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9–3Final · Sep 12, 2003
OAK 9 TEX 3 Final
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OAK88-600000105039111
TEX65-82003000000370

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B3-552310000.253.322.380
Erubiel DurazoDH2-550220000.258.376.421
Eric Chavez3B1-441110100.283.352.514
Miguel TejadaSS1-442110100.272.330.466
Scott Hatteberg1B1-441100100.252.339.382
Ramon HernandezC2-441220100.262.324.455
Jermaine DyeRF1-441110110.162.249.240
Terrence LongLF0-220000000.246.292.392
Jose GuillenLF0-220000000.310.360.563
Eric ByrnesCF0-331010110.272.334.479
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoP7.0533380122-773.43122
Jim MecirP0.210001012-84.8612
Keith FoulkeP1.110002020-132.1020

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B1-551100000.299.333.444
Hank Blalock3B1-330110000.312.364.537
Alex RodriguezSS1-441110020.299.398.596
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-440100000.260.359.510
Shane SpencerLF2-440210010.260.330.399
Mark Teixeira1B0-220000220.253.328.464
Laynce NixRF0-440000030.238.276.429
Gerald LairdC1-440100020.400.455.550
Ryan ChristensonCF0-331000110.173.265.256
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ryan DreseP6.144431091-527.6491
Ron MahayP0.122210013-91.8313
Brian ShouseP0.210000010-63.0910
Rosman GarciaP1.133320038-236.2638
Jay PowellP0.110001012-87.7812

Starting lineups

TEX

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

OAK

  1. 1 Mark Ellis 2B
  2. 2 Erubiel Durazo DH
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  6. 6 Ramon Hernandez C
  7. 7 Jermaine Dye RF
  8. 8 Terrence Long LF
  9. 9 Eric Byrnes CF

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