October 16, 2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 3 at Fenway Park Play by Play and Box Score

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2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 3
2004 postseason: WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL

Game 1
NYY 10
BOS  7
Game 2
NYY  3
BOS  1
Game 3
NYY 19
@BOS  8
Game 4
BOS  6
NYY  4
(12) Game 5
BOS  5
NYY  4
(14) Game 6
BOS  4
@NYY  2
Game 7
BOS 10
@NYY  3

Fenway Park, Attendance: 35,126

Saturday, October 16, 2004, 8:10PM
Time of Game: 4:20

Yankees

Joe Torre

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         3  0  3   5  2  0   4  0  2   19 22  1
Red Sox         0  4  2   0  0  0   2  0  0    8 15  0

W: J Vazquez (1-0), L: R Mendoza (0-1)

Red Sox

Terry Francona

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Jeter SS                    4   2   1   0    2   0  .182  .620   31    0   2   
A Rodriguez 3B                5   5   3   3    1   0  .429 1.286   25    1   1   HR,2·2B
G Sheffield RF                5   3   4   4    1   0  .692 1.887   25    2   1   HR,2B
  B Crosby PR-RF              0   1   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
H Matsui LF                   6   5   5   5    0   0  .600 1.867   24    1   0   2·HR,2·2B
B Williams CF                 6   1   4   3    0   1  .400  .933   20    4   1   2B
J Posada C                    5   1   2   1    1   0  .300  .867   27    9   0   2B,GDP,IW
R Sierra DH                   6   0   2   2    0   2  .333 1.166   25    0   0   3B,2B
J Olerud 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .705   14    6   1   
  T Clark 1B                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   15    1   0   
M Cairo 2B                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .200  .585   12    2   3   HBP

K Brown P                                                                0   0
  J Vazquez P                                                            1   0
  P Quantrill P                                                          0   0
  T Gordon P                                                             0   0
Totals                       47  19  22  18    5   5              218   27   9

BATTING

2B: H Matsui 2 (4, off C Leskanic, off B Arroyo); B Williams (2, off A Embree); A Rodriguez 2 (2, off B Arroyo, off T Wakefield); G Sheffield (3, off T Wakefield); J Posada (1, off A Embree); R Sierra (1, off B Arroyo).

3B: R Sierra (1, off T Wakefield).

HR: H Matsui 2 (2, off B Arroyo, off M Myers; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF; 9th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF); A Rodriguez (1, off B Arroyo; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); G Sheffield (1, off C Leskanic; 4th inn, 2 on, 1 out to LF).

IBB: J Posada (1, by T Wakefield).

HBP: M Cairo (2, by R Mendoza).

TB: H Matsui 13; A Rodriguez 8; G Sheffield 8; B Williams 5; R Sierra 5; J Posada 3; D Jeter; M Cairo.

GIDP: J Posada (1).

RBI: H Matsui 5 (10); G Sheffield 4 (5); B Williams 3 (6); A Rodriguez 3 (3); R Sierra 2 (2); J Posada (2).

2-out RBI: R Sierra 2; B Williams 2; H Matsui; J Posada.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 8 for 22.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Olerud.

E: D Jeter (1).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    5   1   1   1    0   0  .077  .154   16    4   0   
M Bellhorn 2B                 4   0   0   0    1   4  .083  .321   25    1   2   
M Ramirez LF                  4   0   1   0    1   1  .250  .641   29    1   0   
D Ortiz DH                    5   1   3   0    0   1  .500 1.205   22    0   0   
J Varitek C                   3   3   2   2    1   0  .500 1.745   17    2   0   HR
  D Mirabelli C               1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    3   0   
T Nixon RF                    5   1   2   2    0   1  .333 1.000   23    2   0   HR,2B
K Millar 1B                   5   1   1   0    0   1  .154  .462   27    8   0   2B
B Mueller 3B                  4   1   2   0    1   0  .273  .697   17    1   1   2B
O Cabrera SS                  4   0   3   2    0   0  .455 1.091   20    5   5   2·2B

B Arroyo P                                                               0   0
  R Mendoza P                                                            0   0
  C Leskanic P                                                           0   0
  T Wakefield P                                                          0   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
Totals                       40   8  15   7    4   8              200   27   8

BATTING

2B: O Cabrera 2 (2, 2 off J Vazquez); T Nixon (1, off T Gordon); B Mueller (1, off K Brown); K Millar (2, off J Vazquez).

