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

6–8Final · Jun 18, 2003
MIN 6 KC 8 Final
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MIN38-321002111006131
KC36-32014201008130

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF1-550110010.305.322.475
Cristian GuzmanSS0-550000000.265.293.366
Corey Koskie3B2-442200100.294.397.450
Justin MorneauDH2-550210010.370.393.519
Torii HunterCF2-442210000.244.323.417
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-550200000.302.364.490
Lew FordRF1-441120000.423.500.731
A.J. PierzynskiC2-441200000.303.339.500
Denny Hocking2B1-330110110.197.246.262
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rick ReedRP3.297611082-594.9782
Juan RinconRP2.121111049-273.4549
Johan SantanaP2.020003031-212.2431

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Desi Relaford2B1-551100010.280.340.416
Joe Randa3B3-552310000.258.312.419
Mike SweeneyRP0-110000010.321.440.540
Aaron GuielRF1-440100000.333.415.500
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF3-442320100.319.426.533
Raul Ibanez1B1-442110100.278.330.437
Ken HarveyDH2-441210000.243.298.392
Michael TuckerLF2-440220010.258.327.449
Angel BerroaSS0-330000000.278.343.467
Mike DiFeliceC0-440000020.275.313.429
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris GeorgeRP5.01055110102-656.53102
D.J. CarrascoRP2.021101025-183.7925
Jason GrimsleyRP1.01000008-43.838
Mike MacDougalP1.000011018-113.4118

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Desi Relaford 2B
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney RP
  4. 4 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez 1B
  6. 6 Ken Harvey DH
  7. 7 Michael Tucker LF
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Mike DiFelice C

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Justin Morneau DH
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  7. 7 Lew Ford RF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Denny Hocking 2B

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