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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

8–4Final · Aug 9, 2003
MIN 8 DET 4 Final
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MIN59-5700020200048110
DET30-8410300000004112

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-660100000.318.373.485
Luis Rivas2B0-550000000.269.320.369
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-442100110.298.387.470
Corey Koskie3B2-332200200.303.396.497
Jacque JonesDH3-552330010.309.333.465
Dustan MohrDH0-001000000.261.320.412
Torii HunterCF2-551241000.246.313.450
A.J. PierzynskiC2-440210100.304.340.460
Michael RestovichRF0-220000310.313.463.531
Cristian GuzmanSS0-550000010.256.291.338
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brad RadkeP7.184413191-635.0191
J.C. RomeroP0.10001005-14.785
LaTroy HawkinsP0.10000007-52.377
Juan RinconP2.030001028-203.4828

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF3-551310000.287.318.372
Warren Morris2B2-331200000.276.322.385
Bobby HigginsonRF1-551131000.242.334.368
Dmitri YoungDH0-440000100.285.356.542
Kevin WittLF1-330100010.284.320.442
Ben PetrickLF0-000000000.190.227.310
Craig MonroeLF0-110000000.228.286.415
Carlos Pena1B1-330100100.257.329.435
Eric Munson3B1-440100020.239.310.435
Brandon IngeC2-441200000.163.236.287
Ramon SantiagoSS0-330000010.213.287.283
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt RoneyP5.032231060-354.9960
Jamie WalkerP0.232200020-133.6520
Chris SpurlingP1.110001013-74.4713
Eric EckenstahlerP0.210001014-91.3514
Danny PattersonP0.10000001-11.931
Chris MearsP1.102230029-124.2929
Shane LouxP0.032210119-137.5619
Steve W. SparksP0.20000106-44.236

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Alex Sanchez CF
  2. 2 Warren Morris 2B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Kevin Witt LF
  6. 6 Carlos Pena 1B
  7. 7 Eric Munson 3B
  8. 8 Brandon Inge C
  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 Jacque Jones 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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