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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

4–5Final · Sep 25, 2003
MIN 4 DET 5 Final
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MIN89-7000100003000462
DET41-11800000031001590

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Lew FordRF1-442100120.328.403.578
Luis Rivas2B1-330100000.261.311.385
Chris Gomez2B0-220000000.244.273.333
Michael Cuddyer3B1-331100200.231.320.396
Matt LeCroyC1-330110010.280.333.481
Rob BowenC0-110010010.000.000.000
Justin Morneau1B1-551121020.220.278.360
Dustan MohrCF0-550000020.254.319.406
Michael RyanDH1-330100120.346.397.673
Michael RestovichLF0-330000110.286.417.429
Denny HockingSS0-440000010.242.295.368
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Johan SantanaP5.020013065-443.0765
Carlos PulidoP1.122200013-103.2913
Grant BalfourP0.111110018-94.5018
Jesse OroscoP0.10000001-17.561
Juan RinconP1.021100126-153.5226
J.C. RomeroP1.000001010-84.7610
Brad ThomasP1.221110126-1410.1326

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-550100000.284.315.360
Omar Rafael Infante2B0-550000010.225.282.261
Craig MonroeLF1-551111010.234.283.441
Dmitri YoungDH2-331200200.290.365.528
Carlos Pena1B2-551200000.247.333.444
Brandon IngeC0-440000010.202.264.338
Warren Morris2B0-220000000.269.314.371
Danny KlassenPH0-000000000.247.286.356
Bobby HigginsonRF0-330010010.235.320.364
Andres TorresRF1-221100100.216.258.293
Shane Halter3B1-221111000.213.266.343
Ramon SantiagoSS1-440120000.224.290.284
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Fernando RodneyP1.211104122-156.2822
Chris MearsP2.000003028-175.5828

Starting lineups

DET

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

MIN

  1. 1 Lew Ford RF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Michael Cuddyer 3B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy C
  5. 5 Justin Morneau 1B
  6. 6 Dustan Mohr CF
  7. 7 Michael Ryan DH
  8. 8 Michael Restovich LF
  9. 9 Denny Hocking SS

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