HR: J Varitek (2, off J Vazquez; 7th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF); T Nixon (1, off K Brown; 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to RF).

TB: T Nixon 6; J Varitek 5; O Cabrera 5; B Mueller 3; D Ortiz 3; K Millar 2; J Damon; M Ramirez.

RBI: T Nixon 2 (3); J Varitek 2 (4); O Cabrera 2 (3); J Damon (1).

2-out RBI: J Damon.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 2. O Cabrera-K Millar; B Mueller-M Bellhorn.

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
K Brown                        2     5   4   3    2   1   1  13.50   13   57-29   14· 4·11    6· 1· 0· 3     31    -     1.07  -0.26
J Vazquez, W (1-0)             4.1   7   4   4    2   4   1   8.31   20   96-62   43· 8·11    2· 4· 1· 7          0-0    0.77  -0.07
P Quantrill                    1.2   2   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    7   27-20   12· 1· 7    1· 2· 0· 2          0-0    0.02   0.00
T Gordon                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   7.71    4   17-10    7· 2· 1    0· 2· 0· 1          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    15   8   7    4   8   2          44  197-121  76·15·30    9· 9· 1·13           -

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 Arroyo                       2     6   6   6    2   0   2  27.00   13   60-36   26· 2· 8    1· 4· 0· 6     18    -     0.93  -0.40
R Mendoza, L (0-1)             1     1   1   1    0   1   0   4.50    5   20-11    4· 3· 4    1· 1· 0· 1          2-2    1.13  -0.04
C Leskanic                     0.1   2   3   3    1   0   1  20.25    4   15-8     5· 1· 2    0· 0· 1· 2          1-1    1.45  -0.26
T Wakefield                    3.1   5   5   5    2   1   0  14.54   17   64-43   29· 5· 9    4· 5· 1· 4          1-1    0.26  -0.12
A Embree                       0.1   3   2   2    0   0   0   9.00    4   14-8     4· 2· 2    1· 0· 0· 3          2-2    0.03  -0.01
M Myers                        2     5   2   2    0   3   1   9.00   10   42-27   17· 2· 8    1· 0· 1· 5          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    22  19  19    5   5   4          53  215-133  85·15·33    8·10· 3·21          6-6

B Arroyo faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning.
R Mendoza faced 1 batter in the 4th inning.

Balks: R Mendoza (1).

WP: K Brown (1); T Gordon (1).

IBB: T Wakefield (1; J Posada).

HBP: R Mendoza (2; M Cairo).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Joe West.

Time of Game: 4:20.

Attendance: 35,126.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 57° F, Wind 15mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Boston Red Sox                       
1. D Jeter              SS    1. J Damon              CF 
2. A Rodriguez          3B    2. M Bellhorn           2B 
3. G Sheffield          RF    3. M Ramirez            LF 
4. H Matsui             LF    4. D Ortiz              DH 
5. B Williams           CF    5. J Varitek            C  
6. J Posada             C     6. T Nixon              RF 
7. R Sierra             DH    7. K Millar             1B 
8. J Olerud             1B    8. B Mueller            3B 
9. M Cairo              2B    9. O Cabrera            SS 

