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1–3Final · Sep 7, 2003
BOS 1 NYY 3 Final
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BOS83-59000000010170
NYY85-5600000021351

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF0-441000000.274.346.411
Bill Mueller3B2-440200000.322.395.539
Nomar GarciaparraSS0-440000000.316.356.541
Manny RamirezLF2-440210000.319.420.571
David OrtizDH0-440000010.288.369.589
Kevin Millar1B2-330200100.283.358.489
Jason VaritekC0-440000000.275.350.523
Gabe KaplerRF1-330100000.257.326.377
Trot NixonPH0-110000000.311.401.579
Damian Jackson2B0-220000010.248.279.310
Lou Merloni2B0-110000010.281.376.375
Todd WalkerPH0-110000000.273.322.407
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff SuppanP7.0322231100-614.04100
Alan EmbreeP0.12110109-63.969
Scott WilliamsonP0.00001005-13.475
Scott SauerbeckP0.20000004-24.704

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B1-441100010.278.326.493
Nick Johnson1B1-330110100.298.437.500
Derek JeterSS1-330100100.322.391.459
Jason GiambiDH0-440000010.246.411.521
Jorge PosadaC0-221000110.270.396.507
Bernie WilliamsCF1-331121000.270.369.406
Hideki MatsuiLF1-330100000.286.350.438
Aaron Boone3B0-330000000.256.320.427
Karim GarciaRF0-220000000.258.300.444
Juan RiveraRF0-110000010.230.275.353
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
David WellsP7.151013099-704.2799
Mariano RiveraP1.220000023-151.9023

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Nick Johnson 1B
  3. 3 Derek Jeter SS
  4. 4 Jason Giambi DH
  5. 5 Jorge Posada C
  6. 6 Bernie Williams CF
  7. 7 Hideki Matsui LF
  8. 8 Aaron Boone 3B
  9. 9 Karim Garcia RF

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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