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Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees logo New York Yankees

9–3Final · Sep 5, 2003
BOS 9 NYY 3 Final
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BOS82-583140010009141
NYY84-55000001200370

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF2-552230000.274.348.414
Bill Mueller3B1-440110110.319.394.540
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-441210000.320.359.543
Andy AbadPH0-110000000.000.000.000
Damian JacksonSS0-000000000.252.284.315
Manny RamirezLF1-331110110.319.421.573
Gabe KaplerLF0-000000000.258.328.380
David OrtizDH2-551210010.294.376.602
Kevin Millar1B1-551100010.278.354.479
Jason VaritekC2-550220020.278.353.528
Trot NixonRF1-551100020.310.399.581
Lou Merloni2B2-332200200.283.378.377
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pedro MartinezP6.041119094-612.4894
Scott SauerbeckP1.032211031-224.7631
Alan EmbreeP1.000001014-103.8114
Todd JonesP1.000000011-77.3611

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B2-440220010.278.327.495
Nick Johnson1B0-440000030.301.438.508
Bernie WilliamsCF0-330000110.269.368.397
Jason GiambiDH0-440000020.249.416.529
Jorge PosadaC1-330100010.273.397.512
Hideki MatsuiLF0-331000100.283.348.435
Aaron Boone3B1-441100010.258.322.432
Karim GarciaRF0-220000010.264.308.456
Juan RiveraRF1-220100000.232.277.355
Enrique WilsonSS2-441200000.223.267.348
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Andy PettitteP2.198835070-444.3570
Jeff WeaverP4.251113061-425.9361
Jorge De PaulaP2.000000023-170.0023

Starting lineups

NYY

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

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 Trot Nixon RF
  9. 9 Lou Merloni 2B

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