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2–5Final · Sep 11, 2003
DET 2 NYY 5 Final
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DET37-108001100000280
NYY89-56100300015110

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-440100010.281.313.361
Warren Morris2B0-330000000.271.322.364
Ben Petrick1B0-110000010.214.264.379
Bobby HigginsonRF0-331000100.239.319.369
Andres TorresRF0-000000000.218.258.286
Dmitri YoungDH2-440200010.287.363.539
Kevin Witt3B0-440000030.268.304.409
Craig MonroeLF2-330210000.223.275.425
Shane Halter2B1-440100010.221.278.347
Brandon IngeC1-331100100.203.261.352
Ramon SantiagoSS1-330110010.222.290.278
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Nate CornejoP8.01155232118-724.46118

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B2-440200000.282.331.492
Nick JohnsonDH1-331111100.305.445.519
Derek JeterSS2-441200000.325.393.458
Jason Giambi1B1-331100100.247.415.518
Bernie WilliamsCF1-441111000.265.368.405
Jorge PosadaC1-440120020.275.400.513
Hideki MatsuiLF2-441200000.290.352.446
Aaron Boone3B1-330110000.257.319.431
Karim GarciaRF0-330000010.251.292.427
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roger ClemensP6.2722260120-694.11120
Gabe WhiteP1.100001021-144.0721
Mariano RiveraP1.010001015-91.8415

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Nick Johnson DH
  3. 3 Derek Jeter SS
  4. 4 Jason Giambi 1B
  5. 5 Bernie Williams CF
  6. 6 Jorge Posada C
  7. 7 Hideki Matsui LF
  8. 8 Aaron Boone 3B
  9. 9 Karim Garcia RF

DET

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

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