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

3–4Final · Apr 22, 2003
MIN 3 KC 4 Final
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MIN9-11000010002340
KC15-300400000470

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF0-441000100.315.338.438
Cristian GuzmanSS1-550100000.277.319.415
Bobby KieltyRF0-220010310.340.436.638
Corey Koskie3B0-220000300.271.394.441
Torii HunterCF2-330210200.200.284.314
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-440000020.239.289.408
Matt LeCroyDH0-440000010.261.292.391
A.J. PierzynskiC0-330000100.233.303.350
Luis Rivas2B1-332111000.228.254.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersRP6.0744421113-704.13113
Mike FettersP2.000000021-120.0021

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF0-331000100.264.346.417
Joe Randa3B1-441131000.333.418.632
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-330000110.000.188.000
Mike Sweeney1B0-221000200.245.377.472
Raul IbanezLF2-440210000.343.397.600
Ken HarveyDH0-440000000.224.286.379
Angel BerroaSS2-330200000.290.333.435
Brent MayneC0-330000010.378.431.644
Carlos Febles2B2-331200000.260.315.320
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Runelvys HernandezRP6.2311631110-661.10110
Jason GrimsleyRP1.100020020-91.4220
Mike MacDougalP1.012221034-181.8034

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney 1B
  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 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Bobby Kielty RF
  4. 4 Corey Koskie 3B
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  7. 7 Matt LeCroy DH
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas 2B

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