Final
Boston won 3-1
| Game 1: Monday, March 31 | ||
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| Boston | 4 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, April 1 | ||
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| Boston | 9 | Final in 16 |
| Tampa Bay | 8 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, April 2 | ||
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| Boston | 7 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 5 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, April 3 | ||
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| Boston | 14 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 5 | |
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Red Sox 14
(3-1, 3-1 away)
Devil Rays 5
(1-3, 1-3 home)
2:15 PM ET, April 3, 2003
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
W: C. Fossum (1-0)
L: N. Bierbrodt (0-1)
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Damon CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .235 | ||
| B Mueller 2B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | ||
| N Garciaparra SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | ||
| D Jackson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | ||
| M Ramirez DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .278 | ||
| K Millar 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | ||
| S Hillenbrand 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 | ||
| J Giambi LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .067 | ||
| T Nixon RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | ||
| J Varitek C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .545 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| BATTING 2B: J Varitek 2 (4, B Seay, N Bierbrodt); B Mueller 2 (2, J Sosa, N Bierbrodt); T Nixon (1, J Sosa); K Millar (2, J Sosa) HR: K Millar (2, 5th inning off J Sosa 0 on, 0 Out); N Garciaparra (1, 8th inning off S McClung 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: B Mueller 2 (2), K Millar 4 (6), S Hillenbrand 3 (8), N Garciaparra 3 (5), J Damon (1) SF: S Hillenbrand, J Damon 2-out RBI: B Mueller, K Millar, S Hillenbrand 2 GIDP: M Ramirez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Varitek 1, J Giambi 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (J Varitek-S Hillenbrand). | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Fossum (W, 6-5) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 83-53 | 5.40 | |
| B Lyon | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29-17 | 1.80 | |
| B Howry | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32-21 | 11.57 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 144-91 | ||
| PITCHING WP: C Fossum Batters faced: C Fossum 22; B Lyon 10; B Howry 10 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Fossum 2-4; B Lyon 3-3; B Howry 2-3 Game Scores: C Fossum 49 | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Crawford LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .348 | ||
| R Baldelli CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .318 | ||
| A Huff 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .150 | ||
| T Shumpert DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | ||
| a-A Martin PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | ||
| T Lee 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | ||
| D Easley 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
| B Grieve RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .091 | ||
| T Hall C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .357 | ||
| R Ordonez SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .313 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |||
| a-flied out to left for T Shumpert in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: R Baldelli (1, C Fossum) HR: T Hall (1, 3rd inning off C Fossum 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: T Hall (1), R Ordonez 3 (7), C Crawford (4) SF: R Ordonez 2-out RBI: R Ordonez 2, C Crawford Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Baldelli 1, C Crawford 2, D Easley 1, T Shumpert 1 Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: R Ordonez (1, 3rd base by C Fossum/J Varitek) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: T Hall (1, throw) DP: 1 (A Huff-D Easley-T Lee). | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| N Bierbrodt (L, 0-2) | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 83-54 | 15.75 | |
| J Sosa | 1.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35-19 | 9.64 | |
| M Venafro | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25-18 | 0.00 | |
| S McClung | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18-8 | 3.00 | |
| B Seay | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-9 | 13.50 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 172-108 | ||
| PITCHING WP: N Bierbrodt 2 IBB: M Ramirez (By J Sosa) HBP: N Garciaparra (By N Bierbrodt) Batters faced: N Bierbrodt 22; J Sosa 11; M Venafro 5; S McClung 5; B Seay 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Bierbrodt 5-5; J Sosa 3-1; M Venafro 2-0; S McClung 0-3; B Seay 1-1 Game Scores: N Bierbrodt 20 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| BOS | TB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | B Mueller doubled to left, J Varitek scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 3rd | N Garciaparra struck out swinging, N Garciaparra safe at first on wild pitch by N Bierbrodt, B Mueller to third, B Mueller scored on throwing error by catcher T Hall. | 1 | 0 | |
| 3rd | K Millar singled to center, N Garciaparra scored, M Ramirez to third. | 2 | 0 | |
| 3rd | S Hillenbrand singled to left, M Ramirez and K Millar scored. | 4 | 0 | |
| TB | 3rd | T Hall homered to left. | 4 | 1 |
| 4th | N Garciaparra singled to center, J Varitek and J Damon scored, B Mueller to second. | 6 | 1 | |
| TB | 4th | R Ordonez singled to left, T Shumpert and T Lee scored, T Hall to second. | 6 | 3 |
| 5th | K Millar homered to left. | 7 | 3 | |
| 6th | K Millar doubled to right center, J Damon and B Mueller scored, M Ramirez to third. | 9 | 3 | |
| 6th | S Hillenbrand hit sacrifice fly to right, M Ramirez scored, K Millar to third. | 10 | 3 | |
| TB | 6th | R Ordonez hit sacrifice fly to left center, T Lee scored. | 10 | 4 |
| 8th | N Garciaparra homered to center. | 11 | 4 | |
| TB | 8th | C Crawford singled to center, B Grieve scored, T Hall to second. | 11 | 5 |
| 9th | J Damon hit sacrifice fly to right, T Nixon scored, J Varitek to third. | 12 | 5 | |
| 9th | B Mueller grounded out to shortstop, J Varitek scored. | 13 | 5 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 12,110 (35.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:54 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dan Iassogna, First Base - Charlie Reliford, Second Base - Mike Everitt, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt |

