April 18, 2003 New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play

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SEA 8
@ANA 2 BAL 9
TBD 7 BOS 7
TOR 3 CHW 5
CLE 3 KCR 4
DET 3
(11) NYY 11
@MIN 4 OAK 9
TEX 0 ATL 5
PHI 4 COL 12
SDP 1 SFG 5
@LAD 1 HOU 11
@MIL 5 NYM 6
FLA 3 CHC 7
@PIT 2 STL 6
ARI 3

Standings at end of play this day

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Attendance: 37,843

Friday, April 18, 2003, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:09

Yankees

13-3

Won 2

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         1  1  0   1  0  4   2  0  2   11 15  0
Twins           0  1  0   0  0  0   0  3  0    4  9  0

W: R Clemens (3-0), L: B Radke (1-2)

Twins

9-7

Lost 1

3rd, 3½ GB

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Soriano 2B                  5   1   3   2    0   1  .365 1.109   15    2   2   HR
N Johnson DH                  4   0   1   0    1   1  .260  .803   20    0   0   GDP
J Giambi 1B                   5   0   0   0    0   2  .190  .735   15    4   2   
B Williams CF                 3   1   1   0    1   0  .383 1.053   21    3   0   SB
  C Latham CF                 1   1   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    4    2   0   
H Matsui LF                   5   2   2   1    0   2  .308  .855   27    0   0   2B
J Posada C                    5   2   2   1    0   1  .280  .996   18   10   0   2B
R Ventura 3B                  5   3   3   4    0   0  .295 1.013   12    1   0   2·HR
R Mondesi RF                  2   1   1   2    2   0  .328 1.075   24    3   0   HR,SF
E Almonte SS                  5   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .648   24    0   3   

R Clemens P                                                              1   0
  J Anderson P                                                           0   0
  J Contreras P                                                          0   0
  A Osuna P                                                              1   0
Totals                       40  11  15  10    4   8              180   27   7

BATTING

2B: J Posada (3, off B Radke); H Matsui (5, off J Rincon).

HR: A Soriano (6, off B Radke; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); R Ventura 2 (5, off T Fiore, off B Radke; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); R Mondesi (4, off B Radke; 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF-CF).

SF: R Mondesi (1, off T Fiore).

TB: R Ventura 9; A Soriano 6; R Mondesi 4; H Matsui 3; J Posada 3; C Latham; N Johnson; E Almonte; B Williams.

GIDP: N Johnson (3).

RBI: R Ventura 4 (11); R Mondesi 2 (8); A Soriano 2 (16); H Matsui (17); J Posada (13).

2-out RBI: R Ventura 2; A Soriano; R Mondesi.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. E Almonte-A Soriano-J Giambi.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Williams (1, 2nd base off B Radke/A Pierzynski).

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Jones LF                    3   0   2   0    0   0  .350  .864    9    1   0   2B
  D Mohr PH-LF                2   0   0   0    0   2  .115  .346    6    0   0   
C Guzman SS                   3   0   0   0    0   1  .327  .875    6    1   1   
  D Hocking SS                2   1   1   0    0   0  .154  .445    6    1   1   
C Koskie 3B                   3   1   1   0    2   1  .308  .879   18    3   0   
T Hunter CF                   4   0   0   0    1   2  .155  .508   18    2   0   
D Mientkiewicz 1B             3   0   0   0    0   1  .267  .790   13    5   0   
  M LeCroy 1B                 1   1   1   2    0   0  .250  .706    6    1   0   2B
B Kielty DH                   3   1   1   1    1   1  .382 1.182   19    0   0   2B
A Pierzynski C                3   0   1   0    0   1  .220  .631   15    5   0   
  T Prince C                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .333  .833    5    3   0   
M Cuddyer RF                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .209  .664   10    3   0   SB,GDP
L Rivas 2B                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .239  .559   22    2   3   SB

B Radke P                                                                0   0
  T Fiore P                                                              0   0
  J Rincon P                                                             0   0
Totals                       35   4   9   3    5  10              153   27   5

BATTING

2B: B Kielty (3, off J Contreras); J Jones (6, off R Clemens); M LeCroy (3, off J Anderson).

TB: J Jones 3; B Kielty 2; M LeCroy 2; C Koskie; D Hocking; M Cuddyer; L Rivas; A Pierzynski.

GIDP: M Cuddyer (3).

RBI: M LeCroy 2 (8); B Kielty (8).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. L Rivas-D Hocking-M LeCroy.

BASERUNNING

SB: M Cuddyer (1, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada); L Rivas (2, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada).

PITCHING

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Clemens, W (3-0)             6     5   1   1    3   8   0   2.08   25   98-60   33·13·14    8· 5· 1· 0     63    -     1.08   0.22
J Anderson                     1.1   3   3   3    0   1   0  14.73    7   20-12    8· 2· 2    1· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.09  -0.00
J Contreras                    0     1   0   0    1   0   0  10.80    2    7-2     1· 0· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          1-1    0.34  -0.03
A Osuna                        1.2   0   0   0    1   1   0   1.74    6   22-15    7· 3· 5    2· 2· 0· 0          2-0    0.25   0.04
Totals                         9     9   4   4    5  10   0          40  147-89   49·18·22   11·10· 4· 0          3-1

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Radke, L (1-2)               5     9   7   7    1   4   3   7.84   25   85-55   32· 7·16    4·10· 6· 0     24    -     0.73  -0.24
T Fiore                        1.2   3   2   2    1   1   1   7.88    9   35-17   11· 1· 5    1· 5· 1· 0          2-2    0.19  -0.03
J Rincon                       2.1   3   2   2    2   3   0   2.00   11   47-29   14· 4·11    2· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.02  -0.00
Totals                         9    15  11  11    4   8   4          45  167-101  57·12·32    7·18· 8· 0          2-2

J Contreras faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.
B Radke faced 4 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: T Fiore (1); J Rincon 2 (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Derryl Cousins.

Time of Game: 3:09.

Attendance: 37,843.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Minnesota Twins                      
1. A Soriano            2B    1. J Jones              LF 
2. N Johnson            DH    2. C Guzman             SS 
3. J Giambi             1B    3. C Koskie             3B 
4. B Williams           CF    4. T Hunter             CF 
5. H Matsui             LF    5. D Mientkiewicz       1B 
6. J Posada             C     6. B Kielty             DH 
7. R Ventura            3B    7. A Pierzynski         C  
8. R Mondesi            RF    8. M Cuddyer            RF 
9. E Almonte            SS    9. L Rivas              2B 

