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8–2Final · Apr 20, 2003
NYY 8 MIN 2 Final
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NYY15-33010301008140
MIN9-9000100100260

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B2-442200100.373.429.663
Nick JohnsonDH2-332200200.273.420.418
Jason Giambi1B2-551231020.197.369.394
Bernie WilliamsCF2-552221000.377.470.638
Raul MondesiRF2-551200010.328.395.687
Jorge PosadaC1-550120020.276.353.603
Robin VenturaRP1-440100000.269.321.596
Todd Zeile3B0-110000000.182.240.545
Bubba TrammellRP0-220000100.357.400.571
Hideki MatsuiLF1-110110000.314.380.486
Enrique WilsonSS1-440100000.267.313.400
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MussinaRP7.0522380104-671.86104
Randy ChoateP1.01000006-40.006

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF0-440000030.333.347.464
Chris GomezSS2-441200000.474.500.526
Corey Koskie3B0-220000200.281.379.456
Torii HunterRP0-330000020.172.236.297
Dustan MohrCF0-110000010.107.107.214
Doug MientkiewiczRP1-330100000.254.306.433
Denny HockingPH0-110000000.143.200.214
Bobby KieltyDH1-330100110.366.435.683
A.J. PierzynskiRP2-331210000.246.306.368
Matt LeCroyC0-110000000.263.300.421
Michael CuddyerRF0-330000010.200.273.340
Luis Rivas2B0-330000010.231.245.288
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseRP4.1107712270-413.8670
Johan SantanaRP1.210032043-240.0043
Tony FioreRP1.021100016-88.0016
Mike FettersRP1.010000016-100.0016
Eddie GuardadoP1.000001015-91.1715

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Chris Gomez SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Torii Hunter RP
  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 CF
  5. 5 Raul Mondesi RF
  6. 6 Jorge Posada C
  7. 7 Robin Ventura RP
  8. 8 Bubba Trammell RP
  9. 9 Enrique Wilson SS

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