August 21, 2003 Oakland Athletics at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 5
TBD 4
(10) BOS 14
OAK 5 CHW 7
TEX 3 ANA 10
@DET 7 MIN 4
KCR 3 TOR 7
SEA 3 ARI 9
CIN 3 COL 5
FLA 4 HOU 9
CHC 3 LAD 2
MON 1 MIL 5
PHI 2 NYM 5
@SDP 1 SFG 4
ATL 3
(10) STL 6
PIT 3

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 34,844

Thursday, August 21, 2003, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 2:53

Athletics

73-54

Lost 1

2nd, 3 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       1  0  2   0  0  2   0  0  0    5  9  0
Red Sox         3  1  4   0  0  3   0  3  X   14 12  0

W: C Fossum (6-5), L: R Harden (3-3)

Red Sox

72-55

Won 1

2nd, 7 GB

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Ellis 2B                    5   2   3   1    0   0  .253  .692   17    1   5   2·2B
J Guillen RF                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .321  .958   10    0   0   SH,GDP
  B McMillon PH               1   0   0   0    0   1  .240  .733    6    0   0   
E Chavez 3B                   3   1   1   2    0   1  .274  .842   12    0   1   SF
M Tejada SS                   4   0   2   0    0   1  .258  .739   14    2   2   2B
E Durazo DH                   4   0   0   1    0   1  .261  .823   14    0   0   
R Hernandez C                 3   1   1   0    1   2  .257  .763   17    6   0   
  A Melhuse C                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .241  .756         0   0   
S Hatteberg 1B                3   0   0   0    1   1  .259  .721   14    8   1   
E Byrnes LF                   4   1   2   1    0   0  .273  .809   16    1   0   3B,2B
C Singleton CF                3   0   0   0    1   0  .258  .670   19    5   0   

R Harden P                                                               0   0
  M Wood P                                                               0   0
  J Mecir P                                                              0   0
  M Neu P                                                                1   0
Totals                       33   5   9   5    3   7              139   24   9

BATTING

2B: E Byrnes (22, off C Fossum); M Ellis 2 (25, 2 off C Fossum); M Tejada (33, off C Fossum).

3B: E Byrnes (8, off C Fossum).

SF: E Chavez (3, off C Fossum).

SH: J Guillen (7, off C Fossum).

TB: E Byrnes 5; M Ellis 5; M Tejada 3; E Chavez; R Hernandez.

GIDP: J Guillen (13).

RBI: E Chavez 2 (74); E Byrnes (44); E Durazo (64); M Ellis (34).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Ellis-M Tejada-S Hatteberg.

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    4   0   0   0    1   1  .277  .771   27    5   0   
T Walker 2B                   4   1   2   2    1   0  .272  .716   26    1   2   
N Garciaparra SS              5   2   2   0    0   1  .323  .920   18    1   2   2B
M Ramirez LF                  4   3   3   3    1   1  .315  .993   20    3   0   HR,2·2B
  G Kapler PR-LF              0   1   0   0    0   0  .264  .719         0   0   
D Ortiz DH                    3   3   1   3    2   0  .274  .903   17    0   0   HR,IW
K Millar 1B                   4   1   1   1    1   1  .284  .850   23    7   2   
T Nixon RF                    3   2   1   2    2   1  .306  .969   18    1   0   
B Mueller 3B                  3   1   2   2    2   0  .324  .948   17    0   2   2B
J Varitek C                   4   0   0   1    0   1  .283  .894   13    7   0   SF,GDP

C Fossum P                                                               0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
  T Jones P                                                              1   0
  B Kim P                                                                1   0
Totals                       34  14  12  14   10   6              179   27   8

BATTING

2B: N Garciaparra (33, off M Neu); M Ramirez 2 (30, off M Wood, off M Neu); B Mueller (38, off R Harden).

HR: M Ramirez (30, off R Harden; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF); D Ortiz (17, off R Harden; 1st inn, 2 on, 2 outs to RF).

SF: J Varitek (7, off R Harden).

IBB: D Ortiz (7, by M Wood).

TB: M Ramirez 8; D Ortiz 4; N Garciaparra 3; B Mueller 3; T Walker 2; K Millar; T Nixon.

