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Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics @ Cleveland Indians logo Cleveland Indians

2–3Final · May 16, 2003
OAK 2 CLE 3 Final
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OAK25-16010001000240
CLE13-2700000201370

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B0-440000000.250.313.388
Scott Hatteberg1B1-330100120.273.354.399
Eric Chavez3B0-440000020.255.344.482
Miguel TejadaSS1-441111010.211.272.398
Erubiel DurazoDH0-440000020.271.376.457
Ramon HernandezC1-441111030.311.376.496
Eric ByrnesCF1-330100010.330.404.557
Terrence LongRF0-330000010.245.316.427
Ron GantLF0-220000100.147.189.235
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark MulderP8.0733241114-762.65114

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Matt LawtonLF0-440000000.203.304.377
Omar VizquelSS2-442200000.290.351.413
Ellis BurksDH2-441231000.277.357.482
Milton BradleyCF1-220100100.333.425.520
Shane SpencerRP1-330100010.233.294.371
Ben Broussard1B0-000000000.273.333.545
Josh BardC0-330000000.237.298.289
Casey Blake3B0-220000110.228.302.377
Jody GerutRF1-330100000.250.264.423
Brandon Phillips2B0-330000020.238.273.361
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
CC SabathiaRP7.0422282111-743.00111
Billy TraberRP1.000002013-93.6813
Danys BaezP1.000002011-83.6611

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Matt Lawton LF
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel SS
  3. 3 Ellis Burks DH
  4. 4 Milton Bradley CF
  5. 5 Shane Spencer RP
  6. 6 Josh Bard C
  7. 7 Casey Blake 3B
  8. 8 Jody Gerut RF
  9. 9 Brandon Phillips 2B

OAK

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

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