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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

8–9Final · Sep 27, 2003
MIN 8 DET 9 Final
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MIN90-711004300008151
DET42-1190000103419141

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-221100000.307.364.459
Michael RestovichLF0-330000010.269.397.404
Luis Rivas2B1-330100000.260.309.383
Denny Hocking1B1-220100000.245.297.370
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-330010010.298.391.449
Alex Prieto2B0-110000010.111.111.111
Jacque JonesDH1-331111000.304.333.464
Justin MorneauDH1-220100000.223.286.369
Corey Koskie3B1-221100100.294.395.455
Michael Cuddyer3B1-220100010.245.327.429
Torii HunterCF1-220110010.250.312.451
Lew FordCF0-332000000.319.390.565
A.J. PierzynskiC1-331110000.312.360.464
Rob BowenC0-220000010.125.111.125
Michael RyanRF4-442421000.379.431.724
Cristian GuzmanSS2-330220000.268.311.365
Chris GomezSS0-110000000.244.272.331
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brad RadkeP5.081113080-494.4980
Carlos PulidoP2.043200035-214.0235
Juan RinconP0.102220013-43.7213
J.C. RomeroP0.222221022-115.0022
Jesse OroscoP0.201111013-67.6813

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-442100110.287.319.361
Warren Morris2B2-553200110.273.318.375
Bobby HigginsonRF1-442100100.232.319.359
Dmitri YoungDH1-441110100.294.368.536
Craig MonroeLF4-551430010.240.287.444
Carlos Pena1B2-550240000.250.335.444
Shane Halter3B1-550100020.216.267.342
Brandon IngeC1-440100100.199.263.334
Ramon SantiagoSS1-440100100.223.291.282
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Gary KnottsP3.285402073-526.0473
Matt RoneyP1.133311230-175.4530
Fernando RodneyP1.010002021-146.0721

Starting lineups

DET

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

MIN

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

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