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5–7Final · Aug 7, 2003
TEX 5 NYY 7 Final
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TEX49-653010000015101
NYY69-4304000030761

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B3-551300010.315.349.460
Hank Blalock3B1-441100010.322.376.546
Alex RodriguezSS1-331111110.301.394.575
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-441131010.251.353.503
Marcus ThamesDH0-000000000.207.343.310
Mark Teixeira1B0-440000000.257.340.471
Shane SpencerLF1-441100010.271.323.424
Laynce NixRF2-440200010.231.275.446
Ramon NivarCF1-440110000.125.160.208
Donnie SadlerCF0-000000000.229.309.354
Einar DiazC0-330000000.263.301.357
Todd GreenePH0-110000000.211.228.421
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joaquin BenoitP1.234434160-335.7260
Brian ShouseP3.120023039-233.3339
Aaron FultzP1.103231025-125.4725
Rosman GarciaP0.01000001-15.701
Erasmo RamirezP1.200011026-173.7426

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Derek JeterSS2-441200110.327.398.477
Nick JohnsonDH0-220000110.283.433.474
Jason Giambi1B1-331100110.269.425.577
Jorge PosadaC2-331220100.254.397.467
Hideki MatsuiLF0-221010110.296.353.455
Aaron Boone3B0-440000010.265.328.453
Karim GarciaRF0-331000130.233.273.407
Enrique Wilson2B1-331141100.221.277.360
Dave DellucciRF0-220000010.249.333.376
Bernie WilliamsCF0-001000200.267.364.393
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MussinaP7.184405296-673.3596
Jesse OroscoP0.10000005-36.995
Jeff NelsonP0.100010011-43.3211
Mariano RiveraP1.021101019-131.9019

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Derek Jeter SS
  2. 2 Nick Johnson DH
  3. 3 Jason Giambi 1B
  4. 4 Jorge Posada C
  5. 5 Hideki Matsui LF
  6. 6 Aaron Boone 3B
  7. 7 Karim Garcia RF
  8. 8 Enrique Wilson 2B
  9. 9 Dave Dellucci RF

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
  6. 6 Shane Spencer LF
  7. 7 Laynce Nix RF
  8. 8 Donnie Sadler CF
  9. 9 Einar Diaz C

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