Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
September 20, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2003 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Sanchez cf 5 1 2 0
Halter 3b 4 0 0 0
Higginson rf 3 0 0 0
Young dh 4 1 2 1
Monroe lf 4 1 3 2
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Inge c 3 0 2 0
Morris 2b 4 0 0 0
Santiago ss 3 0 0 0
  Witt ph 1 0 0 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Mears p 0 0 0 0
  Eckenstahler p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Roney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 3 0 0 0
Rivas 2b 5 1 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 2 3 1 0
LeCroy c 5 1 3 3
Koskie 3b 3 1 1 2
Hunter cf 3 0 1 1
Cuddyer dh 3 0 0 0
Mohr rf 4 1 1 1
Guzman ss 3 0 1 0
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Detroit 000 012 000390
Minnesota 300 120 10x780
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (1-2) 5.0 6 6 6 4 4
  Mears   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckenstahler   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Anderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Roney   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
6
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  W (12-3) 5.2 4 3 3 2 5
  Balfour   1.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Romero   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Rincon   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 1.  PB–Inge (3).  2B–Detroit Monroe 2 (17,off Balfour,off Romero), Minnesota Mientkiewicz (38,off Robertson); LeCroy (16,off Robertson).  HR–Detroit Monroe (20,5th inning off Santana 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Mohr (10,4th inning off Robertson 0 on, 0 out); LeCroy (17,5th inning off Robertson 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Stewart (6,by Mears); Koskie (7,by Eckenstahler); Guzman (5,by Roney).  IBB–Hunter (7,by Robertson); Mientkiewicz (4,by Roney).  SB–Koskie (11,2nd base off Anderson/Inge).  WP–Robertson (3), Santana (6).  HBP–Mears (2,Stewart); Eckenstahler (2,Koskie); Roney (4,Guzman).  IBB–Robertson (2,Hunter); Roney (4,Mientkiewicz).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:54.  A–26,903.
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