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2–13Final · Aug 23, 2003
TEX 2 CWS 13 Final
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TEX60-70000010010280
CWS69-610036103013170

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B0-440000010.308.342.452
Jason Jones1B0-000000000.220.339.380
Hank Blalock2B1-441111000.316.371.539
Alex RodriguezSS0-220000100.303.397.600
Donnie SadlerSS0-110000000.200.288.304
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-440100010.266.365.518
Shane SpencerLF1-440100010.269.331.426
Mark Teixeira3B2-440200000.248.325.454
Marcus ThamesRF1-330100000.226.333.302
Laynce NixRF0-110000000.275.306.471
Todd GreeneC1-441100000.218.232.448
Ramon NivarCF1-440110000.215.262.278
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ismael ValdezP3.297711365-386.3665
Jay PowellP2.043311139-238.4339
Erasmo RamirezP1.143300127-183.2427
Francisco CorderoP1.000001012-72.9012

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B1-331110010.265.341.346
Tony Graffanino2B1-111100000.263.335.444
Carlos LeeLF3-553341000.281.326.498
Frank ThomasDH2-552252000.265.385.561
Magglio OrdonezRF2-441200000.316.381.550
Aaron RowandRF0-110000000.274.317.437
Carl EverettCF2-330200100.287.373.525
Willie HarrisCF0-110000000.188.240.222
Brian Daubach1B1-440110110.232.371.391
Jose ValentinSS1-441111010.242.322.465
Joe Crede3B3-443311000.257.309.416
Sandy Alomar Jr.C1-441100000.255.273.395
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleP6.0410130104-704.01104
Dan WrightP3.041100138-255.8038

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 CF
  6. 6 Brian Daubach 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 Hank Blalock 2B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Shane Spencer LF
  6. 6 Mark Teixeira 3B
  7. 7 Marcus Thames RF
  8. 8 Todd Greene C
  9. 9 Ramon Nivar CF

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