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Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers @ Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics

4–1Final · Apr 23, 2003
DET 4 OAK 1 Final
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DET2-17000200020470
OAK11-10000000010130

Play-by-play

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bobby HigginsonRF0-550000000.205.310.315
Gene KingsaleCF---------------------------
Craig Paquette1B1-441100000.172.172.172
Dmitri Young3B1-331100100.175.224.238
Craig MonroeLF1-332121100.133.235.333
Dean PalmerDH2-440220000.125.218.146
Shane Halter2B0-220000100.205.239.273
Brandon IngeC1-330100100.128.180.128
Omar Rafael InfanteSS1-440100010.211.250.298
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy BondermanRP8.0311050102-646.64102

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B0-330000110.272.348.469
Scott Hatteberg1B0-440000000.329.435.500
Miguel TejadaSS0-440000020.167.227.322
Eric Chavez3B0-440000010.273.371.481
Erubiel DurazoDH0-330000010.313.439.582
Jermaine DyeRF1-330100000.192.265.288
Terrence LongLF2-331200000.270.341.554
Ramon HernandezC0-330010000.383.441.567
Chris SingletonCF0-330000000.259.290.345
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoRP7.0522321112-662.91112
Jim MecirRP1.022210027-1518.0027
Mike NeuP1.00000007-32.257

Starting lineups

OAK

  1. 1 Mark Ellis 2B
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Tejada SS
  4. 4 Eric Chavez 3B
  5. 5 Erubiel Durazo DH
  6. 6 Jermaine Dye RF
  7. 7 Terrence Long LF
  8. 8 Ramon Hernandez C
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

DET

  1. 1 Bobby Higginson RF
  2. 2 Gene Kingsale CF
  3. 3 Craig Paquette 1B
  4. 4 Dmitri Young 3B
  5. 5 Craig Monroe LF
  6. 6 Dean Palmer DH
  7. 7 Shane Halter 2B
  8. 8 Brandon Inge C
  9. 9 Omar Rafael Infante SS

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