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3–2Final · Aug 19, 2003
OAK 3 BOS 2 Final
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OAK72-53000000300330
BOS71-54020000000270

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Terrence LongLF0-440000000.248.296.407
Jose GuillenRF0-330000110.325.372.600
Eric Chavez3B0-331000100.272.343.499
Miguel TejadaSS0-440000020.255.306.422
Erubiel DurazoDH0-331000100.261.385.437
Ramon HernandezC2-441231000.258.313.452
Scott Hatteberg1B1-440100010.259.339.382
Mark Ellis2B0-330000000.246.319.359
Chris SingletonCF0-220000100.264.308.376
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark MulderP3.062212060-373.1560
Chad HarvilleP2.110031035-172.8935
Ricardo RinconP1.200013035-203.5335
Chad BradfordRP1.000001013-93.3213
Keith FoulkeP1.000001015-82.2815

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF2-220200200.276.346.426
Bill Mueller3B0-330000100.325.396.555
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-440200020.319.361.556
Manny RamirezLF0-330000100.313.414.567
Kevin Millar1B1-441100010.283.354.501
David OrtizDH0-330000100.273.355.537
Jason VaritekC0-440000030.280.352.537
Gabe KaplerRF1-111110000.263.336.372
Trot NixonRF0-330000010.306.392.577
Damian Jackson2B1-330110010.239.274.299
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweP6.020003078-504.8378
Scott SauerbeckP0.102220014-54.1114
Scott WilliamsonP0.211110115-93.5515
Alan EmbreeP1.000010012-63.6612
Mike TimlinP1.00000108-53.528

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Bill Mueller 3B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 Kevin Millar 1B
  6. 6 David Ortiz DH
  7. 7 Jason Varitek C
  8. 8 Gabe Kapler RF
  9. 9 Damian Jackson 2B

OAK

  1. 1 Terrence Long LF
  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 Mark Ellis 2B
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

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