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8–4Final · Aug 31, 2003
NYY 8 BOS 4 Final
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NYY83-523000203008100
BOS78-58002000200493

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Derek JeterSS2-441200000.322.390.460
Alfonso Soriano2B0-110000000.277.327.494
Nick JohnsonDH1-332110000.304.447.522
Jason Giambi1B0-441000120.255.421.537
Bernie WilliamsCF1-333110210.275.375.402
Hideki MatsuiLF1-551100000.288.350.443
Jorge PosadaC2-440210110.273.400.511
Aaron Boone3B2-440220000.261.325.438
Juan RiveraRF1-440100010.233.280.361
Enrique WilsonSS0-440000020.227.276.351
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roger ClemensP6.2644230112-633.99112
Antonio OsunaP0.01000005-33.405
Gabe WhiteP1.100010018-124.1018
Jeff NelsonP0.220010018-103.9118
Mariano RiveraP0.10000104-31.994

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bill Mueller3B1-550120000.325.401.555
Todd Walker2B1-330110000.273.321.404
Jason VaritekC0-110000100.277.353.531
Nomar GarciaparraSS0-550000010.322.362.552
David OrtizDH1-330100110.288.370.587
Kevin Millar1B0-440000000.283.353.489
Trot NixonRF1-331100100.307.396.568
Dave McCartyLF3-442300010.341.349.512
Doug MirabelliC1-331100010.264.301.438
Lou Merloni2B1-110100000.271.363.361
Gabe KaplerCF0-330000100.265.337.374
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim WakefieldP6.086525099-654.4799
Scott SauerbeckP0.202221020-84.5620
Byung-Hyun KimP0.11000005-33.705
Scott WilliamsonP1.00000008-63.588
Alan EmbreeP1.010001018-113.8818

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Bill Mueller 3B
  2. 2 Todd Walker 2B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 David Ortiz DH
  5. 5 Kevin Millar 1B
  6. 6 Trot Nixon RF
  7. 7 Dave McCarty LF
  8. 8 Doug Mirabelli C
  9. 9 Gabe Kapler CF

NYY

  1. 1 Derek Jeter SS
  2. 2 Nick Johnson DH
  3. 3 Jason Giambi 1B
  4. 4 Bernie Williams CF
  5. 5 Hideki Matsui LF
  6. 6 Jorge Posada C
  7. 7 Aaron Boone 3B
  8. 8 Juan Rivera RF
  9. 9 Enrique Wilson SS

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