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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox

2–5Final · Sep 8, 2003
MIN 2 CWS 5 Final
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MIN76-670200000002101
CWS77-6650000000591

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-550100000.313.367.471
Denny Hocking2B0-440000000.248.311.379
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-440200010.303.389.454
Matt LeCroyDH1-331100100.294.347.503
Jacque JonesRF0-440000020.304.331.460
Torii HunterCF1-441110000.245.304.439
Corey Koskie3B2-440200000.294.391.463
A.J. PierzynskiC1-440110000.301.347.450
Cristian GuzmanSS2-440200010.266.300.348
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseP6.0755400105-584.96105
Juan RinconP0.120000014-93.6614
J.C. RomeroP1.200000013-54.9513

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B0-440000000.263.337.353
Carlos LeeLF2-441200000.288.333.496
Frank ThomasDH1-331100100.262.388.561
Magglio OrdonezRF2-440200000.322.387.560
Carl EverettCF1-331110100.284.370.517
Aaron RowandCF0-000000000.264.307.421
Paul Konerko1B0-331000100.254.321.437
Jose ValentinSS1-441120000.231.311.444
Joe Crede3B1-440100000.261.308.432
Miguel OlivoC1-220120100.230.280.360
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Bartolo ColonP9.01022140117-833.99117

Starting lineups

CWS

  1. 1 Roberto Alomar 2B
  2. 2 Carlos Lee LF
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carl Everett CF
  6. 6 Paul Konerko 1B
  7. 7 Jose Valentin SS
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Miguel Olivo C

MIN

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

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