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Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox

2–1Final · Sep 2, 2003
BOS 2 CWS 1 Final
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BOS80-58010001000220
CWS73-65100000000140

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF0-440000010.274.349.413
Todd Walker2B0-440000010.272.322.402
Damian Jackson2B0-000000000.252.285.317
Nomar GarciaparraSS0-330000010.319.360.546
David OrtizDH0-330000000.288.373.585
Kevin Millar1B0-220000100.281.355.485
Trot NixonRF1-331111000.312.401.585
Bill Mueller3B0-330000000.321.396.546
Jason VaritekC0-330000010.275.352.524
Gabe KaplerLF1-331111010.264.335.390
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John BurkettP6.0311140116-724.84116
Brandon LyonP0.11000007-43.917
Scott WilliamsonP1.200001016-113.4716
Byung-Hyun KimP1.000000015-113.6215

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B1-331100010.264.338.357
Carlos LeeLF1-440100000.284.330.494
Frank ThomasDH0-330000020.266.390.570
Magglio OrdonezRF0-330000100.318.384.555
Carl EverettCF0-330010010.282.367.514
Paul Konerko1B1-440100000.244.308.412
Jose ValentinSS0-330000010.231.310.444
Joe Crede3B1-440100000.257.307.430
Miguel OlivoC0-220000000.229.278.356
Armando RiosPH0-110000000.220.255.310
Sandy Alomar Jr.C0-000000000.267.284.406
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Bartolo ColonP9.0222152117-744.08117

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 Paul Konerko 1B
  7. 7 Jose Valentin SS
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Miguel Olivo C

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  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 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Jason Varitek C
  9. 9 Gabe Kapler LF

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