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Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics @ Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox

2–3Final · Aug 8, 2003
OAK 2 CWS 3 Final
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OAK66-49011000000250
CWS61-54001200003100

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 M Ellis batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  8. Top 1 M Ellis flied out to left.
  9. Top 1 J Guillen batting
  10. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  11. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  12. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  13. Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
  14. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  15. Top 1 J Guillen grounded out to third.
  16. Top 1 E Chavez batting
  17. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  18. Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
  19. Top 1 E Chavez grounded out to shortstop.
  20. Bot 1 T Graffanino batting
  21. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  22. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  23. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  24. Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
  25. Bot 1 T Graffanino grounded out to third.
  26. Bot 1 R Alomar batting
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  28. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
  32. Bot 1 R Alomar grounded out to third.
  33. Bot 1 F Thomas batting
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
  38. Bot 1 F Thomas grounded out to third.
  39. Top 2 M Tejada batting
  40. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  41. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  42. Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
  43. Top 2 M Tejada flied out to deep left.
  44. Top 2 E Durazo batting
  45. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  46. Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
  47. Top 2 E Durazo homered to right.
  48. Top 2 R Hernandez batting
  49. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  50. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  51. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  52. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  53. Top 2 R Hernandez struck out looking.
  54. Top 2 S Hatteberg batting
  55. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  56. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  57. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  58. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  59. Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
  60. Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
  61. Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
  62. Top 2 S Hatteberg flied out to right.
  63. Bot 2 M Ordonez batting
  64. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  65. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  66. Bot 2 M Ordonez singled to center.
  67. Bot 2 C Lee batting
  68. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  69. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  70. Bot 2 C Lee flied out to left.
  71. Bot 2 C Everett batting
  72. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  73. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  74. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  75. Bot 2 C Everett doubled to left.
  76. Bot 2 P Konerko batting
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
  78. Bot 2 P Konerko popped out to second.
  79. Top 3 A Piatt batting
  80. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  81. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  82. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  83. Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  84. Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  85. Top 3 A Piatt struck out looking.
  86. Top 3 E Byrnes batting
  87. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  88. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  89. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  90. Top 3 E Byrnes lined out to right.
  91. Top 3 M Ellis batting
  92. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  93. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  94. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  95. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  96. Top 3 M Ellis singled to left.
  97. Top 3 J Guillen batting
  98. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  99. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  100. Top 3 J Guillen doubled to deep right, M Ellis scored.
  101. Top 3 E Chavez batting
  102. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  103. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  104. Top 3 E Chavez grounded out to first.
  105. Bot 3 J Crede batting
  106. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  107. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  108. Bot 3 J Crede doubled to deep left center.
  109. Bot 3 S Alomar Jr batting
  110. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  111. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  112. Bot 3 S Alomar Jr sacrificed to third, J Crede to third.
  113. Bot 3 T Graffanino batting
  114. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  115. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  116. Bot 3 T Graffanino hit sacrifice fly to center, J Crede scored.
  117. Bot 3 R Alomar batting
  118. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  119. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  120. Bot 3 R Alomar singled to left.
  121. Bot 3 F Thomas batting
  122. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  123. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  124. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  125. Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  126. Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
  127. Bot 3 Pitch 6: ball 3
  128. Bot 3 Pitch 7: in play
  129. Bot 3 F Thomas popped out to shortstop.
  130. Top 4 M Tejada batting
  131. Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
  132. Top 4 M Tejada flied out to center.
  133. Top 4 E Durazo batting
  134. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  135. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  136. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
  137. Top 4 E Durazo struck out looking.
  138. Top 4 R Hernandez batting
  139. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  140. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  141. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  142. Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
  143. Top 4 R Hernandez lined out to third.
  144. Bot 4 M Ordonez batting
  145. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  146. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  147. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  148. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  149. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  150. Bot 4 M Ordonez homered to left center.
  151. Bot 4 C Lee batting
  152. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  153. Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
  154. Bot 4 C Lee singled to center.
  155. Bot 4 C Everett batting
  156. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  157. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  158. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  159. Bot 4 C Everett singled to left, C Lee to second.
  160. Bot 4 P Konerko batting
  161. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  162. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  163. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  164. Bot 4 P Konerko singled to left, C Lee to third, C Everett to second.
  165. Bot 4 J Crede batting
  166. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  167. Bot 4 J Crede grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Lee scored, P Konerko out at second, C Everett to third.
  168. Bot 4 S Alomar Jr batting
  169. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  170. Bot 4 S Alomar Jr grounded out to third.
  171. Top 5 S Hatteberg batting
  172. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  173. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  174. Top 5 S Hatteberg grounded out to shortstop.
  175. Top 5 A Piatt batting
  176. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  177. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  178. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  179. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  180. Top 5 A Piatt struck out swinging.
  181. Top 5 E Byrnes batting
  182. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  183. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  184. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  185. Top 5 E Byrnes flied out to right.
  186. Bot 5 T Graffanino batting
  187. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  188. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  189. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  190. Bot 5 T Graffanino flied out to left.
  191. Bot 5 R Alomar batting
  192. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  193. Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
  194. Bot 5 R Alomar tripled to deep center.
  195. Bot 5 F Thomas batting
  196. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  197. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  198. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
  199. Bot 5 F Thomas struck out looking.
  200. Bot 5 M Ordonez batting
  201. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  202. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  203. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  204. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  205. Bot 5 M Ordonez struck out looking.
  206. Top 6 M Ellis batting
  207. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  208. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  209. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  210. Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  211. Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
  212. Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
  213. Top 6 Pitch 7: in play
  214. Top 6 M Ellis singled to center.
  215. Top 6 J Guillen batting
  216. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  217. Top 6 J Guillen grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Ellis out at second.
  218. Top 6 E Chavez batting
  219. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  220. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  221. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  222. Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  223. Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  224. Top 6 E Chavez struck out looking.
  225. Bot 6 C Lee batting
  226. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  227. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  228. Bot 6 C Lee grounded out to third.
  229. Bot 6 C Everett batting
  230. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  231. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  232. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  233. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  234. Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
  235. Bot 6 C Everett hit by pitch.
  236. Bot 6 P Konerko batting
  237. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  238. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  239. Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
  240. Bot 6 P Konerko grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, C Everett out at second.
  241. Top 7 M Tejada batting
  242. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  243. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  244. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  245. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  246. Top 7 M Tejada struck out looking.
  247. Top 7 E Durazo batting
  248. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  249. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  250. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  251. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  252. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  253. Top 7 E Durazo flied out to left.
  254. Top 7 R Hernandez batting
  255. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  256. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  257. Top 7 R Hernandez flied out to deep right center.
  258. Bot 7 J Crede batting
  259. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  260. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  261. Bot 7 J Crede grounded out to third.
  262. Bot 7 S Alomar Jr batting
  263. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  264. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  265. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  266. Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
  267. Bot 7 S Alomar Jr grounded out to third.
  268. Bot 7 T Graffanino batting
  269. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  270. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  271. Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
  272. Bot 7 T Graffanino lined out to pitcher.
  273. Top 8 S Hatteberg batting
  274. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  275. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  276. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  277. Top 8 S Hatteberg grounded out to second.
  278. Top 8 A Piatt batting
  279. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  280. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
  281. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  282. Top 8 A Piatt singled to right center.
  283. Top 8 E Byrnes batting
  284. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  285. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  286. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  287. Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
  288. Top 8 E Byrnes flied out to left.
  289. Top 8 M Ellis batting
  290. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  291. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  292. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  293. Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
  294. Top 8 Pitch 5: foul
  295. Top 8 A Piatt caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop.
  296. Bot 8 R Alomar batting
  297. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  298. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  299. Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  300. Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
  301. Bot 8 R Alomar flied out to right.
  302. Bot 8 F Thomas batting
  303. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  304. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
  305. Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
  306. Bot 8 F Thomas fouled out to first.
  307. Bot 8 M Ordonez batting
  308. Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
  309. Bot 8 M Ordonez singled to left.
  310. Bot 8 C Lee batting
  311. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  312. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  313. Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
  314. Bot 8 C Lee grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Ordonez out at second.
  315. Top 9 Lineup Change
  316. Top 9 Lineup Change
  317. Top 9 W Harris in center field.
  318. Top 9 Lineup Change
  319. Top 9 C Everett in left field.
  320. Top 9 M Ellis batting
  321. Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
  322. Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  323. Top 9 Pitch 3: in play
  324. Top 9 M Ellis flied out to left.
  325. Top 9 J Guillen batting
  326. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  327. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  328. Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 2
  329. Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  330. Top 9 Pitch 5: in play
  331. Top 9 J Guillen flied out to center.
  332. Top 9 E Chavez batting
  333. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  334. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  335. Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 2
  336. Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  337. Top 9 Pitch 5: in play
  338. Top 9 E Chavez grounded out to shortstop.

