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4–3Final · May 21, 2003
MIN 4 OAK 3 Final
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MIN26-19000200020490
OAK27-181011000003101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF1-550100000.340.349.478
Cristian GuzmanSS1-551100000.276.307.394
Corey Koskie3B1-440100000.276.376.436
Matt LeCroyRP2-331210100.322.365.556
Luis Rivas2B0-111000000.254.285.356
Torii HunterCF1-441121010.218.289.406
Bobby KieltyDH0-110000300.288.410.500
Dustan MohrRF3-440310000.310.328.469
Tom PrinceC0-330000010.227.370.409
Denny Hocking1B0-440000010.167.211.250
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersRP6.0933230107-684.53107
LaTroy HawkinsRP1.000001011-61.2911
J.C. RomeroRP1.000000010-63.1010
Eddie GuardadoP1.010000018-121.4518

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesCF2-441200100.343.412.552
Scott Hatteberg1B1-441100010.283.366.403
Miguel TejadaSS2-440200010.210.276.387
Eric Chavez3B1-440110000.253.341.462
Erubiel DurazoDH1-440110010.269.372.468
Ramon HernandezC0-440000000.298.363.466
Mark Ellis2B1-331100100.263.328.398
Terrence LongRF1-440100010.247.316.418
Adam PiattRP1-440100000.107.133.250
Chris SingletonPR0-000000000.318.347.427
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoRP7.0522311112-672.51112
Ricardo RinconRP0.11110006-54.326
Chad BradfordP1.231112032-193.0932

Starting lineups

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes CF
  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 Adam Piatt RP

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy RP
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Bobby Kielty DH
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr RF
  8. 8 Tom Prince C
  9. 9 Denny Hocking 1B

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