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4–6Final · Jun 26, 2003
DET 4 BOS 6 Final
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BOS45-32100410006101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bobby HigginsonRP0-220000110.242.336.342
Shane HalterDH1-221100010.223.266.361
Warren Morris2B1-330110210.305.349.492
Dmitri YoungLF1-440100020.284.359.534
Kevin Witt1B2-441210010.286.327.449
Eric Munson3B1-440110000.244.314.427
Craig MonroeRF0-440000010.207.270.352
Ramon SantiagoSS0-440000000.229.299.271
Matt WalbeckC1-441100010.136.136.197
Andres TorresCF1-441110020.229.267.292
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt RoneyRP3.275532181-503.9581
Steve W. SparksRP2.121101026-183.8826
Franklyn GermanRP0.210010015-73.9415
Jamie WalkerP1.100000013-93.6013

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Damian JacksonCF2-551200000.250.300.281
Todd Walker2B1-220110200.302.353.435
Nomar GarciaparraSS1-440100000.343.378.583
Manny RamirezLF0-440000000.314.411.547
David Ortiz1B0-221000200.287.370.463
Kevin MillarDH2-442200000.316.375.557
Trot NixonRF3-441330000.305.390.520
Bill Mueller3B0-440000010.315.369.496
Jason VaritekC1-441121020.279.348.534
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pedro MartinezRP6.2744380111-682.74111
Alan EmbreeRP0.11000004-43.864
Brandon LyonP2.000002020-143.0720

Starting lineups

BOS

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

DET

  1. 1 Bobby Higginson RP
  2. 2 Warren Morris 2B
  3. 3 Dmitri Young LF
  4. 4 Kevin Witt 1B
  5. 5 Eric Munson 3B
  6. 6 Craig Monroe RF
  7. 7 Ramon Santiago SS
  8. 8 Matt Walbeck C
  9. 9 Andres Torres CF

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