New York Yankees @
Toronto Blue Jays
3–4Final · Sep 3, 2003
NYY 3 TOR 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY83-54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| TOR69-69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 A Soriano batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 A Soriano flied out to left.
- Top 1 N Johnson batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 N Johnson singled to left, N Johnson out stretching at second.
- Top 1 J Giambi batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 J Giambi struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 F Catalanotto flied out to left.
- Bot 1 M Bordick batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 1 M Bordick lined out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 V Wells batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 V Wells struck out swinging.
- Top 2 B Williams batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 B Williams flied out to center.
- Top 2 J Posada batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 2 J Posada flied out to right.
- Top 2 H Matsui batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 H Matsui grounded out to second.
- Bot 2 C Delgado batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 C Delgado struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 G Myers batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 G Myers singled to right center.
- Bot 2 J Phelps batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 J Phelps struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 E Hinske batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 E Hinske singled to left center, G Myers to second.
- Bot 2 B Kielty batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 B Kielty grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 A Boone batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 A Boone doubled to left.
- Top 3 K Garcia batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 K Garcia singled to center, A Boone scored.
- Top 3 E Wilson batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 E Wilson flied out to left.
- Top 3 A Soriano batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 3 A Soriano flied out to right.
- Top 3 N Johnson batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 N Johnson grounded out to second.
- Bot 3 O Hudson batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 O Hudson struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 F Catalanotto struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 M Bordick batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 M Bordick grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 4 J Giambi batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 J Giambi homered to right.
- Top 4 B Williams batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Williams flied out to left.
- Top 4 J Posada batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 J Posada homered to left.
- Top 4 H Matsui batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 4 H Matsui grounded out to second.
- Top 4 A Boone batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 A Boone flied out to center.
- Bot 4 V Wells batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 V Wells singled to center.
- Bot 4 C Delgado batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 C Delgado flied out to left.
- Bot 4 G Myers batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 G Myers grounded into fielder's choice to third, V Wells out at second.
- Bot 4 J Phelps batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 4 J Phelps homered to left, G Myers scored.
- Bot 4 E Hinske batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 E Hinske popped out to second.
- Top 5 K Garcia batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 K Garcia struck out swinging.
- Top 5 E Wilson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 E Wilson singled to right.
- Top 5 A Soriano batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 5 A Soriano walked, E Wilson to second.
- Top 5 N Johnson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 5 N Johnson struck out looking.
- Top 5 J Giambi batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 5 J Giambi walked, E Wilson to third, A Soriano to second.
- Top 5 B Williams batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 B Williams struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 B Kielty batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 B Kielty struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 O Hudson batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 O Hudson singled to left.
- Bot 5 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 F Catalanotto hit by pitch, O Hudson to second.
- Bot 5 M Bordick batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 5 M Bordick grounded out to pitcher, O Hudson to third, F Catalanotto to second.
- Bot 5 V Wells batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 V Wells hit by pitch.
- Bot 5 C Delgado batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 C Delgado struck out swinging.
- Top 6 J Posada batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 J Posada bunt grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 6 H Matsui batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 6 H Matsui walked.
- Top 6 A Boone batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 A Boone struck out swinging.
- Top 6 K Garcia batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 K Garcia struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 G Myers batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 G Myers singled to left.
- Bot 6 J Phelps batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 J Phelps grounded into fielder's choice to catcher, G Myers safe at second on error by pitcher M Mussina.
- Bot 6 E Hinske batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 6 E Hinske walked, G Myers to third, J Phelps to second.
- Bot 6 B Kielty batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 B Kielty hit sacrifice fly to right, G Myers scored, J Phelps to third.
- Bot 6 O Hudson batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 9: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 O Hudson struck out swinging, E Hinske stole second.
- Bot 6 F Catalanotto batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Bot 6 F Catalanotto intentionally walked.
- Bot 6 M Bordick batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 M Bordick flied out to right.
- Top 7 E Wilson batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 E Wilson grounded out to second.
- Top 7 A Soriano batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 A Soriano singled to left center.
- Top 7 N Johnson batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 A Soriano stole second.
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 N Johnson struck out swinging.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 J Kershner relieved K Escobar.
- Top 7 J Giambi batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 J Giambi flied out to center.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 A Osuna relieved M Mussina.
- Bot 7 V Wells batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 V Wells singled to left.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 G White relieved A Osuna.
- Bot 7 C Delgado batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 C Delgado fouled out to third.
- Bot 7 G Myers batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 G Myers hit a ground rule double to deep center, V Wells to third.
- Bot 7 J Phelps batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Bot 7 J Phelps intentionally walked.
- Bot 7 E Hinske batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 E Hinske hit sacrifice fly to right, V Wells scored, G Myers to third.
- Bot 7 B Kielty batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 B Kielty flied out to right.
- Top 8 B Williams batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 B Williams fouled out to first.
- Top 8 J Posada batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 J Posada reached on infield single to second.
- Top 8 H Matsui batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 H Matsui flied out to left.
Box score
NYY
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Soriano2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .327 | .491 |
| Nick JohnsonDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .304 | .445 | .515 |
| Jason Giambi1B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .419 | .537 |
| Bernie WilliamsCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .371 | .399 |
| Jorge PosadaC | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .400 | .518 |
| Hideki MatsuiLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .349 | .440 |
| Aaron Boone3B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 | .323 | .436 |
| Karim GarciaRF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .302 | .449 |
| Ruben SierraPH | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .337 | .410 |
| Enrique WilsonSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .268 | .337 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike MussinaP | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 122-75 | 3.22 | 122 |
| Antonio OsunaP | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 3.61 | 2 |
| Gabe WhiteP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21-14 | 3.92 | 21 |
| Jeff NelsonP | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 3.88 | 8 |
TOR
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank CatalanottoLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .298 | .351 | .471 |
| Reed JohnsonLF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .340 | .399 |
| Mike BordickSS | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .343 | .404 |
| Vernon WellsCF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 | .358 | .553 |
| Carlos Delgado1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .303 | .430 | .587 |
| Greg MyersC | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .383 | .497 |
| Josh PhelpsDH | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .362 | .482 |
| Eric Hinske3B | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .325 | .435 |
| Bobby KieltyRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .359 | .395 |
| Orlando Hudson2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .271 | .329 | .388 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvim EscobarP | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 102-66 | 4.30 | 102 |
| Jason KershnerP | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-12 | 3.74 | 16 |
| Aquilino LopezP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 3.88 | 3 |
Starting lineups
TOR
- 1 Frank Catalanotto LF
- 2 Mike Bordick SS
- 3 Vernon Wells CF
- 4 Carlos Delgado 1B
- 5 Greg Myers C
- 6 Josh Phelps DH
- 7 Eric Hinske 3B
- 8 Bobby Kielty RF
- 9 Orlando Hudson 2B
NYY
- 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
- 2 Nick Johnson DH
- 3 Jason Giambi 1B
- 4 Bernie Williams CF
- 5 Jorge Posada C
- 6 Hideki Matsui LF
- 7 Aaron Boone 3B
- 8 Karim Garcia RF
- 9 Enrique Wilson SS
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