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1–3Final · May 4, 2003
TEX 1 CLE 3 Final
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TEX14-17000001000150
CLE9-2100030000351

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B0-441000010.307.347.430
Carl EverettRF1-330110120.327.398.743
Alex RodriguezSS1-330100100.344.429.664
Juan Alberto GonzalezDH---------------------------
Ruben SierraLF1-440100000.260.333.411
Ryan ChristensonRP0-220000100.215.325.292
Rafael PalmeiroPH0-110000000.262.392.544
Mark Teixeira1B1-330100010.194.289.343
Einar DiazC0-330000000.233.269.315
Donnie Sadler3B0-220000110.000.250.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John ThomsonP8.0533240107-714.61107

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Matt LawtonRP0-331000110.198.313.344
Jody GerutCF0-000000000.292.320.500
Omar VizquelSS1-441100000.263.331.377
Ellis BurksDH2-441210000.288.368.471
Karim GarciaRF1-440110000.190.239.381
Shane SpencerLF0-330000010.226.293.357
Josh BardC1-220100100.227.299.273
Bill SelbyRP0-220010000.071.129.071
John McDonald3B0-000000000.286.324.371
Casey Blake1B0-330000010.218.284.391
Brandon Phillips2B0-330000010.202.237.303
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
CC SabathiaRP8.0410350115-763.13115
Danys BaezP1.000011015-74.8015

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Matt Lawton RP
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel SS
  3. 3 Ellis Burks DH
  4. 4 Karim Garcia RF
  5. 5 Shane Spencer LF
  6. 6 Josh Bard C
  7. 7 Bill Selby RP
  8. 8 Casey Blake 1B
  9. 9 Brandon Phillips 2B

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Carl Everett RF
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Juan Alberto Gonzalez DH
  5. 5 Ruben Sierra LF
  6. 6 Ryan Christenson RP
  7. 7 Mark Teixeira 1B
  8. 8 Einar Diaz C
  9. 9 Donnie Sadler 3B

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