   R Clemens            P        B Radke              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   2  1-2  ---  4   11%  69% R Mondesi       B Radke         Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   t 2   1  0-1  ---  1    9%  67% R Ventura       B Radke         Home Run (Fly Ball)
   b 2   0  2-0  1--  2   -9%  52% A Pierzynski    R Clemens       Single to RF (Ground Ball); Kielty to 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  ---  2    9%  59% A Soriano       B Radke         Home Run (Fly Ball)
   b 5   0  3-1  ---  2   -8%  62% J Jones         R Clemens       Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Brad Radke facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  2   59%  A Soriano       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  2   57%  N Johnson       Popfly: SS
   O      ---  2   56%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  8   57%  B Williams      Walk
          1--      58%  H Matsui        Williams Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   55%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   51%  J Jones         Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
   O      1--  2   54%  C Guzman        Bunt Popfly: 3B
          1--  6   51%  C Koskie        Walk; Jones to 2B
   O      12-  5   55%  T Hunter        Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  4   60%  D Mientkiewicz  Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 0.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 1-0, Brad Radke facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   58%  J Posada        Flyball: LF
   R      ---  1   67%  R Ventura       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  4   66%  R Mondesi       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  2   67%  E Almonte       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   65%  A Soriano       Lineout: 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Roger Clemens facing 6-7-8
          ---  6   61%  B Kielty        Walk
          1--  2   52%  A Pierzynski    Single to RF (Ground Ball); Kielty to 3B
   ROO    1-3  2   59%  M Cuddyer       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Kielty Scores/No RBI
          ---  4   58%  L Rivas         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--      57%  J Jones         Rivas Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   61%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brad Radke facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   64%  N Johnson       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   61%  J Giambi        Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   58%  B Williams      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      1--  2   56%  H Matsui        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 1-2, Roger Clemens facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   58%  C Guzman        Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  4   60%  C Koskie        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   59%  T Hunter        Walk
   O      1--  7   62%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brad Radke facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   59%  J Posada        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   58%  R Ventura       Groundout: 2B-1B
   R      ---  4   69%  R Mondesi       Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   68%  E Almonte       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-3, Roger Clemens facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   71%  B Kielty        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   73%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   71%  M Cuddyer       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
          1--      70%  L Rivas         Cuddyer Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   74%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-1, Brad Radke facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   72%  A Soriano       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   71%  N Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   70%  J Giambi        Popfly: 2B (Short CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-3, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   62%  J Jones         Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      -2-  3   68%  C Guzman        Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  3   73%  C Koskie        Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  4   77%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-1, Brad Radke facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   80%  B Williams      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   86%  H Matsui        Single to RF (Line Drive); Williams to 3B
   R      1-3  2   92%  J Posada        Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Williams Scores; Matsui to 3B
   R      -23  1   95%  R Ventura       Single to RF (Line Drive); Matsui Scores; Posada to 3B
                  Tony Fiore replaces Brad Radke pitching
          1-3      95%  R Mondesi       Wild Pitch; Ventura to 2B
   RO     -23  2   96%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Posada Scores; Ventura to 3B
   O      --3  1   94%  E Almonte       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   R      --3  3   97%  A Soriano       Single to CF (Line Drive); Ventura Scores
          1--  5   97%  N Johnson       Walk; Soriano to 2B
   O      12-  3   96%  J Giambi        Popfly: 3B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-7, Roger Clemens facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   97%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   98%  B Kielty        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  7   98%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Twins 1.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-1, Tony Fiore facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   98%  B Williams      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  8   98%  H Matsui        Strikeout Looking
          ---  3   98%  J Posada        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B)
   RR     1--  5   99%  R Ventura       Home Run (Fly Ball); Posada Scores
                  Juan Rincon replaces Tony Fiore pitching
          ---  6   99%  R Mondesi       Walk
   O      1--  3   99%  E Almonte       Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-9, Jason Anderson facing 8-9-1
                  Jason Anderson replaces Roger Clemens pitching; Chris Latham replaces Bernie Williams playing CF batting 4th
   O      ---  2  100%  M Cuddyer       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5  100%  L Rivas         Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
                  Dustan Mohr pinch hits for Jacque Jones batting 1st
   O      ---  3  100%  D Mohr          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Twins 1.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 9-1, Juan Rincon facing 1-2-3
                  Tom Prince replaces A.J. Pierzynski playing C batting 7th; Matt LeCroy replaces Doug Mientkiewicz playing 1B batting 5th; Dennis Hocking replaces Cristian Guzman playing SS batting 2nd; Dustan Mohr moves to LF
          ---  3  100%  A Soriano       Single to LF (Fly Ball)
   OO     1--  3  100%  N Johnson       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  6  100%  J Giambi        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-9, Jason Anderson facing 2-3-4
          ---  1  100%  D Hocking       Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   99%  C Koskie        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Hocking to 2B
   O      12-  2   99%  T Hunter        Flyball: RF (Deep RF); Hocking to 3B
   RR     1-3  6   99%  M LeCroy        Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Hocking Scores; Koskie Scores
                  Jose Contreras replaces Jason Anderson pitching
   R      -2-  2   97%  B Kielty        Double to CF (Line Drive); LeCroy Scores
          -2-  5   96%  T Prince        Walk
                  Antonio Osuna replaces Jose Contreras pitching
   O      12-  4   98%  M Cuddyer       Flyball: CF
   O      12-  3   99%  L Rivas         Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 9, Twins 4.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 9-4, Juan Rincon facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   99%  C Latham        Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  2  100%  H Matsui        Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Latham Scores
   O      -2-  4  100%  J Posada        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  2  100%  R Ventura       Popfly: 2B
          -2-  7  100%  R Mondesi       Walk
          12-     100%  E Almonte       Wild Pitch; Matsui to 3B; Mondesi to 2B
   R      -23     100%  " "             Wild Pitch; Matsui Scores; Mondesi to 3B
   O      --3  7  100%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 11, Twins 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-11, Antonio Osuna facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3  100%  D Mohr          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  100%  D Hocking       Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  4  100%  C Koskie        Walk
   O      1--  3  100%  T Hunter        Popfly: 2B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 11, Twins 4.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:MIN200304180

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OTHER

LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation