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2–4Final · Sep 9, 2003
DET 2 NYY 4 Final
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DET37-106000020000280
NYY87-5620000002482

Play-by-play

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-550100010.281.313.363
Warren Morris2B1-550100000.274.326.368
Bobby HigginsonRF2-440200110.240.320.373
Dmitri YoungDH0-330010230.288.364.542
Carlos Pena1B0-110000300.249.332.467
Kevin WittLF0-220000010.273.309.415
Craig MonroeLF0-330000010.222.272.427
Shane Halter3B1-440100010.220.278.340
Brandon IngeC1-441100010.204.260.353
Ramon SantiagoSS2-441210010.220.287.275
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jamie WalkerP0.10000104-33.434
Fernando RodneyP1.022211027-197.8427

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B2-331200100.282.332.495
Nick Johnson1B2-441200010.300.439.496
Derek JeterSS1-440100020.325.392.459
Jorge PosadaC1-330120120.270.397.506
Drew HensonPR0-001000000.000.000.000
John FlahertyC0-000000000.242.271.440
Ruben SierraDH1-441100000.274.336.407
Bernie WilliamsCF1-330110100.267.366.401
Hideki MatsuiLF0-220010110.288.351.439
Aaron Boone3B0-440000000.255.318.426
Juan RiveraRF0-330000020.225.270.345
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jose ContrerasP4.252246094-514.4094
Felix HerediaP2.020020033-212.8133
Jeff NelsonP1.010003019-133.7819
Gabe WhiteP0.10000001-14.201
Mariano RiveraP1.000001019-141.8719

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Nick Johnson 1B
  3. 3 Derek Jeter SS
  4. 4 Jorge Posada C
  5. 5 Ruben Sierra DH
  6. 6 Bernie Williams CF
  7. 7 Hideki Matsui LF
  8. 8 Aaron Boone 3B
  9. 9 Juan Rivera RF

DET

  1. 1 Alex Sanchez CF
  2. 2 Warren Morris 2B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Carlos Pena 1B
  6. 6 Kevin Witt LF
  7. 7 Shane Halter 3B
  8. 8 Brandon Inge C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

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