New York Yankees logo New York Yankees @ Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins

11–4Final · Apr 18, 2003
NYY 11 MIN 4 Final
123456789THE
NYY13-311010420211150
MIN9-7010000030490

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B3-551321010.365.420.689
Nick JohnsonDH1-440100110.260.383.420
Jason Giambi1B0-550000020.190.373.362
Bernie WilliamsRP1-331100100.383.486.567
Chris LathamCF1-1111000001.0001.0001.000
Hideki MatsuiLF2-552210020.308.378.477
Jorge PosadaC2-552210010.280.356.640
Robin Ventura3B3-553342000.295.354.659
Raul MondesiRF1-221121200.328.403.672
Erick AlmonteSS1-550100010.250.294.354
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roger ClemensRP6.051138098-612.0898
Jose ContrerasRP0.01001006-210.806
Antonio OsunaP1.200011022-151.7422

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesRP2-330200000.350.364.500
Dustan MohrLF0-220000020.115.115.231
Cristian GuzmanRP0-330000010.327.375.500
Denny HockingSS1-221100000.154.214.231
Corey Koskie3B1-331100210.308.379.500
Torii HunterCF0-440000120.155.215.293
Doug MientkiewiczRP0-330000010.267.323.467
Matt LeCroy1B1-111120000.250.289.417
Bobby KieltyDH1-331110110.382.447.735
A.J. PierzynskiRP1-330100010.220.291.340
Tom PrinceC0-000000100.333.500.333
Michael CuddyerRF1-440100000.209.292.372
Luis Rivas2B1-440100010.239.255.304
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brad RadkeRP5.097714385-557.8485
Tony FioreRP1.232211135-177.8835
Juan RinconP2.132223046-282.0046

Starting lineups

MIN

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

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Nick Johnson DH
  3. 3 Jason Giambi 1B
  4. 4 Bernie Williams RP
  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

Watching this game live?

Buzz scoring moments from your seat — faster correct buzzes earn more, and consensus verifies every report before it counts.

Buzz it in the app →