Oakland Athletics @
Texas Rangers
13–0Final · Jun 26, 2003
OAK 13 TEX 0 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK45-32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| TEX29-48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 E Byrnes batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 E Byrnes singled to center.
- Top 1 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 S Hatteberg lined out to right.
- Top 1 M Tejada batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 M Tejada flied out to right.
- Top 1 E Durazo batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 E Durazo doubled to left center, E Byrnes scored.
- Top 1 R Hernandez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 R Hernandez grounded out to third.
- Bot 1 M Young batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 M Young lined out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 H Blalock batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 H Blalock struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro struck out looking.
- Top 2 E Chavez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 E Chavez grounded out to first.
- Top 2 T Long batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 T Long singled to left center.
- Top 2 M Ellis batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 2 M Ellis struck out looking.
- Top 2 C Singleton batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 C Singleton struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 C Everett batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 C Everett grounded out to first.
- Bot 2 K Mench batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 K Mench popped out to second.
- Bot 2 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 M Teixeira struck out swinging.
- Top 3 E Byrnes batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 3 E Byrnes struck out looking.
- Top 3 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 S Hatteberg homered to right.
- Top 3 M Tejada batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 M Tejada singled to center.
- Top 3 E Durazo batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 3 E Durazo popped out to shallow center.
- Top 3 R Hernandez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 R Hernandez singled to center, M Tejada to second.
- Top 3 E Chavez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 E Chavez homered to right, M Tejada and R Hernandez scored.
- Top 3 T Long batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 T Long homered to right.
- Top 3 M Ellis batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 M Ellis singled to center.
- Top 3 C Singleton batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 C Singleton grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 3 D Sadler batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 D Sadler flied out to left.
- Bot 3 E Diaz batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 E Diaz singled to center.
- Bot 3 M Young batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 M Young singled to left, E Diaz to second.
- Bot 3 H Blalock batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 H Blalock struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to third, E Diaz out at third.
- Top 4 E Byrnes batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 E Byrnes flied out to right.
- Top 4 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 8: ball 4
- Top 4 S Hatteberg walked.
- Top 4 M Tejada batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 M Tejada homered to center, S Hatteberg scored.
- Top 4 E Durazo batting
- Top 4 Lineup Change
- Top 4 Lineup Change
- Top 4 J Powell relieved I Valdes.
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 E Durazo struck out swinging.
- Top 4 R Hernandez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 4 R Hernandez walked.
- Top 4 E Chavez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 E Chavez singled to center, R Hernandez to second.
- Top 4 T Long batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 R Hernandez to third, E Chavez to second on wild pitch by J Powell.
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 4 T Long walked.
- Top 4 M Ellis batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 R Hernandez scored, E Chavez to third, T Long to second on passed ball by E Diaz.
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 4 M Ellis struck out looking.
- Bot 4 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 R Palmeiro flied out to deep right center.
- Bot 4 C Everett batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 C Everett grounded out to first.
- Bot 4 K Mench batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 K Mench struck out swinging.
- Top 5 C Singleton batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 C Singleton grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 E Byrnes batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 E Byrnes grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 S Hatteberg popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 5 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 M Teixeira grounded out to first.
- Bot 5 D Sadler batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 D Sadler struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 E Diaz batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 E Diaz grounded out to second.
- Top 6 M Tejada batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 6 M Tejada walked.
- Top 6 E Durazo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 E Durazo singled to right, M Tejada to third.
- Top 6 R Hernandez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 R Hernandez homered to left center, M Tejada and E Durazo scored.
- Top 6 E Chavez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 E Chavez flied out to left center.
- Top 6 T Long batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 T Long grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 6 M Ellis batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 M Ellis singled to left.
- Top 6 C Singleton batting
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 R Mahay relieved J Powell.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 C Singleton doubled to deep left, M Ellis scored.
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 A Piatt hit for E Byrnes.
- Top 6 A Piatt batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 A Piatt struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 A Piatt in left field.
- Bot 6 M Young batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 M Young grounded out to third.
- Bot 6 H Blalock batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 H Blalock struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez struck out looking.
- Top 7 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 S Hatteberg grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 7 M Tejada batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 7 M Tejada walked.
- Top 7 E Durazo batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 7 E Durazo flied out to left center.
- Top 7 R Hernandez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 R Hernandez struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 R Palmeiro grounded out to first.
- Bot 7 C Everett batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 C Everett lined out to right.
- Bot 7 K Mench batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 K Mench grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 D Sadler at shortstop.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 D Glanville in center field.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 M Teixeira in right field.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 M Lamb at first base.
- Top 8 E Chavez batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
Box score
OAK
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric ByrnesRP | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .319 | .390 | .546 |
| Adam PiattLF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .185 | .250 | .315 |
| Scott HattebergRP | 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .353 | .397 |
| Billy McMillon1B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .406 | .444 |
| Miguel TejadaSS | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .303 | .447 |
| Erubiel DurazoDH | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .403 | .467 |
| Ramon HernandezC | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .337 | .478 |
| Eric Chavez3B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .329 | .495 |
| Terrence LongRF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .299 | .396 |
| Mark Ellis2B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .254 | .336 | .390 |
| Chris SingletonCF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .299 | .346 | .421 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim HudsonRP | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 86-63 | 3.09 | 86 |
| John HalamaRP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-9 | 4.15 | 16 |
| Mike NeuP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 2.31 | 11 |
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .357 | .446 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .331 | .385 | .546 |
| Alex RodriguezRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .380 | .549 |
| Mike Lamb1B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .194 | .143 |
| Rafael PalmeiroRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .382 | .516 |
| Todd GreenePH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .250 | .407 |
| Carl EverettRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .355 | .558 |
| Doug GlanvilleCF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .229 | .263 |
| Kevin MenchLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .340 | .411 |
| Mark TeixeiraRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .335 | .459 |
| Donnie SadlerSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .300 | .370 |
| Einar DiazC | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .295 | .343 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismael ValdezRP | 3.1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 83-52 | 6.20 | 83 |
| Jay PowellRP | 2.1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 48-26 | 10.67 | 48 |
| Ron MahayP | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 53-30 | 0.00 | 53 |
Starting lineups
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez RP
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro RP
- 5 Carl Everett RP
- 6 Kevin Mench LF
- 7 Mark Teixeira RF
- 8 Donnie Sadler SS
- 9 Einar Diaz C
OAK
- 1 Eric Byrnes RP
- 2 Scott Hatteberg RP
- 3 Miguel Tejada SS
- 4 Erubiel Durazo DH
- 5 Ramon Hernandez C
- 6 Eric Chavez 3B
- 7 Terrence Long RF
- 8 Mark Ellis 2B
- 9 Chris Singleton CF
Watching this game live?
Buzz scoring moments from your seat — faster correct buzzes earn more, and consensus verifies every report before it counts.