May 20, 2003 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 7
BAL 6 BOS 10
NYY 7 CHW 4
TOR 1 CLE 6
DET 4 OAK 4
MIN 1 SEA 7
KCR 4 TEX 5
TBD 2 SFG 6
@ARI 5 CIN 9
ATL 8 HOU 3
STL 2 LAD 3
COL 1 MIL 8
SDP 7 MON 6
FLA 4 PHI 11
@NYM 7

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 35,007

Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:01

Yankees

28-17

Lost 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         2  1  0   0  3  0   0  1  0    7 11  0
Red Sox         1  0  1   2  0  1   5  0  X   10 11  1

W: A Embree (3-1), L: J Contreras (1-1), S: B Lyon (6)

Red Sox

28-17

Won 1

1st

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Soriano 2B                  5   2   2   1    0   2  .313  .957   14    2   3   HR
D Jeter SS                    5   1   2   1    0   2  .351  .844   20    1   1   SB
J Giambi 1B                   2   0   0   2    0   1  .201  .693   27    6   0   2·SF
B Williams CF                 4   0   0   1    0   1  .292  .873   22    3   0   
H Matsui LF                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .271  .700   13    5   0   
J Posada C                    3   1   2   1    1   0  .273  .934   16    2   2   HR,GDP
R Mondesi RF                  4   1   0   0    0   0  .313  .964   13    2   0   SB
T Zeile 3B                    4   1   3   1    0   0  .209  .684   16    3   2   2B
B Trammell DH                 3   1   1   0    0   1  .257  .721    9    0   0   
  R Ventura PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .847    5    0   0   

J Weaver P                                                               0   0
  J Contreras P                                                          0   0
  S Hitchcock P                                                          0   0
  J Acevedo P                                                            0   0
Totals                       35   7  11   7    1   8              155   24   8

BATTING

2B: T Zeile (4, off B Chen).

HR: J Posada (11, off M Timlin; 8th inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF); A Soriano (13, off B Chen; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

SF: J Giambi 2 (2, off B Chen, off R Mendoza).

TB: J Posada 5; A Soriano 5; T Zeile 4; D Jeter 2; H Matsui; B Trammell.

GIDP: J Posada (6).

RBI: J Giambi 2 (27); T Zeile (13); A Soriano (33); D Jeter (5); J Posada (32); B Williams (31).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Posada-T Zeile; A Soriano-D Jeter-J Giambi.

BASERUNNING

SB: D Jeter (1, 2nd base off B Chen/J Varitek); R Mondesi (9, 2nd base off B Chen/J Varitek).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    5   1   2   1    0   2  .259  .787   20    1   0   2B
T Walker 2B                   4   2   1   0    1   0  .310  .779   16    1   7   2B
N Garciaparra SS              4   1   2   2    0   0  .298  .863   14    2   2   2·2B,CS,SF
M Ramirez LF                  2   1   0   0    2   0  .306  .876   16    2   0   HBP,IW
D Ortiz 1B                    3   0   1   2    1   0  .250  .729   17    7   1   2B
  S Hillenbrand PR-1B         1   1   1   0    0   0  .308  .789    2    2   0   
T Nixon RF                    3   1   0   1    1   1  .308  .869   19    4   0   SF
B Mueller 3B                  3   2   2   0    1   0  .376 1.105   16    0   2   2B
J Giambi DH                   2   0   1   1    1   0  .211  .823   16    0   0   
  K Millar PH                 0   0   0   1    0   0  .291  .829    4    0   0   SF
J Varitek C                   3   1   1   2    1   0  .274  .865   13    8   0   HR,GDP

B Chen P                                                                 0   0
  R Mendoza P                                                            0   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
  B Lyon P                                                               0   0
Totals                       30  10  11  10    8   3              153   27  12

BATTING

2B: T Walker (8, off J Weaver); N Garciaparra 2 (13, off J Contreras, off J Weaver); J Damon (15, off J Weaver); D Ortiz (9, off J Contreras); B Mueller (18, off J Weaver).

HR: J Varitek (6, off J Weaver; 4th inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF).

SF: N Garciaparra (5, off J Weaver); K Millar (4, off S Hitchcock); T Nixon (2, off J Contreras).

IBB: M Ramirez (9, by J Contreras).

HBP: M Ramirez (4, by J Weaver).

TB: N Garciaparra 4; J Varitek 4; B Mueller 3; J Damon 3; D Ortiz 2; T Walker 2; S Hillenbrand; J Giambi.

GIDP: J Varitek (1).

