New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 18, 2003 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 18, 2003

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

NY Yankees leads 1-0 (as of 4/18)

Game 1: Friday, April 18
NY Yankees	11	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 19
NY Yankees	4	Final
Minnesota	2	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 20
NY Yankees	8	Final
Minnesota	2	Final
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Game 4: Monday, April 21
NY Yankees	15	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Yankees 11

(13-3, 6-1 away)

Twins 4

(9-7, 3-4 home)

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8:05 PM ET, April 18, 2003

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	2	11	15	0
MIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	9	0

W: R. Clemens (3-0)

L: B. Radke (1-2)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Soriano 2B	5	1	3	2	0	1	1	.365
N Johnson DH	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	.260
J Giambi 1B	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.190
B Williams CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.383
C Latham CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
H Matsui LF	5	2	2	1	0	2	2	.308
J Posada C	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	.280
R Ventura 3B	5	3	3	4	0	0	1	.295
R Mondesi RF	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	.328
E Almonte SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250
Totals	40	11	15	10	4	8	16
BATTING 2B: J Posada (3, B Radke); H Matsui (5, J Rincon) HR: A Soriano (6, 1st inning off B Radke 0 on, 0 Out); R Ventura 2 (5, 2nd inning off B Radke 0 on, 1 Out; 7th inning off T Fiore 1 on, 2 Out); R Mondesi (4, 4th inning off B Radke 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Soriano 2 (16), R Ventura 4 (11), R Mondesi 2 (8), J Posada (13), H Matsui (17) SF: R Mondesi 2-out RBI: R Mondesi, A Soriano, R Ventura 2 GIDP: N Johnson Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Almonte 1, J Giambi 1, H Matsui 1 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: B Williams (1, 2nd base off B Radke/A Pierzynski)
FIELDING DP: 1 (E Almonte-A Soriano-J Giambi).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Clemens (W, 17-9)	6.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	98-61	2.08
J Anderson	1.1	3	3	3	0	1	0	20-12	14.73
J Contreras	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6-2	10.80
A Osuna	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	22-15	1.74
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	5	10	0	146-90
PITCHING Batters faced: R Clemens 25; J Anderson 7; J Contreras 2; A Osuna 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Clemens 5-5; J Anderson 0-3; J Contreras 0-0; A Osuna 2-2 Game Scores: R Clemens 63

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Jones LF	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.350
a-D Mohr PH-LF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.115
C Guzman SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.327
D Hocking SS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.154
C Koskie 3B	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	.308
T Hunter CF	4	0	0	0	1	2	5	.155
D Mientkiewicz 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.267
M LeCroy 1B	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.250
B Kielty DH	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.382
A Pierzynski C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.220
T Prince C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
M Cuddyer RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.209
L Rivas 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.239
Totals	35	4	9	3	5	10	18
a-struck out looking for J Jones in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Jones (6, R Clemens); M LeCroy (3, J Anderson); B Kielty (3, J Contreras) RBI: M LeCroy 2 (8), B Kielty (8) GIDP: M Cuddyer Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Jones 1, D Mientkiewicz 1, L Rivas 2, T Hunter 1 Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: L Rivas (2, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada); M Cuddyer (1, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada)
FIELDING DP: 1 (L Rivas-D Hocking-M LeCroy).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Radke (L, 14-10)	5.0	9	7	7	1	4	3	85-55	7.84
T Fiore	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	35-17	7.87
J Rincon	2.1	3	2	2	2	3	0	46-28	2.00
Totals	9.0	15	11	11	4	8	4	166-100
PITCHING WP: T Fiore; J Rincon 2 Batters faced: B Radke 25; T Fiore 9; J Rincon 11 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Radke 3-8; T Fiore 0-4; J Rincon 2-2 Game Scores: B Radke 24

Scoring Summary

			NYY	MIN
	1st	A Soriano homered to left.	1	0
	2nd	R Ventura homered to right.	2	0
	2nd	M Cuddyer grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Kielty scored, A Pierzynski out at second.	2	1
	4th	R Mondesi homered to left.	3	1
	6th	J Posada hit a ground rule double to right, B Williams scored, H Matsui to third.	4	1
	6th	R Ventura singled to right, H Matsui scored, J Posada to third.	5	1
	6th	R Mondesi hit sacrifice fly to center, J Posada scored, R Ventura to third.	6	1
	6th	A Soriano singled to center, R Ventura scored.	7	1
	7th	R Ventura homered to right, J Posada scored.	9	1
	8th	M LeCroy doubled to right center, D Hocking and C Koskie scored.	9	3
	8th	B Kielty doubled to right, M LeCroy scored.	9	4
	9th	H Matsui doubled to right, C Latham scored.	10	4
	9th	H Matsui scored, R Mondesi to third on wild pitch by J Rincon.	11	4
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Game Notes

THE HOME RUN BY NEW YORK'S ALFONSO SORIANO LED OFF THE GAME.