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

1–2Final · Apr 24, 2003
MIN 1 KC 2 Final
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MIN9-12000001000170
KC16-300010100240

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF0-440000010.299.321.416
Cristian GuzmanSS1-440100010.275.315.406
Bobby KieltyDH1-331100100.340.441.620
Corey Koskie3B1-440100000.270.387.429
Torii HunterCF2-440210000.216.294.324
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-440000010.227.275.387
Michael CuddyerRF0-330000110.193.270.316
A.J. PierzynskiC2-330200000.254.319.365
Luis Rivas2B0-330000010.217.242.317
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brad RadkeP8.042214195-686.2895

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF0-440000010.250.329.395
Joe Randa3B1-440110010.328.408.623
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-330000000.000.158.000
Mike Sweeney1B1-221111100.255.389.527
Raul IbanezLF0-330000010.329.383.575
Ken HarveyDH0-330000010.213.273.361
Angel BerroaSS0-330000000.277.319.415
Mike DiFeliceC0-330000000.217.217.261
Carlos Febles2B2-331200000.283.333.340
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris GeorgeRP6.0511230103-614.76103
Jason GrimsleyRP2.010001017-121.2317
Mike MacDougalP1.01000109-61.649

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 Mike DiFelice C
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

MIN

  1. 1 Jacque Jones LF
  2. 2 Cristian Guzman SS
  3. 3 Bobby Kielty DH
  4. 4 Corey Koskie 3B
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  7. 7 Michael Cuddyer RF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Luis Rivas 2B

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