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B2-441200000.255.329.366
Jose GuillenRF1-440110000.329.376.607
Eric Chavez3B0-440000010.272.343.511
Miguel TejadaSS0-330000010.255.308.434
Erubiel DurazoDH1-331111010.266.389.445
Ramon HernandezC0-330000010.251.309.434
Scott Hatteberg1B0-330000000.264.347.393
Adam PiattLF1-330100020.240.280.460
Eric ByrnesCF0-330000000.274.338.472
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark MulderP8.0103302193-652.9693

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tony GraffaninoSS0-330010000.263.340.463
Roberto Alomar2B2-440200000.274.355.361
Frank ThomasDH0-440000010.262.391.541
Magglio OrdonezRF3-441311010.315.383.559
Carlos LeeLF1-441100000.280.325.502
Willie HarrisCF0-000000000.193.240.228
Carl EverettLF2-220200000.274.355.499
Paul Konerko1B1-330100000.235.292.381
Joe Crede3B1-331100000.233.287.373
Sandy Alomar Jr.C0-220000000.252.269.382
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleP9.0522061113-794.29113

Starting lineups

CWS

  1. 1 Tony Graffanino SS
  2. 2 Roberto Alomar 2B
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carlos Lee LF
  6. 6 Carl Everett LF
  7. 7 Paul Konerko 1B
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C

OAK

  1. 1 Mark Ellis 2B
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RF
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Erubiel Durazo DH
  6. 6 Ramon Hernandez C
  7. 7 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  8. 8 Adam Piatt LF
  9. 9 Eric Byrnes CF

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