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8–6Final · Aug 25, 2003
OAK 8 TOR 6 Final
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OAK76-551210300018141
TOR64-670210000306110

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Billy McMillonDH1-440100010.250.358.405
Jose GuillenRF1-331120100.320.370.597
Eric Chavez3B1-550100000.277.347.499
Miguel TejadaSS3-552321000.270.320.461
Erubiel Durazo1B2-552211010.260.383.439
Ramon HernandezC1-442100100.263.322.460
Terrence LongLF4-550420000.252.298.409
Frank Menechino2B0-330010110.214.371.300
Chris SingletonCF0-221000000.262.314.369
Eric ByrnesCF1-330100000.275.336.482
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyP6.1832370100-624.89100
Chad HarvilleP0.21110006-43.976
Ricardo RinconP0.122210114-83.6914
Keith FoulkeP1.200012024-172.1724

TOR

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Reed JohnsonRF1-441100010.275.343.403
Mike BordickSS1-440100110.282.335.390
Vernon WellsCF2-441210100.314.356.559
Carlos Delgado1B1-441100110.300.431.588
Bobby KieltyRF0-111000100.243.366.405
Frank CatalanottoLF0-110000000.288.337.449
Tom WilsonLF---------------------------
Josh PhelpsDH2-441231000.261.347.436
Eric Hinske3B0-330000120.233.320.422
Chris WoodwardSS3-330310000.269.320.411
Greg MyersC0-110000000.312.381.493
Kevin CashC0-330000030.143.167.143
Orlando Hudson2B0-110000010.274.333.393
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Cory LidleP4.097731188-466.2188
Jason KershnerP2.120001033-234.0533
Cliff PolitteP1.210000021-165.2421
Trever MillerP0.12110019-54.409
Aquilino LopezP0.200001012-73.8412

Starting lineups

TOR

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

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 Ramon Hernandez C
  7. 7 Terrence Long LF
  8. 8 Frank Menechino 2B
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

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