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Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics

4–2Final · Aug 14, 2003
BOS 4 OAK 2 Final
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BOS70-510000010012461
OAK69-520000200000271

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-551100010.273.341.424
Bill Mueller3B1-441121010.329.401.567
Nomar GarciaparraSS0-550000000.319.360.562
Manny RamirezLF3-441311110.316.416.569
David OrtizDH0-440000120.279.358.549
Kevin Millar1B0-330000120.284.357.501
Doug MirabelliC0-220000000.252.282.430
Jason VaritekC0-110000010.291.363.558
Trot NixonRF0-220000020.309.395.577
Gabe KaplerRF1-111100100.254.329.373
Damian Jackson2B0-330000000.234.272.299
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim WakefieldP6.0522480111-684.10111
Scott WilliamsonP1.000010021-123.4921
Alan EmbreeP1.020002022-173.8022
Byung-Hyun KimP2.000001028-203.3628

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Billy McMillonDH0-330000220.242.356.384
Jose GuillenRF1-551100020.332.378.601
Eric Chavez3B2-441200100.272.342.507
Miguel TejadaSS1-550120010.259.312.429
Terrence LongLF0-440000110.246.296.396
Ramon HernandezC1-550100010.253.311.446
Scott Hatteberg1B2-550200000.259.342.385
Frank Menechino2B0-330000110.231.378.323
Eric ByrnesCF0-440000030.270.333.466
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyP6.031125199-664.7199
Chad BradfordP0.100000010-53.4910
Ricardo RinconP1.000011011-43.7911
Keith FoulkeP1.211104137-232.3737
Jim MecirP0.222110029-165.3329
John HalamaP0.10000005-33.935

Starting lineups

OAK

  1. 1 Billy McMillon DH
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RF
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Terrence Long LF
  6. 6 Ramon Hernandez C
  7. 7 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  8. 8 Frank Menechino 2B
  9. 9 Eric Byrnes CF

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Bill Mueller 3B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz DH
  6. 6 Kevin Millar 1B
  7. 7 Doug Mirabelli C
  8. 8 Trot Nixon RF
  9. 9 Damian Jackson 2B

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