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8–7Final · Apr 4, 2003
BOS 8 BAL 7 Final
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BAL1-30100002047161

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF0-331000200.200.320.250
Todd Walker2B2-552221010.238.304.381
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-550200010.320.393.520
Manny RamirezLF1-441100100.273.360.364
David Ortiz1B0-441010100.154.353.231
Kevin MillarDH1-440120100.438.550.938
Shea Hillenbrand3B1-550110010.286.346.333
Trot NixonRF2-441200020.278.350.389
Jason VaritekC2-332221100.571.6471.286
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John BurkettRP5.071135098-601.8098
Steve WoodardRP2.032201030-213.6030
Alan EmbreeRP1.000010018-813.5018
Ramiro MendozaP1.064400018-139.8218

BAL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jerry Hairston Jr.2B2-440210100.235.350.294
Gary Matthews Jr.CF2-552200010.250.250.250
B.J. SurhoffDH3-552310010.214.214.357
Jeff Conine1B1-330110110.176.211.235
Jay GibbonsRF1-550110010.263.263.316
Tony Batista3B4-552410000.471.471.824
Melvin MoraLF1-551110020.100.182.100
Deivi CruzSS1-550100000.294.294.471
Geronimo GilC1-330110200.167.286.250
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Sidney PonsonRP2.155551057-3019.2957
Pat HentgenRP4.263313268-405.7968
Kerry LigtenbergRP1.00000108-53.008
Jorge JulioP1.000000012-70.0012

Starting lineups

BAL

  1. 1 Jerry Hairston Jr. 2B
  2. 2 Gary Matthews Jr. CF
  3. 3 B.J. Surhoff DH
  4. 4 Jeff Conine 1B
  5. 5 Jay Gibbons RF
  6. 6 Tony Batista 3B
  7. 7 Melvin Mora LF
  8. 8 Deivi Cruz SS
  9. 9 Geronimo Gil C

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker 2B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz 1B
  6. 6 Kevin Millar DH
  7. 7 Shea Hillenbrand 3B
  8. 8 Trot Nixon RF
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

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