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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

4–9Final · Sep 28, 2003
MIN 4 DET 9 Final
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MIN90-720000200204122
DET43-119100017009151

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Lew FordCF2-440210000.329.402.575
Luis Rivas2B0-220000000.259.308.381
Chris GomezSS2-331211000.251.279.354
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-110100100.300.393.450
Justin Morneau1B1-331100000.226.287.377
Matt LeCroyC2-330210000.287.342.490
Rob BowenC0-220000000.100.091.100
Corey Koskie3B0-330000010.292.393.452
Alex Prieto2B0-221000000.091.091.091
Michael CuddyerRF1-441100000.245.325.431
Michael RyanDH2-330200000.393.441.754
Michael RestovichDH1-110110000.283.406.415
Dustan MohrLF0-440000020.250.314.399
Denny Hocking3B0-440000000.239.291.362
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseP3.031101143-274.6143
Brad ThomasP2.021110027-147.7127
Adam JohnsonP0.166600120-1447.2520
Kenny RogersP0.221100017-94.5717
Juan RinconP1.000000015-93.6815
Grant BalfourP1.020002023-154.1523

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-331110000.287.319.363
Andres TorresCF1-110100000.220.263.298
Warren Morris2B1-550110000.272.316.373
Bobby HigginsonRF2-442211000.235.320.369
Ben PetrickRF1-110100000.221.269.369
Dmitri YoungDH3-441310010.297.372.537
Craig MonroeLF1-441121010.240.287.449
Carlos Pena1B0-440000000.248.332.440
Shane Halter3B1-332100100.217.269.342
Brandon IngeC2-441210000.203.265.339
A.J. HinchC0-000000000.203.247.392
Matt WalbeckC0-000000000.174.197.239
Ramon SantiagoSS2-441210010.225.292.284
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MarothP6.082212198-565.7398
Chris MearsP1.010000016-125.4416
Jeremy BondermanP1.032001033-185.5633
Jamie WalkerP1.00000007-53.327

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 Lew Ford CF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy C
  5. 5 Corey Koskie 3B
  6. 6 Michael Cuddyer RF
  7. 7 Michael Ryan DH
  8. 8 Dustan Mohr LF
  9. 9 Denny Hocking 3B

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