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Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics @ Cleveland Indians logo Cleveland Indians

8–5Final · May 18, 2003
OAK 8 CLE 5 Final
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OAK26-170000000358133
CLE14-28202010000560

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF1-441120010.323.394.531
Scott Hatteberg1B2-440220100.273.362.393
Miguel TejadaSS0-440010100.201.268.379
Eric Chavez3B1-550100000.253.341.473
Erubiel DurazoDH1-441100100.277.379.486
Ramon HernandezC1-441100000.306.370.484
Mark Ellis2B3-442310000.262.326.402
Terrence LongRF2-442200000.247.319.420
Ron GantRP1-330110010.158.195.237
Chris SingletonCF1-111110000.311.342.415
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyRP4.055443094-564.0894
Chad BradfordRP2.010005026-232.9126
Jim MecirRP1.000001010-85.6810
Keith FoulkeP2.000004024-202.4924

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jody GerutRF1-551100010.246.259.421
Omar VizquelSS0-441000110.278.341.395
Ellis BurksDH2-443210110.285.368.493
Milton BradleyCF1-330100110.327.430.505
Shane SpencerLF1-330100120.228.291.358
Casey Blake1B1-440120010.231.301.380
Tim LakerC0-440000020.257.316.429
John McDonald3B0-440000020.283.304.415
Brandon Phillips2B0-440000020.230.271.349
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian AndersonRP7.1533220116-725.14116
Jason BoydRP0.110010013-89.0013
Terry MulhollandRP0.10000004-33.444
Danys BaezRP0.155500015-135.5715
Carl SadlerP0.220000010-81.8610

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Jody Gerut RF
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel SS
  3. 3 Ellis Burks DH
  4. 4 Milton Bradley CF
  5. 5 Shane Spencer LF
  6. 6 Casey Blake 1B
  7. 7 Tim Laker C
  8. 8 John McDonald 3B
  9. 9 Brandon Phillips 2B

OAK

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

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