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3–5Final · Sep 24, 2003
TEX 3 OAK 5 Final
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TEX70-89000101010370
OAK96-6320000021571

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael YoungSS1-441100000.309.342.450
Hank Blalock3B1-441111010.306.357.537
Mark Teixeira1B2-441211010.263.335.489
Rafael PalmeiroDH0-440010020.257.358.504
Shane SpencerRF0-330000110.254.332.397
Jason JonesLF2-440200000.194.286.337
Einar DiazC1-440100000.259.294.343
Ryan ChristensonCF0-330000010.169.254.247
Jermaine Clark2B0-330000000.108.205.135
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joaquin BenoitP4.0222551100-565.49100
Erasmo RamirezP2.010002024-183.9424
Ron MahayP0.112210016-92.8216
Rosman GarciaP0.11000004-25.964
Aaron FultzP1.121102119-135.2119

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Chris SingletonCF2-552200020.248.302.344
Jose GuillenRF2-331231000.313.362.574
Eric Chavez3B0-220000000.282.350.508
Esteban German2B1-220110000.500.500.500
Miguel TejadaSS0-220000010.276.335.473
Bobby CrosbySS0-110000010.000.182.000
Terrence LongLF0-330000120.243.292.384
Adam MelhuseC1-221111200.301.370.603
Graham Koonce1B0-440000030.000.000.000
Frank Menechino3B0-221000200.208.380.286
Jason GrabowskiDH0-110000100.000.143.000
Mike EdwardsDH1-220100000.333.333.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim HudsonP7.0521151100-652.70100
John HalamaP1.011101114-104.1814
Chad HarvilleP1.010000014-94.5014

Starting lineups

OAK

  1. 1 Chris Singleton CF
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RF
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Terrence Long LF
  6. 6 Adam Melhuse C
  7. 7 Graham Koonce 1B
  8. 8 Frank Menechino 3B
  9. 9 Jason Grabowski DH

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young SS
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Mark Teixeira 1B
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Shane Spencer RF
  6. 6 Jason Jones LF
  7. 7 Einar Diaz C
  8. 8 Ryan Christenson CF
  9. 9 Jermaine Clark 2B

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