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Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins

8–9Final · May 11, 2003
BOS 8 MIN 9 Final
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BOS23-140000113128151
MIN20-16140310009151

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-551100010.238.321.420
Todd Walker2B2-551200010.308.357.427
Nomar GarciaparraSS2-551200010.281.314.488
Manny RamirezDH2-551210000.336.409.503
Trot NixonRP1-440110010.330.405.485
Kevin MillarRP0-000000100.303.368.504
Damian JacksonPR0-000000000.222.300.222
Shea Hillenbrand1B1-550120000.308.349.466
Bill Mueller3B1-551111020.337.408.616
Jeremy GiambiLF4-442422000.209.346.448
Jason VaritekC1-441111000.253.330.505
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Derek LoweRP4.0108603075-506.5375
Bruce ChenRP2.021104029-195.7929
Ramiro MendozaP2.030010026-177.5426

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF3-553320000.353.364.515
Cristian GuzmanSS0-330020110.269.303.381
Corey KoskieRP0-330010010.273.371.438
Denny Hocking3B0-110000000.105.150.158
Matt LeCroyDH2-440210010.308.341.551
Torii HunterCF1-441100010.220.300.394
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-440200010.238.300.376
Dustan MohrRF2-441200010.295.313.500
A.J. PierzynskiC2-442210000.274.322.425
Luis Rivas2B3-442310010.215.255.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brad RadkeRP6.11055023106-695.85106
LaTroy HawkinsRP1.221103118-151.8418
Eddie GuardadoP1.032211034-221.8434

Starting lineups

MIN

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

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker 2B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez DH
  5. 5 Trot Nixon RP
  6. 6 Shea Hillenbrand 1B
  7. 7 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Jeremy Giambi LF
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

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