RBI: N Garciaparra 2 (29); J Varitek 2 (22); D Ortiz 2 (16); J Damon (19); K Millar (24); J Giambi (13); T Nixon (20).

2-out RBI: J Damon.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Walker-N Garciaparra-D Ortiz.

E: J Varitek (3).

BASERUNNING

CS: N Garciaparra (3, 3rd base by J Weaver/J Posada).

PITCHING

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Weaver                       5     7   5   5    4   2   1   5.15   26  101-57   36· 4·17    5·12· 2· 0     31    -     1.27  -0.42
J Contreras, BS (1), L (1-1)   1.1   2   5   5    3   1   0  15.63    8   31-15    8· 5· 2    1· 3· 0· 0          2-0    2.25  -0.29
S Hitchcock                    0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   2.70    4   14-9     6· 1· 2    1· 2· 0· 0          2-2    0.49  -0.05
J Acevedo                      1     1   0   0    0   0   0   8.71    4    7-7     4· 0· 3    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.11   0.01
Totals                         8    11  10  10    8   3   1          42  153-88   54·10·24    9·19· 2· 0          4-2

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Chen                         4     4   3   2    1   2   1   5.12   16   66-42   26· 3·13    8· 5· 0· 0     45    -     0.85  -0.08
R Mendoza                      2     6   3   3    0   2   0   7.48   12   46-30   15· 5·10    5· 5· 0· 0          0-0    1.63  -0.28
A Embree, W (3-1)              1     0   0   0    0   1   0   7.15    3   13-8     4· 1· 3    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.78   0.06
M Timlin                       1     1   1   1    0   0   1   4.32    4    9-6     5· 0· 1    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.44   0.01
B Lyon, S (6)                  1     0   0   0    0   3   0   3.22    3   13-9     4· 3· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.04
Totals                         9    11   7   6    1   8   2          38  147-95   54·12·29   15·14· 0· 0           -

J Weaver faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: J Contreras (1; M Ramirez).

HBP: J Weaver (3; M Ramirez).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Tschida, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Rick Reed.

Time of Game: 3:01.

Attendance: 35,007.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 17mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Boston Red Sox                       
1. A Soriano            2B    1. J Damon              CF 
2. D Jeter              SS    2. T Walker             2B 
3. J Giambi             1B    3. N Garciaparra        SS 
4. B Williams           CF    4. M Ramirez            LF 
5. H Matsui             LF    5. D Ortiz              1B 
6. J Posada             C     6. T Nixon              RF 
7. R Mondesi            RF    7. B Mueller            3B 
8. T Zeile              3B    8. J Giambi             DH 
9. B Trammell           DH    9. J Varitek            C  