   K Brown              P        B Arroyo             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   1  6-6  12-  2   23%  77% G Sheffield     C Leskanic      Home Run; Cairo Scores; Rodriguez Scores
   b 2   0  3-0  1--  5  -14%  54% T Nixon         K Brown         Home Run; Varitek Scores
   t 4   2  6-9  12-  5   11%  89% R Sierra        T Wakefield     Triple to RF; Matsui Scores; Posada Scores
   t 3   0  4-4  1--  7   10%  64% H Matsui        B Arroyo        Double to RF; Sheffield to 3B
   t 1   1  0-1  --3  4   10%  72% H Matsui        B Arroyo        Home Run; Rodriguez Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Bronson Arroyo facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  7   53%  D Jeter         Walk
   R      1--  6   63%  A Rodriguez     Double to LF; Jeter Scores
   O      -2-  4   62%  G Sheffield     Flyball: CF; Rodriguez to 3B
   RR     --3  4   72%  H Matsui        Home Run; Rodriguez Scores
          ---  3   74%  B Williams      Single to RF
   OO     1--  7   70%  J Posada        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Kevin Brown facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   72%  J Damon         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   74%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   73%  M Ramirez       Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  5   75%  D Ortiz         Single to RF; Ramirez out at 3B/RF-3B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bronson Arroyo facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   79%  R Sierra        Double to CF
   O      -2-  2   76%  J Olerud        Popfly: SS
   O      -2-  1   74%  M Cairo         Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      -2-  6   71%  D Jeter         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Kevin Brown facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   68%  J Varitek       Walk
   RR     1--  5   54%  T Nixon         Home Run; Varitek Scores
   O      ---  3   57%  K Millar        Flyball: CF
          ---  4   52%  B Mueller       Double to RF
   O      -2-  6   56%  O Cabrera       Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      -2-  1   46%  J Damon         Single to 1B (Ground Ball); Mueller Scores; Damon to 2B
          -2-      46%  M Bellhorn      Wild Pitch; Damon to 3B
          --3  7   45%  " "             Walk
   R      1-3  2   36%  M Ramirez       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Damon Scores/unER/No RBI; Bellhorn to 2B
   O      12-  5   40%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Behind 3-4, Bronson Arroyo facing 2-3-4
   R      ---  4   50%  A Rodriguez     Home Run
          ---  5   54%  G Sheffield     Walk
          1--  7   64%  H Matsui        Double to RF; Sheffield to 3B
                  Ramiro Mendoza replaces Bronson Arroyo pitching
   R      -23  4   71%  B Williams      Single to CF; Sheffield Scores; Matsui to 3B
   R      1-3      74%  J Posada        Balk; Matsui Scores; Williams to 2B
   O      -2-  4   70%  " "             Popfly: 1B
   O      -2-  6   67%  R Sierra        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  5   64%  J Olerud        Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-6, Javier Vazquez facing 5-6-7
                  Javier Vazquez replaces Kevin Brown pitching
          ---  6   60%  J Varitek       Single to RF
   O      1--  5   64%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   55%  K Millar        Double to LF; Varitek to 3B
          -23  5   53%  B Mueller       Walk
   RRO    123  8   46%  O Cabrera       Double to RF; Varitek Scores; Millar Scores; Mueller out at Hm/CF-2B-C; Cabrera to 3B
   O      --3  6   50%  J Damon         Groundout: 1B-P
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Tied 6-6, Ramiro Mendoza facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   54%  M Cairo         Hit By Pitch
                  Curt Leskanic replaces Ramiro Mendoza pitching
   O      1--  3   50%  D Jeter         Lineout: RF
          1--  7   54%  A Rodriguez     Walk; Cairo to 2B
   RRR    12-  2   77%  G Sheffield     Home Run; Cairo Scores; Rodriguez Scores
          ---  3   80%  H Matsui        Double to LF
                  Tim Wakefield replaces Curt Leskanic pitching
   O      -2-  1   77%  B Williams      Popfly: 1B
          -2-  4   78%  J Posada        Intentional Walk
   RR     12-  5   89%  R Sierra        Triple to RF; Matsui Scores; Posada Scores
   O      --3  1   88%  J Olerud        Lineout: SS
                  5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 11, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 6-11, Javier Vazquez facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   90%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Swinging
          --- 13   88%  M Ramirez       Walk
          1--  5   85%  D Ortiz         Single to RF; Ramirez to 2B
   OO     12-  3   92%  J Varitek       Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 11, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 11-6, Tim Wakefield facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   91%  M Cairo         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  7   92%  D Jeter         Walk
