Oakland Athletics @
Anaheim Angels
8–1Final · Jul 26, 2003
OAK 8 ANA 1 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK59-44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| ANA51-51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 B McMillon batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 B McMillon homered to center.
- Top 1 M Ellis batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 M Ellis singled to left.
- Top 1 E Durazo 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: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 E Durazo flied out to deep left.
- Top 1 M Tejada batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 M Tejada doubled to right center, M Ellis scored.
- Top 1 E Chavez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 E Chavez flied out to left.
- Top 1 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 S Hatteberg flied out to shallow center.
- Bot 1 D Eckstein batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 D Eckstein singled to left.
- Bot 1 D Erstad batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 D Erstad grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, D Eckstein out at second.
- Bot 1 T Salmon batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 T Salmon flied out to deep left.
- Top 2 A Piatt batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 A Piatt struck out swinging.
- Top 2 A Melhuse batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 2 A Melhuse walked.
- Top 2 C Singleton batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 2 C Singleton walked, A Melhuse to second.
- Top 2 B McMillon 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: in play
- Top 2 B McMillon flied out to left.
- Top 2 M Ellis batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 M Ellis flied out to right center.
- Bot 2 G Anderson batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 2 G Anderson walked.
- Bot 2 S Spiezio 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 S Spiezio grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, G Anderson out at second.
- Bot 2 S Wooten batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 S Wooten singled to left.
- Bot 2 J Davanon batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 J Davanon grounded out to first.
- Top 3 E Durazo batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 E Durazo grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 M Tejada batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 M Tejada singled to right.
- Top 3 E Chavez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 E Chavez safe at first on error by first baseman S Wooten, M Tejada to third.
- Top 3 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 S Hatteberg singled to right center, M Tejada scored, E Chavez to third.
- Top 3 A Piatt 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: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 A Piatt doubled to left, E Chavez scored, S Hatteberg to third.
- Top 3 A Melhuse batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 3 A Melhuse struck out looking.
- Top 3 C Singleton batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 C Singleton grounded out to second.
- Bot 3 A Kennedy batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 A Kennedy singled to right.
- Bot 3 J Molina batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 J Molina grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Kennedy out at second.
- Bot 3 D Eckstein batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 D Eckstein grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 4 B McMillon batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 B McMillon lined out to second.
- Top 4 M Ellis batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 M Ellis fouled out to second.
- Top 4 E Durazo batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 E Durazo flied out to center.
- Bot 4 D Erstad batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 D Erstad struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 T Salmon 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 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 4 T Salmon singled to left.
- Bot 4 G Anderson batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 G Anderson singled to right, T Salmon to third.
- Bot 4 S Spiezio batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 S Spiezio grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, G Anderson out at second.
- Top 5 M Tejada batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 5 M Tejada grounded out to third.
- Top 5 E Chavez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 5 E Chavez struck out looking.
- Top 5 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 S Hatteberg singled to right.
- Top 5 A Piatt batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 A Piatt struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 S Wooten batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 S Wooten flied out to left.
- Bot 5 J Davanon batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 J Davanon singled to left.
- Bot 5 A Kennedy batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 A Kennedy grounded out to second, J Davanon to second.
- Bot 5 J Molina batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 J Molina singled to center, J Davanon scored.
- Bot 5 D Eckstein batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 5 J Molina to second on wild pitch by R Harden.
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 D Eckstein flied out to deep left.
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 S Shields relieved A Sele.
- Top 6 A Melhuse batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 A Melhuse struck out swinging.
- Top 6 C Singleton batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 C Singleton grounded out to first.
- Top 6 B McMillon batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 B McMillon singled to right.
- Top 6 M Ellis batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 M Ellis grounded into fielder's choice to second, B McMillon out at second.
- Bot 6 D Erstad batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 D Erstad flied out to deep right.
- Bot 6 T Salmon batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 T Salmon struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 G Anderson batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 G Anderson struck out looking.
- Top 7 E Durazo batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 E Durazo grounded out to first.
- Top 7 M Tejada 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: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 M Tejada struck out looking.
- Top 7 E Chavez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 E Chavez singled to right center.
- Top 7 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 E Chavez caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
- Bot 7 S Spiezio batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 S Spiezio grounded out to second.
- Bot 7 S Wooten batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 S Wooten flied out to right.
- Bot 7 J Davanon batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 J Davanon fouled out to third.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 S Schoeneweis relieved S Shields.
- Top 8 S Hatteberg batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 S Hatteberg doubled to left.
- Top 8 A Piatt batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 A Piatt struck out swinging.
- Top 8 A Melhuse batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 A Melhuse singled to right, S Hatteberg scored.
- Top 8 C Singleton batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 C Singleton grounded into double play, shortstop to first, A Melhuse out at second.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 R Rincon relieved R Harden.
- Bot 8 A Kennedy batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 A Kennedy singled to left center.
- Bot 8 J Molina batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 J Molina grounded into fielder's choice to third, A Kennedy out at second.
- Bot 8 D Eckstein batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 8 D Eckstein doubled to left center, J Molina to third.
- Bot 8 D Erstad batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 D Erstad popped out to third.
Box score
OAK
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy McMillonRP | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .414 | .493 |
| Terrence LongRF | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .298 | .394 |
| Mark Ellis2B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .326 | .373 |
| Erubiel DurazoDH | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .394 | .449 |
| Miguel TejadaSS | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .313 | .430 |
| Eric Chavez3B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .331 | .481 |
| Scott Hatteberg1B | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .344 | .373 |
| Adam PiattLF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .244 | .292 | .463 |
| Adam MelhuseC | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .400 |
| Chris SingletonCF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .312 | .371 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich HardenRP | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 98-56 | 1.29 | 98 |
| Ricardo RinconRP | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-8 | 3.82 | 10 |
| Chad BradfordRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 3.60 | 10 |
| John HalamaP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-3 | 3.96 | 4 |
ANA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David EcksteinSS | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .330 | .333 |
| Darin ErstadCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .313 | .345 |
| Tim SalmonDH | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .371 | .470 |
| Garret AndersonLF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .356 | .606 |
| Scott Spiezio3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .334 | .454 |
| Shawn Wooten1B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .348 | .421 |
| Jeff DaVanonRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .370 | .532 |
| Adam Kennedy2B | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .324 | .357 |
| José MolinaC | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron SeleRP | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 107-66 | 5.17 | 107 |
| Scot ShieldsRP | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25-16 | 1.77 | 25 |
| Scott SchoeneweisRP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17-12 | 4.25 | 17 |
| Mickey CallawayP | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-14 | 6.69 | 20 |
Starting lineups
ANA
- 1 David Eckstein SS
- 2 Darin Erstad CF
- 3 Tim Salmon DH
- 4 Garret Anderson LF
- 5 Scott Spiezio 3B
- 6 Shawn Wooten 1B
- 7 Jeff DaVanon RF
- 8 Adam Kennedy 2B
- 9 José Molina C
OAK
- 1 Billy McMillon RP
- 2 Mark Ellis 2B
- 3 Erubiel Durazo DH
- 4 Miguel Tejada SS
- 5 Eric Chavez 3B
- 6 Scott Hatteberg 1B
- 7 Adam Piatt LF
- 8 Adam Melhuse C
- 9 Chris Singleton CF
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