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Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

3–1Final · May 13, 2003
OAK 3 DET 1 Final
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OAK24-14001000200361
DET8-28001000000141

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B0-440000100.255.317.403
Eric ByrnesCF1-550110010.313.375.525
Miguel TejadaSS1-440120010.209.275.392
Erubiel Durazo1B1-330100100.273.382.477
Ramon HernandezC1-440100000.315.380.491
Adam PiattLF0-440000010.083.115.250
Ron GantDH1-441100010.156.176.250
Terrence LongRF0-440000000.252.318.444
Frank Menechino3B1-222100200.118.286.118
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyRP7.131104199-703.6799
Chad BradfordRP0.21000005-33.385
Keith FoulkeP1.000002013-92.7513

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Andres TorresCF0-440000000.231.286.269
Omar Rafael InfanteSS1-440100010.234.298.288
Bobby HigginsonRF0-440000010.252.367.370
Dmitri YoungDH0-440000000.232.292.424
Craig MonroeLF0-330000010.239.307.388
Carlos Pena1B0-330000010.198.260.315
Shane Halter2B2-331211010.241.283.391
Eric Munson3B0-330000000.205.294.375
Brandon IngeRP0-220000010.145.234.229
Gene KingsaleRP---------------------------
Matt WalbeckC0-000000000.065.065.097
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MarothRP6.1533320101-565.27101
Steve W. SparksP2.210012034-233.0434

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Andres Torres CF
  2. 2 Omar Rafael Infante SS
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Craig Monroe LF
  6. 6 Carlos Pena 1B
  7. 7 Shane Halter 2B
  8. 8 Eric Munson 3B
  9. 9 Brandon Inge RP

OAK

  1. 1 Mark Ellis 2B
  2. 2 Eric Byrnes CF
  3. 3 Miguel Tejada SS
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo 1B
  5. 5 Ramon Hernandez C
  6. 6 Adam Piatt LF
  7. 7 Ron Gant DH
  8. 8 Terrence Long RF
  9. 9 Frank Menechino 3B

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