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5–16Final · Apr 24, 2003
BOS 5 TEX 16 Final
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BOS14-8121100000592
TEX10-123070600016191

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-551100010.250.323.477
Todd Walker2B1-441110110.286.355.393
Nomar GarciaparraRP0-440000020.269.310.516
Jeremy GiambiLF0-110000000.136.309.318
Manny RamirezRP2-330210000.345.411.536
Damian JacksonSS1-220100000.313.389.313
David OrtizDH0-221000200.205.321.295
Shea Hillenbrand1B2-331200100.321.360.457
Trot NixonRF1-441100010.344.444.541
Bill Mueller3B0-220010110.263.341.447
Jason VaritekC1-440110010.283.377.517
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweRP2.067732163-356.0463
Steve WoodardRP2.053311059-355.4059
Kevin TolarRP0.135420124-1018.0024
Ramiro MendozaRP2.241002053-329.4553
Brandon LyonP1.010000011-91.6411

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kevin MenchLF2-661210010.217.250.261
Hank Blalock2B2-553210110.420.481.696
Alex RodriguezRP1-222110310.309.429.617
Chad KreuterC0-110000000.067.222.133
Rafael PalmeiroRP3-553331000.257.409.557
Mark Teixeira3B1-110100000.175.277.351
Juan Alberto GonzalezRP---------------------------
Ruben SierraDH0-110000000.227.306.386
Carl EverettRF2-552240000.348.411.773
Ryan ChristensonCF1-440110010.219.333.344
Michael YoungSS3-442300100.286.329.403
Einar DiazRP1-440100000.213.260.298
Todd Greene1B0-110000000.167.231.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ryan DreseRP2.054334068-3611.5768
R.A. DickeyRP3.021122058-342.3558
Brian ShouseRP2.020001030-201.6930
Rosman GarciaP2.000000022-149.6422

Starting lineups

TEX

  1. 1 Kevin Mench LF
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 2B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez RP
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro RP
  5. 5 Juan Alberto Gonzalez RP
  6. 6 Carl Everett RF
  7. 7 Ryan Christenson CF
  8. 8 Michael Young SS
  9. 9 Einar Diaz RP

BOS

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

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