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2–4Final · May 17, 2003
OAK 2 CLE 4 Final
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OAK25-17000001010241
CLE14-2701001002451

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesCF1-440100110.326.404.543
Scott Hatteberg1B0-330000200.267.355.390
Eric Chavez3B1-440100110.255.345.476
Miguel TejadaSS0-441000100.206.270.388
Erubiel DurazoDH2-441221000.278.379.486
Terrence LongRF0-330000100.240.315.418
Frank MenechinoRP0-330000020.100.280.100
Ron GantLF0-110000000.143.184.229
Chris SingletonRP0-220000000.305.336.410
Ramon HernandezC0-110000000.308.373.492
Mark JohnsonRP0-220000010.125.241.167
Mark Ellis2B0-000000100.250.317.388
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John HalamaRP6.042212177-523.6577
Chad BradfordRP1.000001016-93.2016
Ricardo RinconP1.012131027-143.8627

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Matt LawtonLF1-441110000.204.302.373
Omar VizquelSS0-330010000.285.345.405
Ellis BurksDH1-330100100.279.361.486
Milton BradleyCF0-220000210.327.427.510
Shane SpencerRF0-440000020.225.285.358
Josh BardC2-332211000.248.307.325
Casey Blake1B1-330100000.231.302.385
Ben BroussardRP0-220000010.231.286.462
Brandon Phillips2B0-001000100.238.279.361
John McDonald3B0-110010000.306.327.449
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ricardo RodriguezRP6.0311330101-614.31101
Carl SadlerRP0.10000005-12.005
David RiskeRP0.10000104-34.264
Billy TraberRP0.00002009-13.689
Jason BoydRP0.10000002-29.452
Terry MulhollandRP1.011100115-123.5015
Danys BaezP1.000021022-133.4822

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 RF
  6. 6 Josh Bard C
  7. 7 Casey Blake 1B
  8. 8 Ben Broussard RP
  9. 9 John McDonald 3B

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes CF
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Erubiel Durazo DH
  6. 6 Terrence Long RF
  7. 7 Frank Menechino RP
  8. 8 Chris Singleton RP
  9. 9 Mark Johnson RP

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