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7–14Final · Jun 17, 2003
MIN 7 KC 14 Final
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MIN38-310000122117111
KC35-3201000120114131

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Lew FordLF1-441100200.455.538.818
Denny HockingSS2-440210100.190.230.259
Corey Koskie3B1-220110210.291.394.444
Matt LeCroyRP0-330000110.298.333.489
Doug MientkiewiczRP0-000000000.299.364.492
Justin Morneau1B1-111111000.364.391.545
Torii HunterCF0-550000000.240.322.412
Bobby KieltyDH1-441100110.253.373.435
Dustan MohrRF2-442211120.297.333.500
Tom PrinceC2-551221010.233.361.467
Luis Rivas2B1-441110100.256.311.347
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersRP5.067743084-515.1484
Juan RinconRP0.10000002-23.412
J.C. RomeroRP0.02330004-24.504
Mike NakamuraRP0.233301020-148.5320
LaTroy HawkinsRP1.000011018-122.1618
Eddie GuardadoP1.021100018-93.0318

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF0-222000200.344.432.531
Joe Randa3B1-442110010.251.306.411
Mike Sweeney1B2-442220100.322.442.542
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-442110120.309.417.528
Raul IbanezLF3-553320000.278.329.440
Ken HarveyDH4-551450010.238.294.384
Angel BerroaSS0-440000010.281.344.473
Brent MayneC1-331110100.252.318.377
Carlos Febles2B1-441110000.245.286.283
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy AffeldtRP5.051153099-564.1199
Kris WilsonRP1.032221036-214.8136
Albie LopezRP2.023321232-1710.2332
Jason GilfillanP1.011101124-166.7524

Starting lineups

KC

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

MIN

  1. 1 Lew Ford LF
  2. 2 Denny Hocking SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy RP
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Bobby Kielty DH
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr RF
  8. 8 Tom Prince C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas 2B

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