Boston Red Sox @
Texas Rangers
2–9Final · Jul 30, 2003
BOS 2 TEX 9 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS63-43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| TEX44-63 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 J Damon batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 J Damon reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Top 1 B Mueller batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 J Damon caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 B Mueller singled to left.
- Top 1 T Walker batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 9: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 T Walker struck out swinging. B Mueller caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
- Bot 1 M Young batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 M Young grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 H Blalock batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 H Blalock walked.
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 1 H Blalock stole second.
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez struck out looking.
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro grounded out to first.
- Top 2 M Ramirez 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 M Ramirez struck out swinging.
- Top 2 D Ortiz 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: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 2 D Ortiz walked.
- Top 2 K Millar batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 K Millar flied out to center.
- Top 2 T Nixon batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 T Nixon grounded out to second.
- Bot 2 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 M Teixeira singled to right center.
- Bot 2 J Jones batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 J Jones lined out to right.
- Bot 2 L Nix batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 L Nix homered to right center, M Teixeira scored.
- Bot 2 T Greene 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 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 T Greene struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 D Sadler batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 D Sadler grounded out to third.
- Top 3 J Varitek batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 J Varitek grounded out to second.
- Top 3 D Jackson batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 D Jackson struck out swinging.
- Top 3 J Damon 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: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 J Damon grounded out to first.
- Bot 3 M Young batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 M Young struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 H Blalock batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 H Blalock flied out to left.
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez singled to left.
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro reached on infield single to third, A Rodriguez to second.
- Bot 3 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 M Teixeira homered to right, A Rodriguez and R Palmeiro scored.
- Bot 3 J Jones batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 J Jones popped out to shallow center.
- Top 4 B Mueller batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Mueller grounded out to second.
- Top 4 T Walker batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 4 T Walker doubled to right.
- Top 4 M Ramirez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 M Ramirez popped out to shallow right.
- Top 4 D Ortiz batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 D Ortiz flied out to left.
- Bot 4 L Nix batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 L Nix struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 T Greene batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 T Greene flied out to right.
- Bot 4 D Sadler batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 D Sadler struck out swinging.
- Top 5 K Millar batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 K Millar flied out to center.
- Top 5 T Nixon batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 T Nixon homered to right.
- Top 5 J Varitek 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 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 5 J Varitek walked.
- Top 5 D Jackson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 D Jackson flied out to right.
- Top 5 J Damon batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 J Damon grounded out to first.
- Bot 5 M Young batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 M Young grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 5 H Blalock batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 H Blalock homered to right center.
- Bot 5 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 A Rodriguez reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Bot 5 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 J Shiell relieved R Mendoza.
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 R Palmeiro struck out looking.
- Bot 5 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 M Teixeira hit by pitch, A Rodriguez to second.
- Bot 5 J Jones batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 5 J Jones walked, A Rodriguez to third, M Teixeira to second.
- Bot 5 L Nix batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 5 L Nix walked, A Rodriguez scored, M Teixeira to third, J Jones to second.
- Bot 5 T Greene batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 T Greene struck out swinging.
- Top 6 B Mueller batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 6 B Mueller walked.
- Top 6 T Walker batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 T Walker grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, B Mueller out at second.
- Top 6 M Ramirez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 6 M Ramirez struck out looking.
- Bot 6 D Sadler batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 D Sadler flied out to right.
- Bot 6 M Young batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 M Young flied out to right.
- Bot 6 H Blalock batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 6 H Blalock walked.
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez singled to left, H Blalock to second.
- Bot 6 R Palmeiro 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: in play
- Bot 6 R Palmeiro fouled out to catcher.
- Top 7 D Ortiz batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 D Ortiz popped out to first.
- Top 7 K Millar 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 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 K Millar struck out swinging.
- Top 7 T Nixon batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 T Nixon doubled to deep left center.
- Top 7 J Varitek batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 J Varitek grounded out to second.
- Bot 7 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 T Jones relieved J Shiell.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 M Teixeira singled to shallow center.
- Bot 7 J Jones batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 J Jones flied out to shallow left.
- Bot 7 L Nix batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 L Nix doubled to deep right center, M Teixeira scored.
- Bot 7 T Greene batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 7 T Greene struck out looking.
- Bot 7 D Sadler batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 D Sadler safe at second on error by left fielder K Millar, L Nix scored.
- Bot 7 M Young batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 7 M Young walked.
- Bot 7 H Blalock 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: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 H Blalock grounded out to second.
- Top 8 D Jackson batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 8 D Jackson homered to left.
- Top 8 J Damon batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
Box score
BOS
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny DamonRP | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .337 | .420 |
| Lou CollierCF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bill Mueller3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .330 | .404 | .582 |
| Todd Walker2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .285 | .332 | .425 |
| Manny RamirezDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .324 | .421 | .589 |
| David Ortiz1B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .366 | .527 |
| Kevin MillarLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .356 | .507 |
| Trot NixonRF | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .414 | .591 |
| Jason VaritekC | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .355 | .566 |
| Damian JacksonSS | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .289 | .311 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramiro MendozaRP | 4.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 81-55 | 6.89 | 81 |
| Jason ShiellRP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44-18 | 4.63 | 44 |
| Todd JonesRP | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24-13 | 7.36 | 24 |
| Mike TimlinP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 3.36 | 10 |
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .355 | .463 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .372 | .538 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .295 | .382 | .540 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .345 | .474 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .340 | .463 |
| Jason JonesRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .227 | .263 |
| Ramon NivarCF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Laynce NixRF | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .269 | .408 |
| Todd GreeneC | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .208 | .227 | .384 |
| Donnie SadlerLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .310 | .345 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert EllisRP | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 109-63 | 8.18 | 109 |
| Ron MahayRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-9 | 2.45 | 17 |
| Francisco CorderoP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28-14 | 3.07 | 28 |
Starting lineups
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 6 Jason Jones RP
- 7 Laynce Nix RF
- 8 Todd Greene C
- 9 Donnie Sadler LF
BOS
- 1 Johnny Damon RP
- 2 Bill Mueller 3B
- 3 Todd Walker 2B
- 4 Manny Ramirez DH
- 5 David Ortiz 1B
- 6 Kevin Millar LF
- 7 Trot Nixon RF
- 8 Jason Varitek C
- 9 Damian Jackson SS
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