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

6–8Final · Sep 9, 2003
MIN 6 CWS 8 Final
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MIN76-680002000046120
CWS78-66030010408120

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF0-330000120.311.366.468
Lew FordPH1-111100000.333.400.537
Chris Gomez2B0-220000100.247.276.337
Michael RyanPH0-110000000.375.429.917
Denny HockingSS1-111110000.253.315.395
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-441200010.305.390.455
Justin MorneauPH1-111110000.233.296.356
Matt LeCroyDH0-550000010.289.342.495
Corey Koskie3B3-332300200.299.397.469
Torii HunterCF1-440110100.245.305.439
A.J. PierzynskiC1-330120000.302.348.449
Dustan MohrRF1-220100200.257.324.408
Jacque JonesPH1-110110000.305.333.461
Cristian GuzmanSS0-330000000.265.299.346
Michael Cuddyer2B0-220000010.231.310.385
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos PulidoP3.043321068-402.3868
Rick ReedP3.243310255-365.0855
Grant BalfourP0.132200112-73.9212
Jesse OroscoP1.010021025-127.4725

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tony GraffaninoSS1-330110000.261.336.442
Jose ValentinSS0-220000000.230.310.442
Roberto Alomar2B1-441111100.263.338.358
Frank ThomasDH1-331100200.262.390.562
Magglio OrdonezRF2-552221020.323.387.564
Carlos LeeLF3-442321000.292.336.505
Carl EverettCF1-440100000.284.369.515
Aaron RowandCF0-000000000.264.307.421
Paul Konerko1B0-221000200.253.322.435
Joe Crede3B2-441210000.263.310.434
Sandy Alomar Jr.C1-330110000.269.283.400
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleP6.0722320106-644.18106
Scott SullivanP1.200012029-203.7929
Scott SchoeneweisP0.110010010-54.8210
Jose PaniaguaP0.134410012-6108.0012
Tom GordonP0.210011024-173.2924

Starting lineups

CWS

  1. 1 Tony Graffanino SS
  2. 2 Roberto Alomar 2B
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carlos Lee LF
  6. 6 Carl Everett CF
  7. 7 Paul Konerko 1B
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C

MIN

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

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