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1–5Final · Aug 10, 2003
OAK 1 CWS 5 Final
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OAK67-50000000010140
CWS62-55000021025100

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Billy McMillonLF0-440000010.253.357.400
Jose GuillenCF0-440000010.330.375.600
Eric Chavez3B2-440200010.273.343.507
Miguel TejadaSS0-330000110.255.308.430
Erubiel Durazo1B0-330000100.264.388.439
Scott HattebergDH1-440100000.264.347.393
Mark Ellis2B0-330000000.251.325.359
Terrence LongRF0-330000010.245.296.383
Adam MelhuseC1-331111010.220.278.440
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rich HardenP5.0622180109-751.69109
John HalamaP2.021101134-213.9534
Chad HarvilleP0.222211129-194.9129
Mike NeuP0.10000003-23.453

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B1-551100010.273.354.359
Carlos LeeLF1-441110010.280.324.502
Willie HarrisCF0-000000000.191.244.226
Frank ThomasDH1-330110100.263.390.539
Magglio OrdonezRF2-440200010.314.381.554
Carl EverettLF2-441211010.276.356.505
Aaron RowandLF0-000000000.277.321.446
Paul Konerko1B1-442111020.235.291.390
Jose ValentinSS0-440000030.230.319.442
Joe Crede3B2-440210000.239.292.378
Sandy Alomar Jr.C0-330000110.244.266.370
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Esteban LoaizaP8.0411161116-812.21116
Damaso MarteP1.000010025-141.5825

Starting lineups

CWS

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

OAK

  1. 1 Billy McMillon LF
  2. 2 Jose Guillen CF
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Erubiel Durazo 1B
  6. 6 Scott Hatteberg DH
  7. 7 Mark Ellis 2B
  8. 8 Terrence Long RF
  9. 9 Adam Melhuse C

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