New York Mets @
New York Yankees
4–6Final · Jun 27, 2003
NYM 4 NYY 6 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM34-43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| NYY48-30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 R Cedeno batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 R Cedeno singled to left.
- Top 1 R Alomar batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 R Alomar grounded out to shortstop, R Cedeno to second.
- Top 1 T Wigginton batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 T Wigginton singled to left, R Cedeno scored.
- Top 1 C Floyd batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 1 C Floyd struck out looking, T Wigginton stole second.
- Top 1 J Phillips batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 J Phillips singled to shallow left center, T Wigginton scored.
- Top 1 J Burnitz batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 J Burnitz grounded out to first.
- Bot 1 A Soriano batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 A Soriano singled to right.
- Bot 1 D Jeter batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 D Jeter hit by pitch, A Soriano to second.
- Bot 1 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 Ja Giambi walked, A Soriano to third, D Jeter to second.
- Bot 1 R Sierra batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 R Sierra hit sacrifice fly to deep center, A Soriano scored, D Jeter to third.
- Bot 1 H Matsui batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 H Matsui doubled to right, D Jeter and Ja Giambi scored.
- Bot 1 J Posada batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 J Posada struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 R Ventura batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 R Ventura flied out to shallow left center.
- Top 2 T Clark batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 T Clark grounded out to first.
- Top 2 J Reyes batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 J Reyes doubled to center.
- Top 2 T Shinjo batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 T Shinjo flied out to left.
- Top 2 R Cedeno batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 R Cedeno singled to center, J Reyes scored.
- Top 2 R Alomar batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 R Alomar grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 2 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 R Mondesi flied out to center.
- Bot 2 J Rivera batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 J Rivera singled to center.
- Bot 2 A Soriano batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 A Soriano singled to left, J Rivera to second.
- Bot 2 D Jeter batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 D Jeter grounded out to third, J Rivera to third, A Soriano to second.
- Bot 2 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 Ja Giambi doubled to deep center, J Rivera and A Soriano scored.
- Bot 2 R Sierra batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 R Sierra lined out to first.
- Top 3 T Wigginton batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 T Wigginton grounded out to first.
- Top 3 C Floyd batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 C Floyd reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Top 3 J Phillips batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Phillips singled to left, C Floyd to second.
- Top 3 J Burnitz batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 J Burnitz hit by pitch, C Floyd to third, J Phillips to second.
- Top 3 T Clark batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 T Clark grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Burnitz out at second.
- Bot 3 H Matsui batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 3 H Matsui struck out looking.
- Bot 3 J Posada batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 J Posada grounded out to first.
- Bot 3 R Ventura batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 R Ventura fouled out to third.
- Top 4 J Reyes batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 J Reyes bunt popped out to pitcher.
- Top 4 T Shinjo batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 T Shinjo singled to left.
- Top 4 R Cedeno batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 R Cedeno grounded into double play, third to second to first, T Shinjo out at second.
- Bot 4 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 R Mondesi popped out to first.
- Bot 4 J Rivera batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 J Rivera flied out to center.
- Bot 4 A Soriano batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 A Soriano popped out to first.
- Top 5 R Alomar batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 R Alomar singled to left.
- Top 5 T Wigginton batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 5 T Wigginton lined out to center.
- Top 5 C Floyd batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 C Floyd struck out swinging.
- Top 5 J Phillips batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 J Phillips grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Alomar out at second.
- Bot 5 D Jeter batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 D Jeter flied out to deep left.
- Bot 5 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 Ja Giambi grounded out to first.
- Bot 5 R Sierra batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 R Sierra struck out swinging.
- Top 6 J Burnitz batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 6 J Burnitz struck out looking.
- Top 6 T Clark batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 T Clark homered to left.
- Top 6 J Reyes batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 J Reyes reached on infield single to third.
- Top 6 T Shinjo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 J Reyes caught stealing second, catcher to second.
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 T Shinjo singled to left.
- Top 6 R Cedeno batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 R Cedeno flied out to center.
