Oakland Athletics @
Seattle Mariners
3–4Final · Apr 14, 2003
OAK 3 SEA 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK7-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| SEA7-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 M Ellis batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 1 M Ellis flied out to right.
- Top 1 C Singleton batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 C Singleton doubled to right.
- Top 1 M Tejada batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 M Tejada grounded out to third.
- Top 1 E Chavez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 1 E Chavez singled to right center, C Singleton scored.
- Top 1 J Dye batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 J Dye popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 I Suzuki batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 I Suzuki reached on infield single to pitcher.
- Bot 1 R Winn 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 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 R Winn singled to right, I Suzuki to third.
- Bot 1 B Boone batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 B Boone hit a ground rule double to center, I Suzuki scored, R Winn to third.
- Bot 1 E Martinez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 E Martinez hit sacrifice fly to right, R Winn scored, B Boone to third.
- Bot 1 G Colbrunn batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 G Colbrunn grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Boone out at home, G Colbrunn to second advancing on play.
- Bot 1 C Guillen batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 C Guillen grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 E Durazo batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 2 E Durazo grounded out to second.
- Top 2 T Long 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: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 2 T Long grounded out to third.
- Top 2 A Piatt 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 A Piatt grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 J Cirillo batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 J Cirillo grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 W Bloomquist batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 W Bloomquist grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 D Wilson batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 D Wilson singled to left.
- Bot 2 I Suzuki batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 I Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Wilson out at second.
- Top 3 R Hernandez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 R Hernandez homered to right.
- Top 3 M Ellis batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 3 M Ellis walked.
- Top 3 C Singleton batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 C Singleton flied out to right.
- Top 3 M Tejada batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 M Tejada singled to left, M Ellis to second.
- Top 3 E Chavez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 E Chavez lined into double play, to shortstop, M Ellis doubled off second.
- Bot 3 R Winn 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: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 3 R Winn struck out looking.
- Bot 3 B Boone batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 B Boone popped out to second.
- Bot 3 E Martinez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 E Martinez singled to center.
- Bot 3 G Colbrunn batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 G Colbrunn flied out to deep right.
- Top 4 J Dye batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 J Dye flied out to left.
- Top 4 E Durazo batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 E Durazo grounded out to second.
- Top 4 T Long batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 T Long grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 4 C Guillen batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 C Guillen reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Bot 4 J Cirillo batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 J Cirillo sacrificed to pitcher, C Guillen to third.
- Bot 4 W Bloomquist batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 4 W Bloomquist walked.
- Bot 4 D Wilson batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 D Wilson grounded into double play, shortstop to first, W Bloomquist out at second.
- Top 5 A Piatt batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 A Piatt grounded out to third.
- Top 5 R Hernandez 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: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 5 R Hernandez flied out to center.
- Top 5 M Ellis batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 M Ellis struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 I Suzuki batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 I Suzuki grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 5 R Winn batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 R Winn struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 B Boone batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- 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: in play
- Bot 5 B Boone grounded out to third.
- Top 6 C Singleton batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 C Singleton reached on infield single to second.
- Top 6 M Tejada batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 M Tejada flied out to deep left, C Singleton to second.
- Top 6 E Chavez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 E Chavez reached on infield single to first, C Singleton to third.
- Top 6 J Dye batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 J Dye hit sacrifice fly to right, C Singleton scored, E Chavez to second.
- Top 6 E Durazo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 6 E Durazo fouled out to third.
- Bot 6 E Martinez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 E Martinez flied out to right.
- Bot 6 G Colbrunn batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 G Colbrunn grounded out to third.
- Bot 6 C Guillen 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: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 C Guillen singled to center.
- Bot 6 J Cirillo batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Cirillo homered to left, C Guillen scored.
- Bot 6 W Bloomquist batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 W Bloomquist grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 J Olerud at first base.
- Top 7 T Long batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 T Long flied out to center.
- Top 7 A Piatt batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 A Piatt struck out looking.
- Top 7 R Hernandez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 7 R Hernandez walked.
- Top 7 M Ellis batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 M Ellis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Hernandez out at second.
- Bot 7 D Wilson batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 D Wilson grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 7 I Suzuki batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 I Suzuki grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 R Winn batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 R Winn grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 A Rhodes relieved J Pineiro.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 M Cameron in center field.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 R Winn in left field.
- Top 8 C Singleton batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 C Singleton struck out looking.
- Top 8 M Tejada batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 M Tejada grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 E Chavez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 E Chavez grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 J Fikac relieved M Mulder.
- Bot 8 B Boone batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 B Boone singled to left.
- Bot 8 E Martinez batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 E Martinez flied out to deep center.
- Bot 8 J Olerud batting
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 R Rincon relieved J Fikac.
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 J Olerud popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 8 C Guillen batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 8 C Guillen popped out to second.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 K Sasaki relieved A Rhodes.
- Top 9 J Dye batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 9 J Dye singled to left.
- Top 9 E Durazo batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 9 E Durazo flied out to left.
- Top 9 T Long batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 9 T Long struck out looking.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 S Hatteberg hit for A Piatt.
- Top 9 S Hatteberg batting
Box score
OAK
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ellis2B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .302 | .367 | .491 |
| Chris SingletonCF | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .300 | .368 |
| Miguel TejadaSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .279 | .345 |
| Eric Chavez3B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .356 | .340 |
| Jermaine DyeRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .304 | .388 |
| Eric ByrnesPR | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .333 | .111 |
| Erubiel Durazo1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 | .469 | .568 |
| Terrence LongLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .320 | .535 |
| Adam PiattRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 |
| Scott HattebergPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .469 | .548 |
| Ramon HernandezC | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .386 | .436 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark MulderRP | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 102-65 | 6.00 | 102 |
| Jeremy FikacRP | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 3.72 | 8 |
| Ricardo RinconP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-2 | 9.00 | 3 |
SEA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro SuzukiRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .365 | .345 |
| Randy WinnLF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .313 | .414 | .396 |
| Bret Boone2B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .367 | .519 |
| Edgar MartinezDH | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .472 | .643 |
| Greg ColbrunnRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 |
| John Olerud1B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .389 | .295 |
| Carlos GuillenSS | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .351 | .375 | .514 |
| Jeff Cirillo3B | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .233 | .256 |
| Willie BloomquistRP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .308 | .364 |
| Mike CameronCF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .278 | .319 |
| Dan WilsonC | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .304 | .318 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel PineiroRP | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 110-71 | 4.50 | 110 |
| Arthur RhodesRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-6 | 0.00 | 10 |
| Kazuhiro SasakiP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-9 | 1.80 | 12 |
Starting lineups
SEA
- 1 Ichiro Suzuki RF
- 2 Randy Winn LF
- 3 Bret Boone 2B
- 4 Edgar Martinez DH
- 5 Greg Colbrunn RP
- 6 Carlos Guillen SS
- 7 Jeff Cirillo 3B
- 8 Willie Bloomquist RP
- 9 Dan Wilson C
OAK
- 1 Mark Ellis 2B
- 2 Chris Singleton CF
- 3 Miguel Tejada SS
- 4 Eric Chavez 3B
- 5 Jermaine Dye RP
- 6 Erubiel Durazo 1B
- 7 Terrence Long LF
- 8 Adam Piatt RP
- 9 Ramon Hernandez C
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