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5–3Final · Sep 14, 2003
MIN 5 CLE 3 Final
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MIN80-69000012011580
CLE65-85000021000390

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-441100010.312.364.466
Luis Rivas2B0-220000100.261.309.390
Jacque JonesPH0-110000000.302.329.454
Denny Hocking2B0-000000000.251.310.389
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-441231000.308.394.461
Matt LeCroyDH0-440000010.282.336.480
Michael Cuddyer3B0-330000010.222.300.370
Corey Koskie3B1-111100000.292.390.457
A.J. PierzynskiC2-441200000.303.349.451
Dustan MohrRF1-440110020.255.323.403
Michael RyanRF1-220110010.407.452.889
Torii HunterCF0-110000010.248.311.450
Cristian GuzmanSS0-221000110.264.302.351
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Eric MiltonP5.052202171-543.6071
Rick ReedP0.131101111-75.1411
J.C. RomeroP0.20000106-54.816
Juan RinconP1.000001011-93.5611
LaTroy HawkinsP1.010002018-141.8818
Eddie GuardadoP1.000002012-102.9812

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Coco CrispCF1-440100000.281.319.374
Jody GerutLF2-441211000.284.340.513
Casey Blake3B0-440000020.262.316.423
Alex EscobarRF1-440100010.282.329.437
Victor MartinezDH2-441200000.287.336.333
Travis Hafner1B2-441221020.273.346.514
Josh BardC0-440000000.222.268.331
Jhonny PeraltaSS0-440000030.216.283.319
Brandon Phillips2B1-330100010.207.242.312
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Danys BaezP1.011100019-104.0219
Jack CressendP1.021111018-112.2518

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Coco Crisp CF
  2. 2 Jody Gerut LF
  3. 3 Casey Blake 3B
  4. 4 Alex Escobar RF
  5. 5 Victor Martinez DH
  6. 6 Travis Hafner 1B
  7. 7 Josh Bard C
  8. 8 Jhonny Peralta SS
  9. 9 Brandon Phillips 2B

MIN

  1. 1 Shannon Stewart LF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy DH
  5. 5 Michael Cuddyer 3B
  6. 6 A.J. Pierzynski C
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr RF
  8. 8 Michael Ryan RF
  9. 9 Cristian Guzman SS

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