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6–0Final · Aug 20, 2003
TEX 6 DET 0 Final
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TEX60-67002200020690
DET31-94000000000060

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B1-441110000.310.345.459
Hank Blalock3B2-331210110.319.375.540
Alex RodriguezSS1-441121010.305.400.600
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-440100000.265.364.516
Mark Teixeira1B1-441111000.250.327.462
Laynce NixRF1-331100100.276.308.469
Jason JonesLF1-330110000.213.327.383
Donnie SadlerLF0-110000000.204.287.310
Einar DiazC0-440000000.256.293.345
Ramon NivarCF1-331100000.235.278.309
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
R.A. DickeyP9.0600170116-774.34116

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ben PetrickCF1-440100020.222.269.413
Danny Klassen2B1-330100000.133.133.200
Bobby HigginsonRF0-440000020.238.324.378
Dmitri YoungDH1-330100100.285.354.535
Kevin Witt1B1-440100010.286.321.437
Craig MonroeLF1-440100010.233.287.422
Shane Halter3B0-440000000.213.264.322
Matt WalbeckC0-330000000.182.200.250
Ramon SantiagoSS1-330100010.216.286.280
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Nate CornejoP6.074402198-624.7698
Wil J LedezmaP3.022220144-275.2944

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Ben Petrick CF
  2. 2 Danny Klassen 2B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Kevin Witt 1B
  6. 6 Craig Monroe LF
  7. 7 Shane Halter 3B
  8. 8 Matt Walbeck C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
  6. 6 Laynce Nix RF
  7. 7 Jason Jones LF
  8. 8 Einar Diaz C
  9. 9 Ramon Nivar CF

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