   J Weaver             P        B Chen               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 7   0  6-5  1--  5   20%  66% N Garciaparra   J Contreras     Double to LF (Fly Ball); Walker to 3B
   b 7   0  6-5  123  2   20%  89% D Ortiz         J Contreras     Double to CF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Walker Scores; Garciaparra Scores; Ramirez to 3B
   b 4   1  3-2  -2-  2   20%  66% J Varitek       J Weaver        Home Run (Fly Ball); Mueller Scores
   b 6   0  6-5  12-  3  -17%  39% J Varitek       J Contreras     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Mueller to 3B
   b 6   0  6-4  1--  2   13%  47% B Mueller       J Weaver        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Nixon to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Bruce Chen facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  1   41%  A Soriano       Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  2   38%  D Jeter         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--      33%  J Giambi        Jeter Steals 2B; Jeter to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw)
   RO     --3  7   34%  " "             Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Jeter Scores/unER
   O      ---  7   36%  B Williams      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   37%  H Matsui        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Jeff Weaver facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   42%  J Damon         Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      -2-  4   40%  T Walker        Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Damon to 3B
   RO     --3  2   41%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Damon Scores
          ---  4   43%  M Ramirez       Hit By Pitch
          1--  7   45%  D Ortiz         Walk; Ramirez to 2B
   O      12-  4   40%  T Nixon         Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bruce Chen facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   37%  J Posada        Walk
   O      1--  4   40%  R Mondesi       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--      39%  T Zeile         Mondesi Steals 2B
   R      -2-  4   30%  " "             Double to CF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Mondesi Scores
   O      -2-  3   33%  B Trammell      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  4   36%  A Soriano       Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Jeff Weaver facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   33%  B Mueller       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   36%  J Giambi        Walk
   O      1--  3   33%  J Varitek       Flyball: LF
   O      1--  3   30%  J Damon         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-1, Bruce Chen facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   32%  D Jeter         Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul)
   O      ---  4   33%  J Giambi        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  9   34%  B Williams      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Jeff Weaver facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   41%  T Walker        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   R      -2-  4   52%  N Garciaparra   Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Walker Scores
          -2-  4   55%  M Ramirez       Walk
   O      12-  6   49%  D Ortiz         Lineout: 2B
   OO     12-  7   39%  T Nixon         Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Garciaparra Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-2, Bruce Chen facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   35%  H Matsui        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  2   43%  J Posada        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  5   44%  R Mondesi       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-3, Jeff Weaver facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   52%  B Mueller       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  5   46%  J Giambi        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   RR     -2-  2   66%  J Varitek       Home Run (Fly Ball); Mueller Scores
   O      ---  2   64%  J Damon         Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  3   63%  T Walker        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 3-4, Ramiro Mendoza facing 8-9-1
                  Ramiro Mendoza replaces Bruce Chen pitching
          ---  4   58%  T Zeile         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          1--  3   50%  B Trammell      Single to LF (Ground Ball); Zeile to 2B
          12-  1   41%  A Soriano       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Zeile to 3B; Trammell to 2B
   R      123  6   30%  D Jeter         Single to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Zeile Scores; Trammell to 3B; Soriano to 2B
   RO     123  4   30%  J Giambi        Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Trammell Scores; Soriano to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   28%  B Williams      Groundout: 2B-1B; Soriano Scores; Jeter to 2B
   O      -2-  6   31%  H Matsui        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-6, Jeff Weaver facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   27%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   25%  M Ramirez       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   24%  D Ortiz         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 6-4, Ramiro Mendoza facing 6-7-8
          ---  7   21%  J Posada        Single to CF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  3   23%  R Mondesi       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  2   18%  T Zeile         Single to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Mondesi to 3B
   O      1-3  3   24%  B Trammell      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  4   28%  A Soriano       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-6, Jeff Weaver facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   34%  T Nixon         Walk
          1--  2   47%  B Mueller       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Nixon to 3B
   R      1-3  5   56%  J Giambi        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Nixon Scores; Mueller to 2B
                  Jose Contreras replaces Jeff Weaver pitching
   OO     12-  3   39%  J Varitek       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Mueller to 3B
   O      --3  4   32%  J Damon         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 6-5, Alan Embree facing 2-3-4
                  Alan Embree replaces Ramiro Mendoza pitching
   O      ---  4   35%  D Jeter         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   37%  J Giambi        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   38%  B Williams      Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Jose Contreras facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   46%  T Walker        Walk
          1--  5   66%  N Garciaparra   Double to LF (Fly Ball); Walker to 3B
          -23  4   69%  M Ramirez       Intentional Walk
   RR     123  2   89%  D Ortiz         Double to CF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Walker Scores; Garciaparra Scores; Ramirez to 3B
                  Shea Hillenbrand pinch runs for David Ortiz batting 5th
   RO     -23  1   91%  T Nixon         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Ramirez Scores; Hillenbrand to 3B
          --3  7   91%  B Mueller       Walk
                  Sterling Hitchcock replaces Jose Contreras pitching; Kevin Millar pinch hits for Jeremy Giambi batting 8th
   RO     1-3  4   93%  K Millar        Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Hillenbrand Scores; Mueller to 2B
          -2-  5   93%  J Varitek       Walk
   R      12-  4   96%  J Damon         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Mueller Scores; Varitek to 2B
   O      12-  1   96%  T Walker        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 10.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Behind 6-10, Mike Timlin facing 5-6-7
                  Mike Timlin replaces Alan Embree pitching; Shea Hillenbrand moves to 1B
   O      ---  2   97%  H Matsui        Groundout: 2B-1B
   R      ---  2   95%  J Posada        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  1   96%  R Mondesi       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   97%  T Zeile         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Red Sox 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 10-7, Juan Acevedo facing 3-4-5
                  Juan Acevedo replaces Sterling Hitchcock pitching
   O      ---  1   97%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B (Short CF)
   O      ---  2   96%  M Ramirez       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   96%  S Hillenbrand   Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   96%  T Nixon         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Red Sox 10.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Behind 7-10, Brandon Lyon facing 9-1-2
                  Brandon Lyon replaces Mike Timlin pitching; Robin Ventura pinch hits for Bubba Trammell batting 9th
   O      ---  5   98%  R Ventura       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4  100%  A Soriano       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  D Jeter         Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Red Sox 10.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation