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
  275. Bot 6 J Paul grounded out to third.
  276. Top 7 K Millar batting
  277. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  278. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  279. Top 7 K Millar grounded out to shortstop.
  280. Top 7 J Varitek batting
  281. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  282. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  283. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  284. Top 7 J Varitek grounded out to second.
  285. Top 7 F Sanchez batting
  286. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  287. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  288. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  289. Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
  290. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  291. Top 7 F Sanchez grounded out to third.
  292. Bot 7 W Harris batting
  293. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  294. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  295. Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
  296. Bot 7 W Harris flied out to left.
  297. Bot 7 D Jimenez batting
  298. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  299. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  300. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  301. Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  302. Bot 7 D Jimenez struck out looking.
  303. Bot 7 F Thomas batting
  304. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  305. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  306. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  307. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
  308. Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
  309. Bot 7 F Thomas grounded out to third.
  310. Top 8 Lineup Change
  311. Top 8 Lineup Change
  312. Top 8 B Daubach at first base.
  313. Top 8 D Jackson batting
  314. Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
  315. Top 8 D Jackson lined out to center.
  316. Top 8 J Damon batting
  317. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  318. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  319. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  320. Top 8 J Damon grounded out to second.
  321. Top 8 B Mueller batting
  322. Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
  323. Top 8 B Mueller flied out to right.
  324. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  325. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  326. Bot 8 R Seanez relieved R Rupe.
  327. Bot 8 M Ordonez batting
  328. Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
  329. Bot 8 M Ordonez lined out to shortstop.
  330. Bot 8 C Lee batting
  331. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  332. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  333. Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  334. Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  335. Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  336. Bot 8 C Lee struck out swinging.
  337. Bot 8 J Valentin batting
  338. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  339. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
  340. Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
  341. Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
  342. Bot 8 J Valentin grounded out to first.
  343. Top 9 Lineup Change
  344. Top 9 Lineup Change
  345. Top 9 Lineup Change
  346. Top 9 T Gordon relieved M Buehrle.
  347. Top 9 Lineup Change
  348. Top 9 A Rowand in left field.
  349. Top 9 N Garciaparra batting
  350. Top 9 Pitch 1: in play
  351. Top 9 N Garciaparra flied out to left.
  352. Top 9 M Ramirez batting
  353. Top 9 Pitch 1: in play
  354. Top 9 M Ramirez singled to left.
  355. Top 9 D Ortiz batting
  356. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  357. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  358. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  359. Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  360. Top 9 D Ortiz struck out swinging.
  361. Top 9 K Millar batting
  362. Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
  363. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
  364. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  365. Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  366. Top 9 Pitch 5: foul
  367. Top 9 Pitch 6: in play
  368. Top 9 K Millar flied out to left.

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-440100010.253.319.410
Bill Mueller3B0-441000000.337.394.538
Nomar GarciaparraSS1-440100000.332.365.591
Manny RamirezLF2-331221010.323.421.574
David Ortiz1B0-440000010.299.373.490
Kevin MillarDH0-440000000.300.368.519
Jason VaritekC0-220000100.287.363.530
Freddy Sanchez2B1-330100000.267.267.333
Damian JacksonRF0-330000010.240.291.260
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pedro MartinezRP5.061116071-492.6371
Ryan RupeRP2.023311135-204.5035
Rudy SeanezP1.000001010-54.7010

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Willie HarrisCF2-440200000.195.214.195
D'Angelo Jimenez2B1-440100010.270.345.443
Frank ThomasRP0-440000020.275.412.559
Brian Daubach1B0-000000000.221.333.325
Magglio OrdonezRF0-440000020.269.335.482
Carlos LeeRP1-440100010.260.319.455
Aaron RowandLF0-000000000.171.227.257
Jose ValentinSS0-331000110.229.314.430
Paul KonerkoDH1-222100100.199.277.286
Joe Crede3B2-331231010.238.268.357
Josh PaulC1-330110000.417.462.417
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleRP8.042113191-674.8591
Tom GordonP1.010001012-93.8212

Starting lineups

CWS

  1. 1 Willie Harris CF
  2. 2 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  3. 3 Frank Thomas RP
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carlos Lee RP
  6. 6 Jose Valentin SS
  7. 7 Paul Konerko DH
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Josh Paul C

BOS

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

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