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

3–2Final · May 12, 2003
KC 3 MIN 2 Final
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KC23-13200010000380
MIN20-17000101000290

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF1-440100000.279.333.463
Joe Randa3B0-331000100.256.331.462
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF3-442311000.263.333.447
Mike SweeneyRP1-330100100.273.405.525
Carlos FeblesDH0-000000000.282.330.329
Raul IbanezLF1-440120000.304.373.489
Ken Harvey1B0-330000120.245.308.418
Desi Relaford2B0-440000000.304.404.478
Brent MayneC2-440200000.304.350.478
Angel BerroaSS0-330000000.250.315.388
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy AffeldtRP6.072218189-604.3089
Jason GrimsleyRP2.020000027-172.5227
Mike MacDougalP1.000011017-92.8717

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jacque JonesLF0-440000030.343.354.500
Cristian GuzmanSS1-440100010.268.301.377
Corey Koskie3B1-441100000.272.367.432
Matt LeCroyRP1-440110010.305.337.549
Tom PrinceC0-000000000.267.450.333
Torii HunterCF2-441211010.228.305.419
Bobby KieltyDH1-330100110.299.400.515
Doug MientkiewiczRP0-330000100.231.298.365
Denny HockingPR0-000000000.105.150.158
Dustan MohrRF1-440100020.293.310.488
Luis RivasRP2-220200000.232.270.347
A.J. PierzynskiPH0-110000000.271.319.421
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joe MaysRP7.0633321100-585.83100
J.C. RomeroRP1.010000010-63.5010
Juan RinconP1.010000016-111.4516

Starting lineups

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 CF
  6. 6 Bobby Kielty DH
  7. 7 Doug Mientkiewicz RP
  8. 8 Dustan Mohr RF
  9. 9 Luis Rivas RP

KC

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

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