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3–4Final · May 27, 2003
OAK 3 MIN 4 Final
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OAK29-21000000210380
MIN30-2000010003430

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF2-441200010.355.418.565
Scott Hatteberg1B2-440210010.271.348.384
Eric Chavez3B0-440000010.249.332.463
Miguel TejadaSS1-331100100.220.283.390
Erubiel DurazoDH1-440100020.269.365.480
Ramon HernandezC1-441121010.288.352.479
Mark Ellis2B0-440000010.254.321.392
Terrence LongRF0-440000000.243.306.401
Adam PiattRP1-330100010.143.162.286
Chris SingletonCF0-000000000.308.341.417
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoP8.03442102117-752.72117

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF0-440000020.335.347.473
Cristian GuzmanSS0-440000020.253.286.360
Corey Koskie3B1-331111020.266.371.450
Matt LeCroyDH0-330000020.303.343.515
Torii HunterCF0-220000100.242.322.419
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-330000010.266.340.430
Dustan MohrRF1-331100010.318.343.500
A.J. PierzynskiC0-221000000.287.327.447
Luis RivasRP0-110000100.248.281.338
Bobby KieltyRP1-111131000.291.424.535
Denny Hocking2B0-000000000.175.214.250
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersRP7.0622051105-684.31105
LaTroy HawkinsRP0.11110107-41.577
J.C. RomeroRP0.210010013-72.9113
Eddie GuardadoP1.000002014-81.6614

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy DH
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr RF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas RP

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes LF
  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 Mark Ellis 2B
  8. 8 Terrence Long RF
  9. 9 Adam Piatt RP

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