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6–5Final · May 3, 2003
TEX 6 CLE 5 Final
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TEX14-160400002006112
CLE8-21120200000580

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B2-441210100.318.359.445
Hank Blalock3B1-441100100.361.415.577
Alex RodriguezSS2-440220000.345.426.664
Rafael Palmeiro1B1-331100000.265.395.549
Juan Alberto GonzalezDH---------------------------
Carl EverettRF2-441210000.327.394.755
Mike LambRP0-111000110.200.250.200
Ruben SierraRP0-220000000.261.338.420
Donnie SadlerLF0-000000000.000.000.000
Einar DiazC1-440100000.243.280.329
Ryan ChristensonCF2-441220010.222.324.302
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Todd Van PoppelRP4.055322174-446.7574
Jay PowellRP2.020001016-1110.8016
R.A. DickeyRP1.000010021-122.8421
Brian ShouseRP0.10001008-31.088
Francisco CorderoRP0.210002011-73.0011
Ugueth UrbinaP1.000002019-142.0319

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Matt LawtonLF2-332231210.204.315.355
Omar VizquelSS0-440000100.264.333.382
Ellis BurksDH0-550000020.280.363.470
Shane SpencerRF1-440100010.235.303.370
Jody GerutCF1-440110000.292.320.500
Casey Blake1B1-330100110.226.293.405
Travis HafnerRP0-330000000.191.258.393
Brandon PhillipsRP0-000000000.209.244.314
Bill Selby3B0-110000010.077.143.077
Tim LakerRP1-332100000.278.381.333
Josh BardC1-110100000.221.287.267
John McDonald2B1-441110010.286.324.371
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jake WestbrookRP5.274423088-543.0788
Carl SadlerRP0.10000005-42.455
Jose SantiagoRP0.222210018-113.9418
David RiskeP2.120002031-214.5031

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Matt Lawton LF
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel SS
  3. 3 Ellis Burks DH
  4. 4 Shane Spencer RF
  5. 5 Jody Gerut CF
  6. 6 Casey Blake 1B
  7. 7 Travis Hafner RP
  8. 8 Tim Laker RP
  9. 9 John McDonald 2B

TEX

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

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