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5–3Final · Aug 8, 2003
TEX 5 TOR 3 Final
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TEX50-655000000005110
TOR57-58201000000380

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B1-550100000.314.347.457
Hank Blalock3B2-441211110.324.379.554
Alex RodriguezSS1-440100000.301.393.572
Rafael PalmeiroDH2-331200100.254.357.504
Mark Teixeira1B1-441121000.257.339.477
Shane SpencerLF1-331100110.272.325.426
Laynce NixRF1-441121000.232.274.478
Ramon NivarCF0-330000110.111.172.185
Einar DiazC2-440200000.267.303.359
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
R.A. DickeyP6.0633161110-704.94110
Ron MahayP1.210001023-131.8823
Francisco CorderoP1.110001020-122.9020

TOR

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Frank CatalanottoLF1-331100010.283.327.435
Dave Berg2B0-220000010.272.306.421
Mike BordickSS1-331110000.283.339.406
Vernon WellsCF3-440300000.307.351.564
Carlos Delgado1B1-441111000.302.422.602
Greg MyersC0-440000000.332.406.541
Josh PhelpsDH1-440110020.260.343.436
Eric Hinske3B1-330100100.233.325.422
Bobby KieltyRF0-440000030.246.360.410
Orlando Hudson2B0-220000010.270.332.388
Reed JohnsonLF0-220000000.296.357.428
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Corey ThurmanP0.265510341-224.1541
Tanyon SturtzeP4.250020060-395.8460
Jason KershnerP3.200013042-303.1642

Starting lineups

TOR

  1. 1 Frank Catalanotto LF
  2. 2 Mike Bordick SS
  3. 3 Vernon Wells CF
  4. 4 Carlos Delgado 1B
  5. 5 Greg Myers C
  6. 6 Josh Phelps DH
  7. 7 Eric Hinske 3B
  8. 8 Bobby Kielty RF
  9. 9 Orlando Hudson 2B

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 Ramon Nivar CF
  9. 9 Einar Diaz C

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