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5–4Final · Sep 3, 2003
BOS 5 CWS 4 Final
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BOS81-5810000012015111
CWS73-6600101011004130

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-550100010.273.348.411
Bill Mueller3B1-550100010.319.394.543
Nomar GarciaparraSS1-551100010.318.358.543
Manny RamirezLF2-441200100.318.419.574
David OrtizDH3-552342000.293.375.602
Kevin Millar1B0-330000200.279.355.482
Jason VaritekC2-551211000.276.352.530
Gabe KaplerRF0-440000020.258.328.380
Damian Jackson2B1-440100000.252.284.315
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweP7.01033430103-614.73103
Mike TimlinP0.11110016-33.666
Scott SauerbeckP0.20000108-64.508
Byung-Hyun KimP2.020002030-203.5530

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B2-442200100.266.340.358
Carlos LeeLF2-550210010.285.330.497
Frank ThomasDH1-330100210.266.392.569
Aaron RowandDH0-000000000.264.307.421
Magglio OrdonezRF3-550310000.321.386.558
Carl EverettCF0-440000000.279.364.510
Willie HarrisCF0-110000010.183.234.217
Paul Konerko1B1-440100110.244.309.410
Jose ValentinSS2-551211010.233.311.450
Joe Crede3B1-551100000.257.306.427
Sandy Alomar Jr.C1-330100000.268.285.405
Brian DaubachPH0-000000000.234.374.396
Tony GraffaninoPH0-110000010.260.331.451
Miguel OlivoC0-000000000.229.278.356
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleP6.282213195-654.2295
Scott SullivanP0.112221118-93.6018
Damaso MarteP1.210001021-141.7321
Tom GordonP1.111100125-163.4625

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 Sandy Alomar Jr. C

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Bill Mueller 3B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz DH
  6. 6 Kevin Millar 1B
  7. 7 Jason Varitek C
  8. 8 Gabe Kapler RF
  9. 9 Damian Jackson 2B

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