- Bot 6 H Matsui batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 H Matsui singled to right.
- Bot 6 J Posada batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 J Posada singled to left center, H Matsui to second.
- Bot 6 R Ventura batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 R Ventura flied out to left.
- Bot 6 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 R Mondesi singled to left, H Matsui scored, J Posada to second.
- Bot 6 J Rivera batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 J Rivera singled to left center, J Posada to third, R Mondesi to second.
- Bot 6 A Soriano batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 D Wheeler relieved J Seo.
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 A Soriano flied out to right.
- Bot 6 D Jeter batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 9: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 D Jeter struck out swinging.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 C Hammond relieved D Wells.
- Top 7 R Alomar batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 R Alomar grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 T Wigginton batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 T Wigginton lined out to left.
- Top 7 C Floyd batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 C Floyd flied out to shallow center.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 J Franco relieved D Wheeler.
- Bot 7 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 7 Ja Giambi struck out looking.
- Bot 7 R Sierra batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 R Sierra reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 7 H Matsui batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 7 H Matsui grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Sierra safe at second on error by shortstop J Reyes.
- Bot 7 J Posada batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 J Posada reached on infield single to third, R Sierra to third, H Matsui to second.
- Bot 7 R Ventura batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 7 R Ventura struck out looking.
- Bot 7 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 D Weathers relieved J Franco.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 R Mondesi grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Posada out at second.
- Top 8 J Phillips batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 J Phillips struck out swinging.
- Top 8 J Burnitz batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 J Burnitz grounded out to second.
- Top 8 T Clark batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 8 T Clark walked.
- Top 8 J Reyes batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 J Reyes grounded out to third.
- Bot 8 J Rivera batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 8 J Rivera grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 8 A Soriano batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 A Soriano grounded out to third.
- Bot 8 D Jeter batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 8 D Jeter struck out swinging.
- Top 9 T Perez batting
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 D Miceli relieved C Hammond.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
Box score
NYM
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger CedenoRF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .328 | .348 |
| Roberto Alomar2B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .340 | .365 |
| Ty Wigginton3B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .332 | .430 |
| Cliff FloydDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .367 | .529 |
| Jason PhillipsC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .310 | .396 | .429 |
| Jeromy BurnitzLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .335 | .556 |
| Tony Clark1B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .278 | .475 |
| Jose ReyesSS | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .231 | .355 |
| Tsuyoshi ShinjoRP | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .238 | .246 |
| Timo PerezPH | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .306 | .327 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jae SeoRP | 5.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 84-52 | 3.09 | 84 |
| Dan WheelerRP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-9 | 1.17 | 13 |
| John FrancoRP | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24-16 | 2.08 | 24 |
| David WeathersP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-8 | 3.61 | 10 |
NYY
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Soriano2B | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .339 | .510 |
| Derek JeterSS | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .326 | .400 |
| Jason Giambi1B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .411 | .527 |
| Ruben SierraDH | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .295 | .359 | .455 |
| Hideki MatsuiCF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .292 | .355 | .440 |
| Jorge PosadaC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .398 | .496 |
| Robin Ventura3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .345 | .423 |
| Raul MondesiRF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .351 | .502 |
| Juan RiveraLF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .297 | .363 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David WellsRP | 6.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 82-58 | 3.40 | 82 |
| Chris HammondRP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21-13 | 3.18 | 21 |
| Dan MiceliP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14-6 | 3.62 | 14 |
Starting lineups
NYY
- 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
- 2 Derek Jeter SS
- 3 Jason Giambi 1B
- 4 Ruben Sierra DH
- 5 Hideki Matsui CF
- 6 Jorge Posada C
- 7 Robin Ventura 3B
- 8 Raul Mondesi RF
- 9 Juan Rivera LF
NYM
- 1 Roger Cedeno RF
- 2 Roberto Alomar 2B
- 3 Ty Wigginton 3B
- 4 Cliff Floyd DH
- 5 Jason Phillips C
- 6 Jeromy Burnitz LF
- 7 Tony Clark 1B
- 8 Jose Reyes SS
- 9 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RP
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