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5–4Final · Aug 26, 2003
DET 5 CLE 4 Final
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DET33-970104000005120
CLE58-740211000004101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-440100000.281.315.365
Danny Klassen3B3-550300010.250.289.361
Bobby HigginsonRF0-550000000.234.317.367
Dmitri YoungDH1-331111100.293.364.556
Craig MonroeLF1-441111000.230.284.437
Carlos Pena1B1-441100020.261.337.468
Warren Morris2B1-441100010.290.340.394
Brandon IngeC2-441210010.210.272.352
Ramon SantiagoSS2-440210010.220.290.280
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Nate CornejoP7.1944100104-574.77104
Jamie WalkerP1.210001023-163.4423

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Coco CrispCF2-440200000.265.305.368
Omar VizquelSS0-330000000.252.328.346
Casey Blake3B0-440010000.270.321.447
Jody GerutLF0-331000000.280.337.482
Matt LawtonDH1-441100000.246.339.429
Ryan LudwickRF3-441310010.259.310.481
Ben Broussard1B1-330120000.262.324.435
Alex EscobarPH1-110100000.174.174.391
Josh BardC0-330000100.213.263.285
John McDonald2B1-221100000.215.258.280
Angel Santos2B1-220100000.271.300.542
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Billy TraberP4.095403273-504.5273
Jack CressendP2.010002028-181.2428
Rafael BetancourtP2.010011022-141.5022
Danys BaezP1.010000014-113.4814

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Coco Crisp CF
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel SS
  3. 3 Casey Blake 3B
  4. 4 Jody Gerut LF
  5. 5 Matt Lawton DH
  6. 6 Ryan Ludwick RF
  7. 7 Ben Broussard 1B
  8. 8 Josh Bard C
  9. 9 John McDonald 2B

DET

  1. 1 Alex Sanchez CF
  2. 2 Danny Klassen 3B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Craig Monroe LF
  6. 6 Carlos Pena 1B
  7. 7 Warren Morris 2B
  8. 8 Brandon Inge C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

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