Texas Rangers @
Toronto Blue Jays
5–3Final · Aug 8, 2003
TEX 5 TOR 3 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX50-65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| TOR57-58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 M Young batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 M Young grounded out to third.
- Top 1 H Blalock batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 H Blalock homered to right.
- Top 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 A Rodriguez popped out to shallow right.
- Top 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 R Palmeiro singled to left.
- Top 1 M Teixeira batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 M Teixeira homered to right, R Palmeiro scored.
- Top 1 S Spencer batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 9: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 10: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 11: in play
- Top 1 S Spencer doubled to left.
- Top 1 L Nix batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 L Nix homered to right, S Spencer scored.
- Top 1 R Nivar batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 1 R Nivar walked.
- Top 1 E Diaz batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 E Diaz singled to left, R Nivar to second.
- Top 1 M Young batting
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 T Sturtze relieved C Thurman.
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 M Young popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 1 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 F Catalanotto singled to right.
- Bot 1 M Bordick batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 F Catalanotto to second on passed ball by E Diaz.
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 M Bordick singled to center, F Catalanotto scored.
- Bot 1 V Wells batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 V Wells singled to left, M Bordick to second.
- Bot 1 C Delgado batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 C Delgado popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 1 G Myers batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 G Myers lined out to center.
- Bot 1 J Phelps batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 J Phelps hit a ground rule double to right, M Bordick scored, V Wells to third.
- Bot 1 E Hinske batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 1 E Hinske walked.
- Bot 1 B Kielty batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 B Kielty struck out swinging.
- Top 2 H Blalock batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 H Blalock singled to right center.
- Top 2 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 A Rodriguez flied out to deep center.
- Top 2 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 R Palmeiro singled to right, H Blalock to second.
- Top 2 M Teixeira batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 M Teixeira grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Palmeiro out at second.
- Bot 2 O Hudson batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 2 O Hudson lined out to right.
- Bot 2 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 F Catalanotto struck out looking.
- Bot 2 M Bordick batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 2 M Bordick hit by pitch.
- Bot 2 V Wells batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 V Wells grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Bordick out at second.
- Top 3 S Spencer batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 3 S Spencer walked.
- Top 3 L Nix batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 L Nix grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, S Spencer to second.
- Top 3 R Nivar batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 R Nivar grounded into fielder's choice to third, L Nix out at second, S Spencer to third.
- Top 3 E Diaz batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 E Diaz grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Nivar out at second.
- Bot 3 C Delgado batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 C Delgado homered to left.
- Bot 3 G Myers batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 G Myers grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 3 J Phelps batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 J Phelps struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 E Hinske batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 E Hinske lined out to left.
- Top 4 M Young batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 M Young flied out to center.
- Top 4 H Blalock batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 4 H Blalock walked.
- Top 4 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 A Rodriguez singled to left, H Blalock to second.
- Top 4 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 R Palmeiro grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Rodriguez out at second.
- Bot 4 B Kielty batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 B Kielty struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 O Hudson batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 4 O Hudson struck out looking.
- Bot 4 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 F Catalanotto grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 M Teixeira batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 M Teixeira grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 S Spencer batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 S Spencer flied out to right.
- Top 5 L Nix batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 L Nix grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 M Bordick batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 M Bordick flied out to right.
- Bot 5 V Wells batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 V Wells singled to right.
- Bot 5 C Delgado batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 5 C Delgado grounded out to second, V Wells to second.
- Bot 5 G Myers batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 G Myers grounded out to second.
- Top 6 R Nivar batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 R Nivar grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 E Diaz batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 E Diaz singled to center.
- Top 6 M Young batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 M Young singled to right, E Diaz to second.
- Top 6 H Blalock batting
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 J Kershner relieved T Sturtze.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 H Blalock grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, M Young out at second.
- Bot 6 J Phelps batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 J Phelps struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 E Hinske batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 E Hinske grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 6 B Kielty batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 B Kielty grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 7 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 A Rodriguez grounded out to third.
- Top 7 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 9: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 10: ball 4
- Top 7 R Palmeiro walked.
- Top 7 M Teixeira batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 M Teixeira grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Palmeiro out at second.
- Bot 7 R Johnson batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 R Mahay relieved R Dickey.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 R Johnson hit for O Hudson.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 R Johnson flied out to right.
- Bot 7 D Berg batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 D Berg hit for F Catalanotto.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 D Berg struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 M Bordick batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 M Bordick grounded out to third.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 R Johnson in left field.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 D Berg at second base.
- Top 8 S Spencer batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 8 S Spencer struck out looking.
- Top 8 L Nix batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 L Nix grounded out to first.
Box score
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .347 | .457 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .379 | .554 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .393 | .572 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .357 | .504 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .339 | .477 |
| Shane SpencerLF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .325 | .426 |
| Laynce NixRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .274 | .478 |
| Ramon NivarCF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .172 | .185 |
| Einar DiazC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .303 | .359 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.A. DickeyP | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 110-70 | 4.94 | 110 |
| Ron MahayP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-13 | 1.88 | 23 |
| Francisco CorderoP | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-12 | 2.90 | 20 |
TOR
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank CatalanottoLF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .327 | .435 |
| Dave Berg2B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .306 | .421 |
| Mike BordickSS | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .339 | .406 |
| Vernon WellsCF | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .351 | .564 |
| Carlos Delgado1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .422 | .602 |
| Greg MyersC | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .332 | .406 | .541 |
| Josh PhelpsDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .343 | .436 |
| Eric Hinske3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .325 | .422 |
| Bobby KieltyRF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .246 | .360 | .410 |
| Orlando Hudson2B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .332 | .388 |
| Reed JohnsonLF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .357 | .428 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey ThurmanP | 0.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41-22 | 4.15 | 41 |
| Tanyon SturtzeP | 4.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60-39 | 5.84 | 60 |
| Jason KershnerP | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 42-30 | 3.16 | 42 |
Starting lineups
TOR
- 1 Frank Catalanotto LF
- 2 Mike Bordick SS
- 3 Vernon Wells CF
- 4 Carlos Delgado 1B
- 5 Greg Myers C
- 6 Josh Phelps DH
- 7 Eric Hinske 3B
- 8 Bobby Kielty RF
- 9 Orlando Hudson 2B
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 6 Shane Spencer LF
- 7 Laynce Nix RF
- 8 Ramon Nivar CF
- 9 Einar Diaz C
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