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3–7Final · Apr 8, 2003
MIN 3 NYY 7 Final
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MIN3-4000102000351
NYY6-101024000791

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF1-332100120.357.387.607
Cristian GuzmanSS1-330100120.240.269.400
Corey Koskie3B0-331000100.375.474.625
Torii HunterCF1-220120100.174.231.304
Matt LeCroyDH1-440110000.143.182.190
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-440100000.231.310.462
Michael CuddyerRF0-440000020.167.286.278
A.J. PierzynskiC0-440000000.174.240.391
Luis Rivas2B0-330000000.118.118.118
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joe MaysRP5.087723286-537.2086
Tony FioreP3.010012030-195.4030

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B1-440100000.429.459.829
Nick Johnson1B2-331200100.318.400.591
Jason GiambiDH1-441100010.214.389.536
Bernie WilliamsCF0-331000100.400.472.767
Hideki MatsuiLF1-332141100.290.343.452
Jorge PosadaC1-441100010.320.345.640
Robin Ventura3B2-441221000.286.318.714
Raul MondesiRF1-440110010.385.467.654
Erick AlmonteSS0-330000020.350.381.550
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Andy PettitteRP5.253332085-532.1385
Antonio OsunaRP2.100013040-243.6040

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Nick Johnson 1B
  3. 3 Jason Giambi DH
  4. 4 Bernie Williams CF
  5. 5 Hideki Matsui LF
  6. 6 Jorge Posada C
  7. 7 Robin Ventura 3B
  8. 8 Raul Mondesi RF
  9. 9 Erick Almonte SS

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Torii Hunter CF
  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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