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Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers logo Texas Rangers

6–5Final · Sep 14, 2003
OAK 6 TEX 5 Final
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OAK90-60210000300671
TEX65-842200100005120

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Ellis2B1-550100010.254.322.379
Erubiel DurazoDH1-441100110.259.377.432
Eric Chavez3B0-330010110.279.349.506
Miguel TejadaSS1-331121100.274.333.470
Scott Hatteberg1B1-441100000.254.340.382
Jose GuillenLF0-110000010.312.361.571
Ramon HernandezC2-441221000.263.325.459
Jermaine DyeRF0-441010000.166.249.241
Eric ByrnesCF0-220000220.268.333.471
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Justin DuchschererP3.174301176-502.6176
Jeremy FikacP1.021101120-114.9120
John HalamaP1.110000016-124.1316
Chad HarvilleP0.10000105-34.505
Jim MecirP1.010001015-104.7215
Chad BradfordP0.210002011-102.8911
Keith FoulkeP1.100010020-142.0720

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B4-551400000.303.336.447
Hank Blalock3B2-552231000.316.367.544
Alex RodriguezSS1-441111010.298.396.596
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-440100110.260.358.506
Jermaine ClarkPR0-000000000.111.261.111
Mark Teixeira1B2-550200010.253.326.461
Shane SpencerLF1-440110010.260.331.398
Laynce NixCF1-440100000.245.280.426
Jason JonesRF0-440000010.191.291.348
Gerald LairdC0-441000010.333.400.444
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tony MounceP6.055515288-576.6188
Rosman GarciaP0.211110015-86.3815
Aaron FultzP1.100020023-95.1523
Francisco CorderoP1.010011015-82.9615

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 Mark Teixeira 1B
  6. 6 Shane Spencer LF
  7. 7 Laynce Nix CF
  8. 8 Jason Jones RF
  9. 9 Gerald Laird C

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 Jose Guillen LF
  7. 7 Ramon Hernandez C
  8. 8 Jermaine Dye RF
  9. 9 Eric Byrnes CF

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