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2–3Final · Jul 18, 2003
OAK 2 MIN 3 Final
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OAK54-41000000011261
MIN46-4900100002330

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesRP0-330000020.291.358.502
Billy McMillonRP1-110110000.296.406.426
Chris SingletonCF0-000000000.283.327.390
Scott Hatteberg1B0-440000010.256.337.373
Miguel TejadaSS1-331100100.246.300.424
Erubiel DurazoDH0-440000010.270.394.437
Dave McCartyLF1-440100010.300.273.500
Eric Chavez3B1-331110110.255.329.471
Ramon HernandezC0-440000000.258.319.442
Terrence LongRF2-330200010.255.303.406
Mark Ellis2B0-330000010.259.332.386
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoP8.0332490118-753.22118

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Chris Gomez3B2-440220010.291.318.408
Cristian GuzmanSS0-330000110.251.279.337
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-440010000.292.355.454
Torii HunterCF0-220000200.253.327.448
A.J. PierzynskiC0-440000020.296.332.468
Matt LeCroyDH0-330000030.294.328.503
Jacque JonesLF1-331100000.306.323.476
Dustan MohrRF0-221000010.266.327.423
Luis RivasRP0-220000010.268.325.358
Shannon StewartRP0-000000100.289.344.442
Denny Hocking2B0-001000000.255.314.394
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Johan SantanaRP7.141117098-622.8498
LaTroy HawkinsRP0.210000011-72.4711
Eddie GuardadoP1.011111020-124.1020

Starting lineups

MIN

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

OAK

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

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