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Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins

4–6Final · Apr 15, 2003
DET 4 MIN 6 Final
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DET1-11000200200450
MIN7-6010014006121

Play-by-play

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bobby HigginsonRF0-330000100.190.333.238
Ramon Santiago2B1-441100020.290.333.387
Carlos Pena1B1-332121110.138.257.276
Dmitri YoungLF1-331100100.114.152.136
Dean PalmerDH0-440000030.100.243.100
Eric Munson3B1-440120020.156.229.375
Shane HalterRP1-440100010.250.276.357
Omar Rafael InfantePR0-000000000.143.226.250
Brandon IngeRP0-330000010.100.156.100
Craig PaquettePH0-110000000.200.200.200
Gene KingsaleCF---------------------------
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MarothRP5.195513199-624.9499
Chris SpurlingRP0.11110004-25.404
Jamie WalkerRP1.020021025-144.1525
Steve W. SparksP1.100002016-122.5316

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF1-550120020.347.370.510
Cristian GuzmanSS2-330210210.317.364.512
Corey Koskie3B1-440100010.268.333.415
Torii HunterCF2-442211010.149.192.277
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-441200000.314.352.549
Matt LeCroyDH2-331210110.229.270.371
A.J. PierzynskiC0-440000000.179.273.308
Michael CuddyerRP0-440000000.167.250.306
Dustan MohrRF0-000000000.150.150.300
Luis Rivas2B2-442210000.263.282.342
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseRP6.134228186-561.6986
LaTroy HawkinsRP0.200001011-90.0011
J.C. RomeroRP1.000010015-72.5715
Eddie GuardadoP1.020002012-101.5912

Starting lineups

MIN

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

DET

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

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