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

5–14Final · Aug 21, 2003
OAK 5 BOS 14 Final
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OAK73-54102002000590
BOS72-553140030314120

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B3-552310000.253.324.368
Jose GuillenRF0-330000000.321.368.590
Eric Chavez3B1-331120010.274.343.499
Miguel TejadaSS2-440200010.258.309.430
Erubiel DurazoDH0-440010010.261.383.440
Ramon HernandezC1-331100120.257.314.447
Adam MelhuseC0-000000000.241.293.463
Scott Hatteberg1B0-330000110.259.340.381
Eric ByrnesLF2-441210000.273.335.474
Chris SingletonCF0-330000100.258.303.367
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rich HardenP2.248872277-354.6677
Jim MecirP1.000001015-105.7915
Mike NeuP1.033310022-123.8622

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF0-440000110.277.347.424
Todd Walker2B2-441220100.272.319.397
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-552200010.322.363.556
Manny RamirezLF3-443331110.315.416.577
Gabe KaplerLF0-001000000.264.340.379
David OrtizDH1-333131200.274.358.545
Kevin Millar1B1-441110110.284.354.496
Trot NixonRF1-332120210.306.394.575
Bill Mueller3B2-331220200.324.397.551
Jason VaritekC0-440010010.283.356.538
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Casey FossumP5.185532094-565.5494
Mike TimlinP1.210003017-123.4217
Todd JonesP1.000001013-97.5713
Byung-Hyun KimP1.000001013-83.5513

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker 2B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz DH
  6. 6 Kevin Millar 1B
  7. 7 Trot Nixon RF
  8. 8 Bill Mueller 3B
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

OAK

  1. 1 Mark Ellis 2B
  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 Eric Byrnes LF
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

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