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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

5–4Final · Sep 26, 2003
MIN 5 DET 4 Final
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MIN90-70000201000115121
DET41-119200010000104120

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF0-330000000.306.364.459
Michael RyanLF0-220000100.333.393.648
Luis Rivas2B0-330000000.260.309.383
Chris Gomez2B1-330100000.246.274.333
Jacque JonesRF1-331100000.304.333.459
Dustan MohrRF0-220000010.253.318.404
Matt LeCroyDH2-332200200.284.340.485
Corey Koskie3B2-330210000.293.394.453
Justin Morneau1B0-111000110.218.282.356
Torii HunterCF0-330000010.249.311.449
Lew FordCF1-220110010.333.405.591
A.J. PierzynskiC2-220210100.312.360.463
Rob BowenC1-220100010.167.143.167
Michael Cuddyer3B2-551221000.240.324.427
Cristian GuzmanSS0-330000000.266.309.363
Alex PrietoSS0-220000010.125.125.125
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Eric MiltonP5.083311188-612.6588
Rick ReedP2.000001020-125.0720
Kenny RogersP1.010001015-84.5415
Grant BalfourP1.010010021-104.3221
Eddie GuardadoP1.021103021-143.0221
LaTroy HawkinsP1.000011015-71.8615

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF3-551300010.287.318.362
Bobby HigginsonRF0-550000100.232.318.360
Craig MonroeLF1-661100010.233.281.438
Dmitri YoungDH4-551421000.294.368.538
Andres TorresDH0-001000000.216.258.293
Carlos Pena1B1-220110110.248.334.445
Shane Halter3B2-550210010.216.268.344
Brandon IngeC0-550000020.199.261.332
Omar Rafael Infante2B0-330000000.222.278.258
Warren Morris2B1-220100010.271.315.372
Ramon SantiagoSS0-330000100.222.290.282
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Nate CornejoP7.0833410114-674.67114
Jamie WalkerP1.020002019-143.3819
Chris SpurlingP2.011112030-154.6830
Franklyn GermanP1.011101116-96.0416

Starting lineups

DET

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

MIN

  1. 1 Shannon Stewart LF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Jacque Jones RF
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy DH
  5. 5 Corey Koskie 3B
  6. 6 Torii Hunter CF
  7. 7 A.J. Pierzynski C
  8. 8 Michael Cuddyer 3B
  9. 9 Cristian Guzman SS

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