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2003 AL Championship Series (4-3): New York Yankees (101-61) over Boston Red Sox (95-67)

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WS: FLA-NYY / ALCS: NYY-BOS / NLCS: FLA-CHC / Div. Series: NYY-MIN / BOS-OAK / FLA-SFG / CHC-ATL
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 2003 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    2  2  0    1  0  0     5 13  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0     2  3  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Wakefield, Embree (7), Timlin (8), Williamson (9)
              NYY - Mussina, Heredia (6), Nelson (7), White (7), Contreras (9)

               WP - Tim Wakefield
	       LP - Mike Mussina
             SAVE - Scott Williamson

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Ortiz, Ramirez, Walker
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,281

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 2003 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     2 10  1
    New York Yankees             0  2  1    0  1  0    2  0  x     6  8  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Lowe, Sauerbeck (7), Arroyo (8)
              NYY - Pettitte, Contreras (7), Rivera (9)

               WP - Andy Pettitte
	       LP - Derek Lowe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Varitek
              NYY - Johnson

  ATTENDANCE: 56,295

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 2003 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  1    2  0  0    0  0  0     4  7  0
    Boston Red Sox               2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Clemens, Heredia (7), Contreras (7), Rivera (8)
              BOS - Martinez, Timlin (8), Embree (9)

               WP - Roger Clemens
	       LP - Pedro Martinez
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jeter
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,209

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 2003 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  6  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  x     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Mussina, Heredia (7), Nelson (8)
              BOS - Wakefield, Timlin (8), Williamson (9)

               WP - Tim Wakefield
	       LP - Mike Mussina
             SAVE - Scott Williamson

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Sierra
              BOS - Nixon, Walker

  ATTENDANCE: 34,599

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 2003 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  3  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     4  7  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  6  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Wells, Rivera (8)
              BOS - Lowe, Embree (8), Arroyo (9)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Derek Lowe
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BOS - Ramirez

  ATTENDANCE: 34,619

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 2003 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  4    0  0  0    3  0  2     9 16  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    4  1  0    0  0  0     6 12  2

    PITCHERS: BOS - Burkett, Arroyo (4), Jones (6), Embree (6), Timlin (8), Williamson (9)
              NYY - Pettitte, Contreras (6), Heredia (7), Nelson (8), White (9)

               WP - Alan Embree
	       LP - Jose Contreras
             SAVE - Scott Williamson

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Nixon, Varitek
              NYY - Giambi, Posada

  ATTENDANCE: 56,277

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 2003 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: BOS - Martinez, Embree (8), Timlin (8), Wakefield (10)
              NYY - Clemens, Mussina (4), Heredia (7), Nelson (7), Wells (8), Rivera (9)

               WP - Mariano Rivera
	       LP - Tim Wakefield
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Millar, Nixon, Ortiz
              NYY - Boone, Giambi (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 56,279

Series MVP - Mariano Rivera

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Aaron Boone         7  17  2  3  0  0  1   2  1  6  .176  .263  .353  1 |+592 158 24  .267  .780  23
 Roger Clemens       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jose Contreras      4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
*David Dellucci      3   3  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .500  .333  1 |+216  49  3  .227  .665  12
*Karim Garcia        5  16  1  4  0  0  0   3  2  4  .250  .368  .250  0 |+244  64 11  .262  .724   0
*Jason Giambi        7  26  4  6  0  0  3   3  4  7  .231  .333  .577  0 | 535 134 41  .250  .939   2
*Felix Heredia       5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  3   1  0  .333  .666   0
 Derek Jeter         7  30  3  7  2  0  1   2  2  4  .233  .281  .400  1 | 482 156 10  .324  .843  11
*Nick Johnson        7  26  4  6  1  0  1   3  2  4  .231  .286  .385  0 | 324  92 14  .284  .894   5
*Hideki Matsui       7  26  3  8  3  0  0   4  1  3  .308  .321  .423  0 | 623 179 16  .287  .788   2
*Mike Mussina        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jeff Nelson         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
*Andy Pettitte       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .286   0
#Jorge Posada        7  27  5  8  4  0  1   6  3  4  .296  .367  .556  0 | 481 135 30  .281  .923   2
 Juan Rivera         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 173  46  7  .266  .772   0
 Mariano Rivera      4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Ruben Sierra        3   2  1  1  0  0  1   1  1  0  .500  .667 2.000  0 |+307  83  9  .270  .747   2
 Alfonso Soriano     7  30  0  4  1  0  0   3  1 11  .133  .188  .167  2 | 682 198 38  .290  .863  35
*David Wells         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   1  0  .167  .500   0
*Gabe White          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  2   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Bernie Williams     7  26  5  5  1  0  0   2  4  3  .192  .300  .231  0 | 445 117 15  .263  .778   5
#Enrique Wilson      2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .143  .143  .143  0 | 135  31  3  .230  .639   3
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 238 30 54 12  0  8  29 21 49  .227  .299  .378  5 |        230  .271  .810  98

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Bronson Arroyo      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 John Burkett        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Johnny Damon        5  20  1  4  1  0  0   1  3  3  .200  .304  .250  1 | 608 166 12  .273  .750  30
*Alan Embree         5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Nomar Garciaparra   7  29  2  7  0  1  0   1  2  8  .241  .290  .310  0 | 658 198 28  .301  .869  19
 Damian Jackson      5   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 161  42  1  .261  .617  16
*Todd Jones          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Gabe Kapler         3   8  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .125  .125  .125  0 |+225  61  4  .271  .727   6
 Derek Lowe          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Pedro Martinez      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 David McCarty       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 53  18  1  .340  .859   0
 Kevin Millar        7  29  3  7  0  0  1   3  1  9  .241  .267  .345  0 | 544 150 25  .276  .820   3
 Doug Mirabelli      3   7  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .286  .286  .286  0 | 163  42  6  .258  .755   0
#Bill Mueller        7  27  1  6  2  0  0   0  2  7  .222  .276  .296  0 | 524 171 19  .326  .938   1
*Trot Nixon          7  24  3  8  1  0  3   5  3  7  .333  .429  .750  1 | 441 135 28  .306  .974   4
*David Ortiz         7  26  4  7  1  0  2   6  3  8  .269  .367  .538  0 | 448 129 31  .288  .961   0
 Manny Ramirez       7  29  6  9  1  0  2   4  1  4  .310  .333  .552  0 | 569 185 37  .325 1.014   3
 Scott Sauerbeck     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Mike Timlin         5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Jason Varitek       6  20  4  6  2  0  2   3  1  5  .300  .333  .700  0 | 451 123 25  .273  .863   3
 Tim Wakefield       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Todd Walker         7  27  5 10  1  1  2   2  1  2  .370  .414  .704  0 | 587 166 13  .283  .761   1
 Scott Williamson    3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 250 29 68  9  2 12  26 17 60  .272  .326  .468  2 |        238  .289  .851  88

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mike Mussina        3   4.11 0-2  0  0 15.3 16  7  4 17 | 17-8  215  3.40  1.08 195   
*Andy Pettitte       2   4.63 1-0  0  0 11.7 17  6  4 10 | 21-8  208  4.02  1.33 180   
 Roger Clemens       2   5.00 1-0  0  0  9.0 11  5  2  8 | 17-9  212  3.91  1.21 190   
 Mariano Rivera      4   1.12 1-0  2  0  8.0  5  1  0  6 |  5-2   71  1.66  1.00  63 40
*David Wells         2   2.35 1-0  0  0  7.7  5  2  2  5 | 15-7  213  4.14  1.23 101   
 Jose Contreras      4   5.79 0-1  0  0  4.7  6  3  2  7 |  7-2   71  3.30  1.15  72   
 Jeff Nelson         4   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  2  0  3 |+ 4-2   55  3.74  1.36  68  8
*Felix Heredia       5   3.38 0-0  0  0  2.7  0  1  3  3 |+ 5-3   87  2.69  1.23  45  1
*Gabe White          2   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  1  0  1 |+ 5-1   47  4.05  1.11  29   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.94 4-3  2  0 64.0 68 28 17 60 |            4.02 1.290   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Pedro Martinez      2   5.65 0-1  0  0 14.3 16  9  2 14 | 14-4  187  2.22  1.04 206   
 Derek Lowe          2   6.43 0-2  0  0 14.0 14 10  7  5 | 17-7  203  4.47  1.42 110   
 Tim Wakefield       3   2.57 2-1  0  0 14.0  8  4  6 10 | 11-7  202  4.09  1.30 169  1
 Mike Timlin         5   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.3  1  0  2  6 |  6-4   84  3.55  1.03  65  2
*Alan Embree         5   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.7  3  0  0  1 |  4-1   55  4.25  1.18  45  1
 John Burkett        1   7.36 0-0  0  0  3.7  7  3  0  1 | 12-9  182  5.15  1.37 107   
 Bronson Arroyo      3   2.70 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  1  2  5 |  0-0   17  2.08  0.81  14  1
 Scott Williamson    3   3.00 0-0  3  0  3.0  1  1  0  6 |+ 5-4   63  4.16  1.40  74 21
 Todd Jones          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  1  1 |+ 3-5   69  7.08  1.81  59   
*Scott Sauerbeck     1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  1  0 |+ 3-5   57  4.76  1.59  50   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.00 3-4  3  0 63.0 54 28 21 49 |            4.48 1.360   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: FLA-NYY / ALCS: NYY-BOS / NLCS: FLA-CHC / Div. Series: NYY-MIN / BOS-OAK / FLA-SFG / CHC-ATL

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