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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Texas Rangers logo Texas Rangers

6–8Final · Jul 8, 2003
MIN 6 TEX 8 Final
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MIN44-440500000016101
TEX36-52051110008130

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 L Ford batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
  8. Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
  9. Top 1 Pitch 7: ball 4
  10. Top 1 L Ford walked.
  11. Top 1 D Mientkiewicz batting
  12. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  13. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  14. Top 1 Pitch 3: foul
  15. Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
  16. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  17. Top 1 D Mientkiewicz popped out to second.
  18. Top 1 C Koskie batting
  19. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  20. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  21. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  22. Top 1 C Koskie hit by pitch, L Ford to second.
  23. Top 1 T Hunter batting
  24. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  25. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  26. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  27. Top 1 T Hunter lined into double play, first to shortstop, L Ford doubled off second.
  28. Bot 1 M Young batting
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  33. Bot 1 M Young struck out looking.
  34. Bot 1 H Blalock batting
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  37. Bot 1 H Blalock fouled out to catcher.
  38. Bot 1 A Rodriguez batting
  39. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  40. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
  45. Bot 1 A Rodriguez popped out to shallow right.
  46. Top 2 B Kielty batting
  47. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  48. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  49. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  50. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  51. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  52. Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
  53. Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 4
  54. Top 2 B Kielty walked.
  55. Top 2 J Morneau batting
  56. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  57. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  58. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
  59. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 4
  60. Top 2 J Morneau walked, B Kielty to second.
  61. Top 2 C Gomez batting
  62. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  63. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  64. Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
  65. Top 2 C Gomez singled to center, B Kielty scored, J Morneau to second.
  66. Top 2 A Pierzynski batting
  67. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  68. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  69. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  70. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  71. Top 2 A Pierzynski hit by pitch, J Morneau to third, C Gomez to second.
  72. Top 2 L Rivas batting
  73. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  74. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  75. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  76. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  77. Top 2 L Rivas hit sacrifice fly to left, J Morneau scored.
  78. Top 2 L Ford batting
  79. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  80. Top 2 L Ford doubled to left, C Gomez and A Pierzynski scored.
  81. Top 2 D Mientkiewicz batting
  82. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  83. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  84. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  85. Top 2 Pitch 4: foul
  86. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
  87. Top 2 Pitch 6: in play
  88. Top 2 D Mientkiewicz reached on infield single to first, L Ford to third, L Ford scored on runner's fielder's choice.
  89. Top 2 C Koskie batting
  90. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  91. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  92. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
  93. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  94. Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
  95. Top 2 C Koskie flied out to deep left.
  96. Top 2 T Hunter batting
  97. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  98. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  99. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  100. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  101. Top 2 T Hunter grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Mientkiewicz out at second.
  102. Bot 2 R Palmeiro batting
  103. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  104. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  105. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  106. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  107. Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
  108. Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
  109. Bot 2 R Palmeiro homered to right center.
  110. Bot 2 J Gonzalez batting
  111. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  112. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  113. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  114. Bot 2 J Gonzalez flied out to right.
  115. Bot 2 M Lamb batting
  116. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  117. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  118. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  119. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  120. Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
  121. Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
  122. Bot 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  123. Bot 2 M Lamb struck out swinging.
  124. Bot 2 K Mench batting
  125. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  126. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  127. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  128. Bot 2 K Mench doubled to left.
  129. Bot 2 M Teixeira batting
  130. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  131. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  132. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  133. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  134. Bot 2 M Teixeira doubled to right, K Mench scored.
  135. Bot 2 T Greene batting
  136. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  137. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  138. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  139. Bot 2 T Greene singled to center, M Teixeira scored.
  140. Bot 2 M Young batting
  141. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  142. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  143. Bot 2 M Young singled to right, T Greene to second.
  144. Bot 2 H Blalock batting
  145. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  146. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  147. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  148. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  149. Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  150. Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
  151. Bot 2 Pitch 7: ball 4
  152. Bot 2 H Blalock walked, T Greene to third, M Young to second.
  153. Bot 2 A Rodriguez batting
  154. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  155. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  156. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  157. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  158. Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
  159. Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
  160. Bot 2 Pitch 7: foul
  161. Bot 2 Pitch 8: in play
  162. Bot 2 A Rodriguez reached on infield single to shortstop, T Greene and M Young scored, H Blalock to second.
  163. Bot 2 R Palmeiro batting
  164. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  165. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  166. Bot 2 R Palmeiro lined out to center.
  167. Top 3 B Kielty batting
  168. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  169. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  170. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  171. Top 3 B Kielty reached on infield single to shortstop.
  172. Top 3 J Morneau batting
  173. Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
  174. Top 3 J Morneau grounded out to second, B Kielty to second.
  175. Top 3 C Gomez batting
  176. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  177. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  178. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  179. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  180. Top 3 C Gomez flied out to right, B Kielty thrown out at third.
  181. Bot 3 J Gonzalez batting
  182. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  183. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  184. Bot 3 J Gonzalez homered to center.
  185. Bot 3 M Lamb batting
  186. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
  187. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  188. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  189. Bot 3 M Lamb grounded out to first.
  190. Bot 3 K Mench batting
  191. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  192. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  193. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  194. Bot 3 K Mench doubled to shallow center.
  195. Bot 3 M Teixeira batting
  196. Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
  197. Bot 3 M Teixeira grounded out to shortstop.
  198. Bot 3 T Greene batting
  199. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  200. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  201. Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
  202. Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
  203. Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  204. Bot 3 T Greene struck out swinging.