GIDP: J Varitek (9).

RBI: D Ortiz 3 (66); M Ramirez 3 (89); B Mueller 2 (63); T Walker 2 (64); T Nixon 2 (75); J Varitek (74); K Millar (77).

2-out RBI: D Ortiz 3; T Walker 2; M Ramirez; K Millar; B Mueller; T Nixon.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 6 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Walker-N Garciaparra-K Millar.

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Harden, L (3-3)              2.2   4   8   8    7   2   2   4.66   19   78-36   18· 6·12    2· 8· 0· 0     13    -     0.92  -0.44
M Wood                         3.1   5   3   3    2   3   0   8.10   16   60-33   14· 7·12    7· 3· 1· 0          3-2    0.31  -0.13
J Mecir                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   5.79    3   15-10    7· 1· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
M Neu                          1     3   3   3    1   0   0   3.86    7   22-12    7· 2· 3    5· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
Totals                         8    12  14  14   10   6   2          45  175-91   46·16·29   15·13· 1· 0          3-2

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
C Fossum, W (6-5)              5.1   8   5   5    3   2   0   5.54   27   96-57   33· 2·22    7·12· 3· 0     31    -     0.86  -0.14
M Timlin, H (12)               1.2   1   0   0    0   3   0   3.42    5   17-12    6· 4· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          2-1    0.84   0.05
T Jones                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   7.57    3   13-9     3· 1· 5    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.09   0.01
B Kim                          1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.55    3   13-8     6· 2· 0    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     9   5   5    3   7   0          38  139-86   48· 9·29   13·12· 3· 0          2-1

Balks: None.

WP: R Harden (4).

IBB: M Wood (1; D Ortiz).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Brian Gorman.

Time of Game: 2:53.

Attendance: 34,844.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 85° F, Wind 4mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Boston Red Sox                       
1. M Ellis              2B    1. J Damon              CF 
2. J Guillen            RF    2. T Walker             2B 
3. E Chavez             3B    3. N Garciaparra        SS 
4. M Tejada             SS    4. M Ramirez            LF 
5. E Durazo             DH    5. D Ortiz              DH 
6. R Hernandez          C     6. K Millar             1B 
7. S Hatteberg          1B    7. T Nixon              RF 
8. E Byrnes             LF    8. B Mueller            3B 
9. C Singleton          CF    9. J Varitek            C  

   R Harden             P        C Fossum             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  1-0  12-  3   25%  69% D Ortiz         R Harden        Home Run (Fly Ball); Walker Scores; Ramirez Scores
   t 6   1  8-5  12-  2   10%  90% J Guillen       M Timlin        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   b 3   0  3-4  ---  1    9%  76% M Ramirez       R Harden        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   t 3   1  4-2  1--  2   -9%  61% M Tejada        C Fossum        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line); Chavez to 3B
   b 3   2  3-6  123  2    9%  92% T Walker        M Wood          Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Nixon Scores; Mueller Scores; Damon to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Casey Fossum facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   44%  M Ellis         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  3   46%  J Guillen       Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; Ellis to 3B
   RO     --3  2   45%  E Chavez        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Ellis Scores
   O      ---  3   46%  M Tejada        Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Rich Harden facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   43%  J Damon         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   46%  T Walker        Single to LF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  3   43%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B (Short RF Line)
          1--  7   45%  M Ramirez       Walk; Walker to 2B
   RRR    12-  3   69%  D Ortiz         Home Run (Fly Ball); Walker Scores; Ramirez Scores
   O      ---  7   69%  K Millar        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-3, Casey Fossum facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   71%  E Durazo        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   73%  R Hernandez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   71%  S Hatteberg     Walk
          1--  2   68%  E Byrnes        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Hatteberg to 3B
   O      -23  4   74%  C Singleton     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Rich Harden facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   76%  T Nixon         Walk
   R      1--  3   84%  B Mueller       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Nixon Scores
   O      -2-  2   82%  J Varitek       Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  4   80%  J Damon         Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  6   80%  T Walker        Walk
   O      12-  1   78%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-4, Casey Fossum facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   73%  M Ellis         Double to LF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  2   75%  J Guillen       Flyball: CF; Ellis to 3B
   R      --3  3   70%  E Chavez        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Ellis Scores
          1--  2   61%  M Tejada        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line); Chavez to 3B
   RO     -23  3   62%  E Durazo        Groundout: 2B-1B; Chavez Scores; Tejada to 3B
          --3  5   61%  R Hernandez     Walk
   O      1-3  5   66%  S Hatteberg     Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Rich Harden facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  1   76%  M Ramirez       Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  6   78%  D Ortiz         Walk
   O      1--  4   76%  K Millar        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   78%  T Nixon         Walk; Ortiz to 2B
          12-  4   82%  B Mueller       Walk; Ortiz to 3B; Nixon to 2B
   RO     123  3   82%  J Varitek       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (LF-CF); Ortiz Scores
          12-      83%  J Damon         Wild Pitch; Nixon to 3B; Mueller to 2B
          -23  6   84%  " "             Walk
                  Mike Wood replaces Rich Harden pitching
   RR     123  2   92%  T Walker        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Nixon Scores; Mueller Scores; Damon to 3B
   O      1-3  4   91%  N Garciaparra   Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-8, Casey Fossum facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   92%  E Byrnes        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   93%  C Singleton     Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  3   94%  M Ellis         Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 8.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-3, Mike Wood facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   93%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   93%  D Ortiz         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   93%  K Millar        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-8, Casey Fossum facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   94%  J Guillen       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   95%  E Chavez        Flyball: CF
          ---  5   94%  M Tejada        Single to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      1--  3   95%  E Durazo        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-3, Mike Wood facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   95%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   95%  B Mueller       Walk
   OO     1--  1   94%  J Varitek       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-8, Casey Fossum facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   92%  R Hernandez     Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   94%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B unassisted; Hernandez to 2B
   R      -2-  7   89%  E Byrnes        Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Hernandez Scores
          --3  6   86%  C Singleton     Walk
                  Mike Timlin replaces Casey Fossum pitching
   R      1-3  4   80%  M Ellis         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Byrnes Scores; Singleton to 2B
   OO     12-  2   90%  J Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-5, Mike Wood facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   89%  J Damon         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   89%  T Walker        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   89%  N Garciaparra   Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
   R      1--  4   94%  M Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Garciaparra Scores
          -2-  4   94%  D Ortiz         Intentional Walk
   R      12-  3   97%  K Millar        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Ramirez Scores; Ortiz to 2B
   R      12-  1   98%  T Nixon         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Ortiz Scores; Millar to 3B
   O      1-3  4   98%  B Mueller       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 11.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 5-11, Mike Timlin facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   99%  E Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   99%  M Tejada        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   99%  E Durazo        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 11-5, Jim Mecir facing 9-1-2
                  Jim Mecir replaces Mike Wood pitching
   O      ---  3   99%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   99%  J Damon         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  8   99%  T Walker        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 11.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 5-11, Todd Jones facing 6-7-8
                  Todd Jones replaces Mike Timlin pitching
   O      ---  4   99%  R Hernandez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5  100%  E Byrnes        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 11-5, Mike Neu facing 3-4-5
                  Mike Neu replaces Jim Mecir pitching; Adam Melhuse replaces Ramon Hernandez playing C batting 6th
          ---  5  100%  N Garciaparra   Double to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line)
   R      -2-  3  100%  M Ramirez       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Garciaparra Scores
                  Gabe Kapler pinch runs for Manny Ramirez batting 4th
   O      -2-  2  100%  D Ortiz         Groundout: SS-1B; Kapler to 3B
          --3  5  100%  K Millar        Walk
   RO     1-3  2  100%  T Nixon         Groundout: 1B-P; Kapler Scores; Millar to 2B
   R      -2-  1  100%  B Mueller       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Millar Scores
   O      1--  4  100%  J Varitek       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 14.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 5-14, Byung-Hyun Kim facing 9-1-2
                  Byung-Hyun Kim replaces Todd Jones pitching; Gabe Kapler moves to LF
   O      ---  6  100%  C Singleton     Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  1  100%  M Ellis         Groundout: SS-1B
                  Billy McMillon pinch hits for Jose Guillen batting 2nd
   O      ---  6  100%  B McMillon      Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 14.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation