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3–7Final · Sep 20, 2003
DET 3 MIN 7 Final
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DET38-116000012000390
MIN86-6930012010780

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF2-551200000.282.314.360
Shane Halter3B0-440000000.211.265.334
Bobby HigginsonRF0-330000110.238.325.370
Dmitri YoungDH2-441210000.284.355.524
Craig MonroeLF3-441321010.226.274.426
Carlos Pena1B0-440000030.246.330.450
Brandon IngeC2-330200100.207.266.344
Warren Morris2B0-440000020.277.322.376
Ramon SantiagoSS0-330000010.219.287.277
Kevin WittPH0-110000010.266.304.412
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris MearsP1.010000020-145.8420
Eric EckenstahlerP0.011110011-43.0011
Matt RoneyP1.000010015-75.1315

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF0-330000100.307.365.458
Luis Rivas2B0-551000020.261.311.385
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-223100300.303.396.456
Matt LeCroyC3-551331010.285.338.491
Corey Koskie3B1-331120010.290.392.451
Torii HunterCF1-330110100.250.313.453
Michael CuddyerDH0-330000100.214.298.357
Dustan MohrRF1-441111010.255.322.410
Cristian GuzmanSS1-330100000.262.304.352
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Johan SantanaP5.2433251106-663.17106
Grant BalfourP1.020003021-144.1821
J.C. RomeroP1.120000022-154.6022
Juan RinconP1.010001015-113.4615

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Shannon Stewart LF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy C
  5. 5 Corey Koskie 3B
  6. 6 Torii Hunter CF
  7. 7 Michael Cuddyer DH
  8. 8 Dustan Mohr RF
  9. 9 Cristian Guzman SS

DET

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

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