  205. Top 4 A Pierzynski batting
  206. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  207. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  208. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  209. Top 4 A Pierzynski singled to right.
  210. Top 4 L Rivas batting
  211. Top 4 Lineup Change
  212. Top 4 Lineup Change
  213. Top 4 J Powell relieved T Mounce.
  214. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  215. Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
  216. Top 4 L Rivas singled to right center, A Pierzynski to second.
  217. Top 4 L Ford batting
  218. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
  219. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  220. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  221. Top 4 L Ford bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, A Pierzynski out at third, L Rivas to second.
  222. Top 4 D Mientkiewicz batting
  223. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  224. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  225. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  226. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  227. Top 4 D Mientkiewicz struck out swinging.
  228. Top 4 C Koskie batting
  229. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  230. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  231. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  232. Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
  233. Top 4 C Koskie grounded out to second.
  234. Bot 4 M Young batting
  235. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  236. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  237. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  238. Bot 4 M Young reached on infield single to shortstop.
  239. Bot 4 H Blalock batting
  240. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  241. Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
  242. Bot 4 H Blalock singled to right, M Young to third.
  243. Bot 4 A Rodriguez batting
  244. Bot 4 Lineup Change
  245. Bot 4 Lineup Change
  246. Bot 4 J Rincon relieved K Lohse.
  247. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  248. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  249. Bot 4 Pitch 3: foul
  250. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
  251. Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
  252. Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
  253. Bot 4 A Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to third, H Blalock to second, A Rodriguez to second, H Blalock out at third in rundown.
  254. Bot 4 R Palmeiro batting
  255. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
  256. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
  257. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
  258. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
  259. Bot 4 R Palmeiro intentionally walked.
  260. Bot 4 J Gonzalez batting
  261. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  262. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  263. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  264. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  265. Bot 4 J Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to right, M Young scored.
  266. Bot 4 M Lamb batting
  267. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  268. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  269. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  270. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  271. Bot 4 M Lamb lined out to second.
  272. Top 5 T Hunter batting
  273. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  274. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  275. Top 5 T Hunter singled to left center.
  276. Top 5 B Kielty batting
  277. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  278. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  279. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  280. Top 5 B Kielty grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, T Hunter out at second.
  281. Top 5 J Morneau batting
  282. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  283. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  284. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  285. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  286. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  287. Top 5 J Morneau fouled out to third.
  288. Bot 5 K Mench batting
  289. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  290. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  291. Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
  292. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
  293. Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
  294. Bot 5 K Mench hit by pitch.
  295. Bot 5 M Teixeira batting
  296. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  297. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  298. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  299. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  300. Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  301. Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
  302. Bot 5 M Teixeira lined into double play, second to first, K Mench doubled off first.
  303. Bot 5 T Greene batting
  304. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  305. Bot 5 T Greene doubled to left center.
  306. Bot 5 M Young batting
  307. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  308. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  309. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  310. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  311. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  312. Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
  313. Bot 5 Pitch 7: foul
  314. Bot 5 Pitch 8: in play
  315. Bot 5 M Young singled to center, T Greene scored.
  316. Bot 5 H Blalock batting
  317. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  318. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  319. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  320. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  321. Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
  322. Bot 5 H Blalock singled to right, M Young to second.
  323. Bot 5 A Rodriguez batting
  324. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  325. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  326. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  327. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  328. Bot 5 A Rodriguez struck out looking.
  329. Top 6 Lineup Change
  330. Top 6 Lineup Change
  331. Top 6 D Sadler in center field.
  332. Top 6 C Gomez batting
  333. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  334. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  335. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  336. Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
  337. Top 6 C Gomez grounded out to shortstop.
  338. Top 6 A Pierzynski batting
  339. Top 6 Lineup Change
  340. Top 6 Lineup Change
  341. Top 6 B Shouse relieved J Powell.
  342. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  343. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  344. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  345. Top 6 A Pierzynski struck out swinging.
  346. Top 6 L Rivas batting
  347. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  348. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  349. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  350. Top 6 L Rivas grounded out to pitcher.
  351. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  352. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  353. Bot 6 G Balfour relieved J Rincon.
  354. Bot 6 R Palmeiro batting
  355. Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
  356. Bot 6 R Palmeiro fouled out to catcher.
  357. Bot 6 J Gonzalez batting
  358. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  359. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  360. Bot 6 J Gonzalez safe at first on error by shortstop C Gomez.
  361. Bot 6 M Lamb batting
  362. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  363. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  364. Bot 6 Pitch 3: foul
  365. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  366. Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
  367. Bot 6 M Lamb grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Gonzalez out at second.
  368. Bot 6 D Sadler batting
  369. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  370. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  371. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  372. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  373. Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
  374. Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
  375. Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
  376. Bot 6 Pitch 8: ball 4
  377. Bot 6 D Sadler walked, M Lamb to second.
  378. Bot 6 M Teixeira batting
  379. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  380. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  381. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  382. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  383. Bot 6 M Teixeira grounded out to second.
  384. Top 7 L Ford batting
  385. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  386. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  387. Top 7 L Ford grounded out to first.
  388. Top 7 D Mientkiewicz batting
  389. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  390. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  391. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  392. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  393. Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
  394. Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  395. Top 7 D Mientkiewicz struck out swinging.
  396. Top 7 C Koskie batting
  397. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  398. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  399. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  400. Top 7 Pitch 4: in play

