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

8–6Final · Aug 20, 2003
OAK 8 BOS 6 Final
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OAK73-530101200408110
BOS71-551041000006181

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Terrence LongLF0-550000010.245.293.402
Jose GuillenRF1-551110010.323.370.595
Eric Chavez3B2-551210000.273.343.500
Miguel TejadaSS2-552211000.256.307.427
Erubiel DurazoDH2-442221000.263.386.444
Ramon HernandezC0-330000110.256.312.448
Scott Hatteberg1B2-441210000.261.341.383
Mark Ellis2B2-441210010.249.321.360
Chris SingletonCF0-330010020.261.303.371
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyP3.1106632088-564.9988
Mike NeuP2.120040054-243.1854
John HalamaP0.220000012-103.9312
Chad BradfordP0.210000010-93.2810
Ricardo RinconP1.010001010-73.4510
Keith FoulkeP1.010002027-182.2527

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF3-551310000.279.348.428
Bill Mueller3B0-550000110.321.393.548
Nomar GarciaparraSS3-660300000.321.362.556
Manny RamirezLF1-552100120.312.413.565
Kevin Millar1B2-660200000.284.354.499
Jason VaritekDH3-331310200.287.361.544
Gabe KaplerRF1-331120100.264.340.379
Trot NixonPH0-000000000.306.392.577
Dave McCartyRF1-110100000.235.250.294
Doug MirabelliC1-330100220.254.293.428
Damian Jackson2B1-221120000.244.278.311
Todd Walker2B1-330100000.270.316.397
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim WakefieldP6.0744142102-664.18102
Alan EmbreeP0.20000006-63.616
Mike TimlinP0.10000005-43.505
Byung-Hyun KimP0.144301017-153.5817
Scott SauerbeckP0.200001011-94.0511
Todd JonesP1.000000010-87.6910

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 Jason Varitek DH
  7. 7 Gabe Kapler RF
  8. 8 Doug Mirabelli C
  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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