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2–6Final · Jul 17, 2003
OAK 2 MIN 6 Final
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OAK54-40010001000294
MIN45-49510000006110

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF0-550000000.294.361.507
Scott Hatteberg1B1-440100010.259.340.378
Erubiel DurazoDH0-330000100.274.398.443
Miguel TejadaSS1-440100000.245.298.425
Eric Chavez3B0-331000100.255.327.469
Ramon HernandezC1-330110110.262.324.448
Terrence LongRF1-441100000.251.300.403
Mark Ellis2B3-440300000.262.335.390
Chris SingletonCF2-440210010.283.327.390
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim HudsonRP7.01164121114-802.82114
Ricardo RinconP1.000010022-114.0922

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartDH0-550000000.289.342.442
Cristian GuzmanSS0-551000020.253.279.340
Jacque JonesLF3-441300000.306.323.477
Torii HunterCF2-552221000.254.326.450
A.J. PierzynskiC2-441220000.300.337.475
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-331100100.296.359.460
Chris Gomez3B2-440200000.283.311.404
Dustan MohrRF0-330010100.268.330.427
Luis Rivas2B1-330100000.270.327.361
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rick ReedRP7.082221099-704.8599
J.C. RomeroRP1.000011017-85.0617
LaTroy HawkinsP1.010001011-82.5111

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Shannon Stewart DH
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Jacque Jones LF
  4. 4 Torii Hunter CF
  5. 5 A.J. Pierzynski C
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  7. 7 Chris Gomez 3B
  8. 8 Dustan Mohr RF
  9. 9 Luis Rivas 2B

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes LF
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Erubiel Durazo DH
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Eric Chavez 3B
  6. 6 Ramon Hernandez C
  7. 7 Terrence Long RF
  8. 8 Mark Ellis 2B
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

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