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Lew FordLF1-441120110.314.386.510
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-550200020.301.359.477
Corey Koskie3B0-220010000.298.391.502
Torii HunterCF1-440100100.255.326.435
Bobby KieltyRF1-441100100.257.371.437
Justin MorneauRP0-221000100.261.301.420
Matt LeCroyDH1-110100000.300.337.525
Chris GomezSS1-441110000.293.326.415
A.J. PierzynskiC1-331100010.293.333.473
Luis Rivas2B2-331210000.274.327.372
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseRP3.0107713276-514.6376
Juan RinconRP2.031111047-263.4047
Grant BalfourP3.000012041-302.4541

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B3-552310010.319.355.458
Hank Blalock3B2-440200100.330.383.540
Alex RodriguezSS1-550120020.292.377.555
Rafael Palmeiro1B1-441111100.245.359.500
Juan Alberto GonzalezRF---------------------------
Mike LambDH0-440000010.135.195.135
Kevin MenchRP2-221200000.320.381.464
Donnie SadlerLF0-000000100.235.303.338
Mark TeixeiraRP1-441110000.245.335.452
Doug GlanvilleCF0-000000000.198.228.252
Todd GreeneC2-442210010.227.250.412
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tony MounceRP3.055530067-374.6067
Jay PowellRP2.120001027-169.0027
Brian ShouseRP1.100002018-133.2618
Rosman GarciaRP0.10000006-34.916
Ron MahayRP1.010000014-100.0014
Ugueth UrbinaP1.021111031-174.3031

Starting lineups

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro 1B
  5. 5 Juan Alberto Gonzalez RF
  6. 6 Mike Lamb DH
  7. 7 Kevin Mench RP
  8. 8 Mark Teixeira RP
  9. 9 Todd Greene C

MIN

  1. 1 Lew Ford LF
  2. 2 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Torii Hunter CF
  5. 5 Bobby Kielty RF
  6. 6 Justin Morneau RP
  7. 7 Chris Gomez SS
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas 2B

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