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8–5Final · May 16, 2003
TEX 8 NYY 5 Final
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TEX17-241301000000038132
NYY27-141002010100005140

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Carl EverettRF1-332110310.326.421.711
Hank Blalock3B2-770260040.367.409.590
Alex RodriguezSS0-551000210.313.405.581
Rafael PalmeiroRP2-440210100.259.380.533
Mark Teixeira1B0-220000000.231.330.363
Juan Alberto GonzalezDH---------------------------
Ruben SierraRP1-331100120.250.321.375
Donnie SadlerLF0-110000110.111.273.111
Michael Young2B4-662400000.329.362.465
Einar DiazRP1-440100010.237.286.309
Herbert PerryRP0-110000000.182.182.273
Todd GreeneC1-111100000.219.286.563
Ryan ChristensonCF1-441100200.198.302.308
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Colby LewisRP5.074336088-517.6888
Aaron FultzRP2.120013039-231.8839
Francisco CorderoRP0.221121027-133.5727
Brian ShouseRP1.020001013-93.1413
R.A. DickeyRP2.010002026-143.3826
Ugueth UrbinaP1.000002014-103.6314

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B1-771100040.308.380.560
Derek JeterSS1-550100120.421.476.579
Jason GiambiDH1-330100220.212.343.390
Bernie WilliamsCF3-662300000.323.436.516
Hideki MatsuiLF2-661210010.275.324.392
Jorge PosadaRP0-220000200.264.351.558
Charles GipsonRP0-001000000.000.000.000
John FlahertyC1-220100010.286.333.357
Robin Ventura3B3-660300010.286.344.482
Raul MondesiRF2-660220020.322.399.592
Todd Zeile1B0-550000120.197.287.395
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roger ClemensRP5.06555100105-602.91105
Sterling HitchcockRP1.100010023-122.8423
Antonio OsunaRP1.020011018-121.3218
Mariano RiveraRP1.020010026-141.2926
Chris HammondRP0.20000109-53.459
Juan AcevedoP3.033322052-269.1552

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Derek Jeter SS
  3. 3 Jason Giambi DH
  4. 4 Bernie Williams CF
  5. 5 Hideki Matsui LF
  6. 6 Jorge Posada RP
  7. 7 Robin Ventura 3B
  8. 8 Raul Mondesi RF
  9. 9 Todd Zeile 1B

TEX

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

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