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2–4Final · May 31, 2003
NYY 2 DET 4 Final
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NYY32-23000020000231
DET14-39000110114121

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Derek JeterSS1-440110010.316.358.513
Hideki MatsuiCF0-440000010.258.306.362
Alfonso Soriano2B0-440000020.302.364.562
Jason GiambiDH0-330000110.227.356.428
Jorge PosadaC1-330100110.260.373.527
Robin VenturaRP0-330000110.286.379.490
Charles GipsonPR0-000000000.222.222.222
Raul MondesiRF1-441111020.301.372.544
Juan RiveraLF0-440000000.226.250.290
Todd Zeile1B0-221000100.217.298.391
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff WeaverRP7.0103312190-605.1790
Chris HammondP1.021100012-73.3812

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-440100000.274.310.366
Ramon Santiago2B2-331210000.232.306.275
Bobby HigginsonRF0-440000100.267.368.387
Dmitri YoungDH3-441321010.277.341.489
Kevin Witt1B0-440000000.281.361.531
Eric Munson3B3-441300000.217.309.377
Shane HalterSS0-330000000.196.250.313
Matt WalbeckRP2-440200010.089.089.111
Brandon IngeC0-001000000.156.218.281
Gene KingsaleLF---------------------------
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Adam BerneroRP7.0322271100-635.67100
Chris SpurlingRP1.00000009-53.229
Franklyn GermanP1.000022020-102.7820

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Alex Sanchez CF
  2. 2 Ramon Santiago 2B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Kevin Witt 1B
  6. 6 Eric Munson 3B
  7. 7 Shane Halter SS
  8. 8 Matt Walbeck RP
  9. 9 Gene Kingsale LF

NYY

  1. 1 Derek Jeter SS
  2. 2 Hideki Matsui CF
  3. 3 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  4. 4 Jason Giambi DH
  5. 5 Jorge Posada C
  6. 6 Robin Ventura RP
  7. 7 Raul Mondesi RF
  8. 8 Juan Rivera LF
  9. 9 Todd Zeile 1B

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