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Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals

8–9Final · Jun 16, 2003
MIN 8 KC 9 Final
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MIN38-300000002338150
KC34-321001330019121

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF1-551100010.307.325.480
Cristian GuzmanSS1-442100100.270.298.373
Corey Koskie3B2-552210010.289.390.444
Matt LeCroyRP3-550320010.305.336.500
Tom PrinceDH0-000000000.200.355.360
Torii HunterRP1-220100010.245.327.420
Lew FordCF2-222231100.500.550.944
Doug Mientkiewicz2B3-551300000.299.364.492
Dustan MohrRF1-440100110.292.326.478
A.J. PierzynskiC1-440110000.299.336.490
Luis RivasRP0-220000000.256.308.337
Bobby KieltyRP0-110010000.253.372.440
Denny HockingRP0-000000000.167.196.222
Justin Morneau1B0-110000000.333.364.381
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseRP5.085523189-553.2389
Tony FioreRP2.033340053-315.5053
Mike NakamuraRP1.000001010-64.7610
Eddie GuardadoP0.011110010-42.8310

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerLF2-442200100.254.324.448
Joe Randa3B1-551110010.251.304.414
Mike Sweeney1B2-442251100.319.438.538
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF2-222210300.310.417.534
Raul IbanezDH2-550210000.272.324.437
Aaron GuielRF1-440110010.367.406.567
Angel BerroaSS2-441200020.286.350.482
Brent MayneC0-221000200.250.314.378
Brent Abernathy2B0-330000000.065.094.065
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayRP6.1722240112-704.04112
Sean LoweRP1.143201123-185.0423
Jason GrimsleyRP0.10000003-33.923
Mike MacDougalP1.043310027-183.5227

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker LF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
  4. 4 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez DH
  6. 6 Aaron Guiel RF
  7. 7 Angel Berroa SS
  8. 8 Brent Mayne C
  9. 9 Brent Abernathy 2B

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy RP
  5. 5 Torii Hunter RP
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 2B
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr RF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas RP

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