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2–9Final · Jul 30, 2003
BOS 2 TEX 9 Final
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BOS63-43000010010271
TEX44-63023020209100

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonRP1-440100000.267.337.420
Lou CollierCF0-000000000.000.000.000
Bill Mueller3B1-330100100.330.404.582
Todd Walker2B1-440100010.285.332.425
Manny RamirezDH1-440100020.324.421.589
David Ortiz1B0-330000100.286.366.527
Kevin MillarLF0-330000110.286.356.507
Trot NixonRF2-331211100.324.414.591
Jason VaritekC0-330000110.293.355.566
Damian JacksonSS1-331111010.244.289.311
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ramiro MendozaRP4.177715381-556.8981
Jason ShiellRP1.210032044-184.6344
Todd JonesRP1.022111024-137.3624
Mike TimlinP1.000000010-63.3610

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B0-440000110.321.355.463
Hank Blalock3B1-331111200.320.372.538
Alex RodriguezSS3-552300010.295.382.540
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-551100010.242.345.474
Mark Teixeira1B3-443331000.254.340.463
Jason JonesRP0-330000100.105.227.263
Ramon NivarCF0-000000000.000.000.000
Laynce NixRF2-332241110.224.269.408
Todd GreeneC0-440000030.208.227.384
Donnie SadlerLF0-440000010.218.310.345
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Robert EllisRP7.0622352109-638.18109
Ron MahayRP1.000000017-92.4517
Francisco CorderoP1.010021028-143.0728

Starting lineups

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
  6. 6 Jason Jones RP
  7. 7 Laynce Nix RF
  8. 8 Todd Greene C
  9. 9 Donnie Sadler LF

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon RP
  2. 2 Bill Mueller 3B
  3. 3 Todd Walker 2B
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez DH
  5. 5 David Ortiz 1B
  6. 6 Kevin Millar LF
  7. 7 Trot Nixon RF
  8. 8 Jason Varitek C
  9. 9 Damian Jackson SS

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