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11–5Final · Aug 23, 2003
OAK 11 TOR 5 Final
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OAK74-5503000601111131
TOR64-65012002000580

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Billy McMillonDH1-550120120.236.349.377
Jose GuillenRF0-441000020.319.367.591
Eric Chavez3B0-441000100.273.344.497
Miguel TejadaSS2-442220110.263.314.444
Erubiel Durazo1B1-442100210.258.381.434
Mark Ellis2B1-550110010.250.320.362
Terrence LongLF3-551320000.247.294.403
Adam MelhuseC2-442231100.259.317.517
Chris SingletonCF3-442310110.267.314.376
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John HalamaP4.063332086-494.0586
Mike WoodRP1.212213033-169.0033
Ricardo RinconP1.100020026-133.3326
Jim MecirP1.010001018-135.5918
Keith FoulkeP1.000001014-72.2214

TOR

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Reed JohnsonLF2-441200000.276.343.401
Mike Bordick2B2-550220010.278.330.389
Vernon WellsCF2-551200010.314.356.560
Carlos Delgado1B0-221000310.303.433.595
Tom WilsonC---------------------------
Orlando HudsonPH0-110000010.277.334.397
Bobby KieltyRF1-550120010.244.367.407
Eric Hinske3B0-441000100.235.321.428
Josh PhelpsDH1-330100110.258.346.426
Chris WoodwardSS0-221010110.262.315.400
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pete WalkerP4.143344194-515.8994
Tanyon SturtzeP1.046620032-166.1032
Dan ReichertP2.131103034-225.4034
Cliff PolitteP0.221000010-75.4410
Jason KershnerP0.200011011-64.3011

Starting lineups

TOR

  1. 1 Reed Johnson LF
  2. 2 Mike Bordick 2B
  3. 3 Vernon Wells CF
  4. 4 Carlos Delgado 1B
  5. 5 Tom Wilson C
  6. 6 Bobby Kielty RF
  7. 7 Eric Hinske 3B
  8. 8 Josh Phelps DH
  9. 9 Chris Woodward SS

OAK

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

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