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8–1Final · Apr 2, 2003
MIN 8 DET 1 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF2-442241000.429.3751.000
Cristian GuzmanSS2-552200000.333.333.333
Torii HunterCF2-550220010.222.222.444
Corey KoskieRP2-330210010.667.6671.000
Denny Hocking3B1-221100000.333.333.667
Matt LeCroyDH0-440000110.125.222.125
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-550110010.125.125.250
Michael CuddyerRF1-332100210.333.500.333
A.J. PierzynskiC2-441200000.429.4291.000
Luis Rivas2B0-440000030.143.143.143
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joe MaysRP5.021104169-481.8069
Johan SantanaRP2.010012033-200.0033
Mike FettersRP1.000000010-60.0010
LaTroy HawkinsP1.00000009-60.009

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Gene KingsaleCF---------------------------
SS---------------------------
Dmitri YoungLF0-440000010.000.000.000
Bobby HigginsonRF1-440100010.143.250.143
Dean PalmerDH0-330000010.167.167.167
Carlos Pena1B0-220000110.000.200.000
Eric Munson3B1-331111000.167.167.667
Brandon IngeC0-330000000.167.167.167
Ramon Santiago2B1-330100000.167.167.167
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy BondermanRP4.096615179-4913.5079
Wil J LedezmaP2.000010033-190.0033
Chris SpurlingRP1.010001018-100.0018
Matt RoneyRP1.011111025-159.0025

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Gene Kingsale CF
  2. 2 SS
  3. 3 Dmitri Young LF
  4. 4 Bobby Higginson RF
  5. 5 Dean Palmer DH
  6. 6 Carlos Pena 1B
  7. 7 Eric Munson 3B
  8. 8 Brandon Inge C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago 2B

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Torii Hunter CF
  4. 4 Corey Koskie RP
  5. 5 Matt LeCroy DH
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  7. 7 Michael Cuddyer RF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas 2B

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