   R      1--  4   95%  A Rodriguez     Double to RF; Jeter Scores
   R      -2-  5   97%  G Sheffield     Double to CF; Rodriguez Scores
   O      -2-  5   96%  H Matsui        Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  4   96%  B Williams      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 13, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 6-13, Javier Vazquez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   97%  T Nixon         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  8   97%  K Millar        Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  2   98%  B Mueller       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 13, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 13-6, Tim Wakefield facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   98%  J Posada        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   97%  R Sierra        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   97%  J Olerud        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 13, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 6-13, Javier Vazquez facing 9-1-2
                  Tony Clark replaces John Olerud playing 1B batting 8th
          ---  2   96%  O Cabrera       Double to CF
   O      -2-  1   97%  J Damon         Flyball: RF
   O      -2-  4   98%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  6   99%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 13, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 13-6, Tim Wakefield facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   99%  M Cairo         Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   99%  D Jeter         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  3   99%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  7   99%  G Sheffield     Single to LF; Rodriguez to 3B
                  Alan Embree replaces Tim Wakefield pitching
   R      1-3  2   99%  H Matsui        Single to CF; Rodriguez Scores; Sheffield to 3B
   RR     1-3  6  100%  B Williams      Double to CF; Sheffield Scores; Matsui Scores
   R      -2-  4  100%  J Posada        Double to CF; Williams Scores
   O      -2-  2  100%  R Sierra        Groundout: SS-1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 17, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 6-17, Javier Vazquez facing 4-5-6
          ---  3  100%  D Ortiz         Single to LF
   RR     1--  3  100%  J Varitek       Home Run; Ortiz Scores
   O      ---  6  100%  T Nixon         Flyball: RF
                  Paul Quantrill replaces Javier Vazquez pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  K Millar        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3  100%  B Mueller       Single to LF
          1--  4  100%  O Cabrera       Single to CF; Mueller to 2B
   O      12-  3  100%  J Damon         Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 17, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 17-8, Mike Myers facing 8-9-1
                  Mike Myers replaces Alan Embree pitching; Doug Mirabelli replaces Jason Varitek playing C batting 5th
   O      ---  6  100%  T Clark         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6  100%  M Cairo         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6  100%  D Jeter         Single to CF
   O      1--  1  100%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 17, Red Sox 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 8-17, Paul Quantrill facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5  100%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3  100%  M Ramirez       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4  100%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 17, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 17-8, Mike Myers facing 3-4-5
          ---  2  100%  G Sheffield     Single to CF
                  Bubba Crosby pinch runs for Gary Sheffield batting 3rd
   RR     1--  3  100%  H Matsui        Home Run; Crosby Scores
          ---  2  100%  B Williams      Single to CF
          1--  3  100%  J Posada        Single to CF; Williams to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  R Sierra        Strikeout Looking
   OO     12-  9  100%  T Clark         Line Drive Double Play: 3B-2B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 19, Red Sox 8.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 8-19, Tom Gordon facing 5-6-7
                  Tom Gordon replaces Paul Quantrill pitching; Bubba Crosby moves to RF
   O      ---  4  100%  D Mirabelli     Popfly: 2B
          ---  5  100%  T Nixon         Double to CF
          -2-     100%  K Millar        Wild Pitch; Nixon to 3B
   O      --3  5  100%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  3  100%  B Mueller       Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 19, Red Sox 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:BOS200410160

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BATTING

PITCHING

OTHER

LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation