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4–13Final · Sep 20, 2003
BOS 4 CLE 13 Final
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BOS90-640100012004100
CLE67-890000107513140

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Damian Jackson2B1-441100110.252.288.313
Lou Merloni3B1-550100010.275.368.363
Nomar GarciaparraSS0-440010010.307.349.528
Manny RamirezLF1-331100110.324.427.583
David OrtizDH1-440100010.283.363.572
Kevin Millar1B2-440210000.274.348.466
Trot NixonRF1-331111110.309.400.578
Jason VaritekC1-441100010.274.354.519
Gabe KaplerCF2-440210000.269.332.383
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweP6.196403283-594.5683
Scott SauerbeckP0.212220020-84.8620
Scott WilliamsonP0.235521026-144.3326
Brandon LyonP0.11000109-63.959

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Coco CrispCF0-442000100.277.315.369
Casey Blake3B3-552330010.264.317.424
Jody GerutLF2-550200010.281.336.499
Alex EscobarRF1-442120110.272.320.457
Travis HafnerDH0-330000010.257.332.493
Victor MartinezDH0-002000200.284.344.331
Ben Broussard1B2-441241000.256.320.450
Josh BardC2-551231010.233.279.353
Jhonny PeraltaSS2-441200000.228.294.330
Angel Santos2B1-331100000.232.264.435
Brandon Phillips2B1-111100000.208.243.311
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Terry MulhollandP6.062225190-614.8990
Jack CressendP0.142200011-82.5711
Rafael BetancourtP1.000012016-92.0016
Jason BoydP1.000000013-104.3813

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Coco Crisp CF
  2. 2 Casey Blake 3B
  3. 3 Jody Gerut LF
  4. 4 Alex Escobar RF
  5. 5 Travis Hafner DH
  6. 6 Ben Broussard 1B
  7. 7 Josh Bard C
  8. 8 Jhonny Peralta SS
  9. 9 Angel Santos 2B

BOS

  1. 1 Damian Jackson 2B
  2. 2 Lou Merloni 3B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz DH
  6. 6 Kevin Millar 1B
  7. 7 Trot Nixon RF
  8. 8 Jason Varitek C
  9. 9 Gabe Kapler CF

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