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7–10Final · Sep 5, 2003
TEX 7 MIN 10 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B3-551341000.302.334.451
Shane SpencerLF2-551200010.260.332.404
Alex RodriguezSS2-551211000.303.401.604
Rafael PalmeiroDH0-440010020.257.356.504
Mark Teixeira1B0-440000010.260.333.481
Jason JonesRF2-441200000.235.338.426
Hank Blalock3B0-440000020.316.371.546
Ryan ChristensonCF0-331000110.176.268.264
Gerald LairdC1-332100120.444.545.556
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mickey CallawayP2.278731067-397.2867
Rosman GarciaP0.10001007-26.107
Aaron FultzP1.210011025-145.3725
Joaquin BenoitP0.222200115-115.7515
Erasmo RamirezP1.200001018-123.2018
Jay PowellP1.000000011-87.9711

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-331110100.312.367.470
Luis Rivas2B1-331100100.273.320.408
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-330020000.298.386.454
Matt LeCroyDH1-441111000.296.342.509
Jacque JonesRF2-441200010.306.334.464
Torii HunterCF1-441100010.245.306.435
Corey Koskie3B0-112000310.294.391.466
A.J. PierzynskiC2-332210000.304.350.447
Cristian GuzmanSS2-441240000.266.300.349
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Johan SantanaP4.087726280-553.1080
Juan RinconP3.000002036-213.6836
LaTroy HawkinsP1.010000011-72.0011
Eddie GuardadoP1.010001012-113.2012

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Shannon Stewart LF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy DH
  5. 5 Jacque Jones RF
  6. 6 Torii Hunter CF
  7. 7 Corey Koskie 3B
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Cristian Guzman SS

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Shane Spencer LF
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
  6. 6 Jason Jones RF
  7. 7 Hank Blalock 3B
  8. 8 Ryan Christenson CF
  9. 9 Gerald Laird C

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