Cleveland Indians @
New York Yankees
4–10Final · Jul 18, 2003
CLE 4 NYY 10 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE41-55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| NYY59-36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 C Crisp batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 C Crisp reached on infield single to third.
- Top 1 C Blake batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 C Crisp stole second.
- Top 1 C Crisp stole second.
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 C Blake popped out to second.
- Top 1 M Bradley batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 1 M Bradley walked.
- Top 1 J Gerut batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 1 J Gerut struck out looking.
- Top 1 B Broussard batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 B Broussard struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 A Soriano batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 A Soriano popped out to shallow left center.
- Bot 1 D Jeter batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 D Jeter grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 J 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 J Giambi struck out swinging.
- Top 2 T Hafner batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 T Hafner grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 T Laker 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: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 T Laker struck out swinging.
- Top 2 J McDonald batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 J McDonald grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 2 B Williams batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 B Williams struck out looking.
- Bot 2 H Matsui batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 H Matsui doubled to right.
- Bot 2 J Posada batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 2 J Posada walked.
- Bot 2 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 R Mondesi grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Posada out at second, H Matsui to third, H Matsui scored on throwing error by second baseman J McDonald.
- Bot 2 R Sierra batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 2 R Sierra grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 3 J Peralta batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 J Peralta struck out swinging.
- Top 3 C Crisp batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 C Crisp struck out swinging.
- Top 3 C Blake batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 C Blake popped out to pitcher.
- Bot 3 T Zeile batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 T Zeile reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 3 A Soriano batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 A Soriano popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 3 D Jeter batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 D Jeter struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 J Giambi batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 J Giambi homered to right, T Zeile scored.
- Bot 3 B Williams batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 B Williams grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 4 M Bradley batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 M Bradley struck out swinging.
- Top 4 J Gerut batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 J Gerut singled to center.
- Top 4 B Broussard batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Broussard flied out to center.
- Top 4 T Hafner batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 T Hafner singled to center, J Gerut to third.
- Top 4 T Laker batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 T Laker doubled to left center, J Gerut scored, T Hafner to third.
- Top 4 J McDonald batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 J McDonald singled to center, T Hafner and T Laker scored.
- Top 4 J Peralta batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 J McDonald stole second.
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 J Peralta grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 4 H Matsui batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 H Matsui flied out to left center.
- Bot 4 J Posada batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 J Posada flied out to left.
- Bot 4 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 R Mondesi singled to left center.
- Bot 4 R Sierra batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 R Sierra grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Mondesi out at second.
- Top 5 C Crisp batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 C Crisp singled to right.
- Top 5 C Blake batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 C Blake grounded out to third, C Crisp to second.
- Top 5 M Bradley batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Bradley grounded out to second, C Crisp to third.
- Top 5 J Gerut 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: ball 4
- Top 5 J Gerut walked.
- Top 5 B Broussard batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 B Broussard singled to center, C Crisp scored, J Gerut to second.
- Top 5 T Hafner batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 J Gerut picked off second.
- Bot 5 T Zeile batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 T Zeile flied out to center.
- Bot 5 A Soriano batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 A Soriano flied out to left.
- Bot 5 D Jeter batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 D Jeter grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 T Hafner batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 6 T Hafner struck out looking.
- Top 6 T Laker batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 T Laker grounded out to third.
- Top 6 J McDonald batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 6 J McDonald struck out looking.
- Bot 6 J Giambi batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 6 J Giambi walked.
- Bot 6 B Williams batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 B Williams doubled to left center, J Giambi scored.
- Bot 6 H Matsui batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 H Matsui singled to right, B Williams to third.
- Bot 6 J Posada batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 J Boyd relieved B Anderson.
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 6 J Posada walked, H Matsui to second.
- Bot 6 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 R Mondesi hit sacrifice fly to right, B Williams scored.
- Bot 6 R Sierra batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 R Sierra singled to right, H Matsui scored, J Posada to third.
- Bot 6 T Zeile batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 T Zeile grounded out to first, R Sierra to second.
- Bot 6 A Soriano batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 A Soriano doubled to left, J Posada and R Sierra scored.
- Bot 6 D Jeter batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 D Jeter struck out looking.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 A Benitez relieved R Clemens.
- Top 7 J Peralta batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 J Peralta flied out to center.
- Top 7 C Crisp batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 C Crisp fouled out to catcher.
- Top 7 C Blake batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 C Blake singled to left.
- Top 7 M Bradley batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 M Bradley struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 J Giambi batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 A Herrera relieved J Boyd.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 J Giambi homered to right.
- Bot 7 B Williams batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 7 B Williams walked.
- Bot 7 H Matsui batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 H Matsui grounded out to first, B Williams to second.
- Bot 7 J Posada 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 (swinging)
- Bot 7 J Posada struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 J Cressend relieved A Herrera.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 R Mondesi struck out swinging.
- Top 8 J Gerut batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 J Gerut fouled out to first.
- Top 8 B Broussard batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 B Broussard grounded out to second.
- Top 8 T Hafner batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 T Hafner struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 R Sierra batting
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 D Baez relieved J Cressend.
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Box score
CLE
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco CrispLF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .252 | .306 | .341 |
| Casey Blake3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .334 | .430 |
| Milton BradleyCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .319 | .427 | .488 |
| Jody GerutRF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .337 | .509 |
| Ben Broussard1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .332 | .459 |
| Travis HafnerDH | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .288 | .417 |
| Tim LakerC | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .284 | .419 |
| John McDonaldRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .297 | .349 |
| Zach SorensenPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .300 | .346 |
| Jhonny PeraltaSS | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .211 | .262 | .281 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian AndersonRP | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 70-42 | 4.35 | 70 |
| Jason BoydRP | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29-16 | 4.50 | 29 |
| Alex HerreraRP | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19-10 | 3.86 | 19 |
| Jack CressendRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-3 | 1.17 | 6 |
| Danys BaezRP | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21-13 | 3.55 | 21 |
| Rafael BetancourtP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-3 | 5.40 | 5 |
NYY
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Soriano2B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .341 | .511 |
| Derek JeterSS | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .310 | .382 | .452 |
| Jason Giambi1B | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .270 | .421 | .571 |
| Bernie WilliamsCF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .388 | .431 |
| Hideki MatsuiLF | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .357 | .458 |
| Jorge PosadaC | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .249 | .401 | .474 |
| Raul MondesiRF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .339 | .473 |
| Ruben SierraDH | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .350 | .445 |
| Todd Zeile3B | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .288 | .353 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger ClemensRP | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 93-60 | 3.76 | 93 |
| Armando BenitezRP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26-16 | 2.98 | 26 |
| Antonio OsunaP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25-17 | 2.86 | 25 |
Starting lineups
NYY
- 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
- 2 Derek Jeter SS
- 3 Jason Giambi 1B
- 4 Bernie Williams CF
- 5 Hideki Matsui LF
- 6 Jorge Posada C
- 7 Raul Mondesi RF
- 8 Ruben Sierra DH
- 9 Todd Zeile 3B
CLE
- 1 Coco Crisp LF
- 2 Casey Blake 3B
- 3 Milton Bradley CF
- 4 Jody Gerut RF
- 5 Ben Broussard 1B
- 6 Travis Hafner DH
- 7 Tim Laker C
- 8 John McDonald RP
- 9 Jhonny Peralta SS
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