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1–7Final · Aug 22, 2003
TEX 1 CWS 7 Final
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TEX60-69000010000161
CWS68-6103100102750

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B1-550100030.310.345.456
Marcus ThamesRF1-551100000.220.333.300
Alex RodriguezSS1-440110020.304.398.603
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-330100120.266.366.521
Shane SpencerLF1-220100200.269.332.429
Mark Teixeira1B0-330000110.246.324.454
Donnie Sadler3B0-110000100.202.290.307
Hank Blalock3B1-220100000.317.372.534
Einar DiazC0-330000000.253.292.341
Ramon NivarCF0-440000000.213.263.280
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joaquin BenoitP2.222211246-275.7646

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B0-220000100.265.342.344
Carlos LeeLF0-330000100.278.324.489
Aaron RowandLF0-000000000.276.319.440
Frank ThomasDH1-441111000.264.385.549
Magglio OrdonezRF0-440000000.315.380.551
Carl EverettLF1-223111210.285.370.524
Willie HarrisCF0-000000000.190.242.224
Paul Konerko1B0-221000200.224.286.372
Jose ValentinSS2-442242010.242.323.460
Joe Crede3B0-330000110.252.305.403
Sandy Alomar Jr.C1-330100000.255.274.399
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Neal CottsP5.051153094-534.8594
Scott SullivanP2.000003033-233.4833
Kelly WunschP1.010001014-91.5714
Scott SchoeneweisP1.00000105-54.945

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

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Marcus Thames RF
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Shane Spencer LF
  6. 6 Mark Teixeira 1B
  7. 7 Donnie Sadler 3B
  8. 8 Einar Diaz C
  9. 9 Ramon Nivar CF

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