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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

4–3Final · Aug 8, 2003
MIN 4 DET 3 Final
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MIN58-57003100000472
DET30-83000010002341

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF2-440200010.320.376.490
Luis Rivas2B0-441000000.273.325.374
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-330110110.299.386.469
Corey Koskie3B0-330000100.300.390.496
Matt LeCroyDH1-441111010.281.323.481
Torii HunterCF0-440000000.244.312.443
A.J. PierzynskiC2-441200010.302.337.460
Michael RestovichRF1-331110000.333.444.567
Cristian GuzmanSS0-220010000.259.294.342
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Johan SantanaP8.0210350118-703.19118
Eddie GuardadoP1.022201112-103.6912

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ben PetrickCF0-440000010.190.227.310
Brandon IngeC1-330100100.155.231.282
Bobby HigginsonRF0-330000100.243.336.361
Dmitri YoungDH1-441100020.288.358.548
Craig MonroeLF1-332121100.229.287.417
Carlos Pena1B1-440100020.256.327.436
Eric Munson3B0-440000010.238.311.437
Shane Halter2B0-330000000.214.260.325
Ramon SantiagoSS0-330000000.215.290.286
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MarothP8.0743121118-775.10118
Eric EckenstahlerP0.10001109-31.509
Chris SpurlingP0.10000004-34.584
Jamie WalkerP0.10000106-33.306

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Ben Petrick CF
  2. 2 Brandon Inge C
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Craig Monroe LF
  6. 6 Carlos Pena 1B
  7. 7 Eric Munson 3B
  8. 8 Shane Halter 2B
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

MIN

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

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