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4–5Final · Jul 26, 2003
NYY 4 BOS 5 Final
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NYY63-390000002204100
BOS61-42300100001592

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B2-550200020.285.335.506
Derek JeterSS2-550200010.317.387.460
Jason GiambiDH0-330000200.259.417.545
Bernie WilliamsCF0-441000000.266.372.402
Hideki MatsuiLF0-440000010.295.351.441
Nick Johnson1B1-331110110.307.451.512
Raul MondesiRP1-331100000.260.333.475
Karim GarciaRF1-110110000.248.281.438
Robin VenturaRP0-220000000.247.337.393
Jorge PosadaC1-221100000.257.402.493
John FlahertyRP1-220100000.262.294.385
Ruben SierraRP1-110120000.283.342.430
Enrique Wilson3B0-110000000.216.263.324
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MussinaRP7.2744462107-623.38107
Jesse OroscoRP0.10000107-47.277
Armando BenitezP0.221111020-103.1120

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF0-111000410.267.339.416
Todd WalkerRP1-440100000.285.333.428
Damian JacksonRP0-000000000.247.293.282
David OrtizPH1-110110000.287.365.522
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-441221000.323.364.559
Manny RamirezLF1-331111110.328.423.598
Kevin Millar1B2-441200000.292.357.519
Trot NixonRP1-330110000.324.409.576
Gabe KaplerRF0-110000010.250.323.366
Bill Mueller3B0-440000010.329.402.561
Jeremy GiambiDH1-441100010.195.344.358
Jason VaritekC0-440000030.293.354.558
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John BurkettRP5.230033084-514.9984
Alan EmbreeRP0.211100013-83.9613
Todd JonesRP0.231101018-137.3318
Scott SauerbeckRP0.212000014-103.8614
Byung-Hyun KimP1.120001018-143.4118

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker RP
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 Kevin Millar 1B
  6. 6 Trot Nixon RP
  7. 7 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Jeremy Giambi DH
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Derek Jeter SS
  3. 3 Jason Giambi DH
  4. 4 Bernie Williams CF
  5. 5 Hideki Matsui LF
  6. 6 Nick Johnson 1B
  7. 7 Raul Mondesi RP
  8. 8 Robin Ventura RP
  9. 9 John Flaherty RP

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