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2–4Final · May 13, 2003
KC 2 MIN 4 Final
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KC23-1400000101002101
MIN21-1700000010124101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF0-550000020.270.322.447
Joe Randa3B0-550000020.246.319.443
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF2-440200100.275.348.450
Mike SweeneyRP2-550200010.279.405.519
Carlos FeblesDH0-000000000.282.330.329
Raul IbanezLF0-442000100.295.367.475
Ken Harvey1B2-440210000.254.315.430
Desi Relaford2B3-440310000.323.416.490
Brent MayneC1-330100000.305.356.474
Angel BerroaSS0-330000030.244.308.378
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle SnyderRP6.151103074-493.5074
D.J. CarrascoRP1.210011021-112.1821
Mike MacDougalRP1.021100017-93.2417
Albie LopezP0.22220018-610.008

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Luis RivasRP1-330100000.235.272.347
Jacque JonesRP0-110000010.340.351.496
Cristian GuzmanSS0-000000000.268.301.377
Chris Gomez2B1-441100000.283.298.326
Corey Koskie3B1-440100000.271.364.426
Matt LeCroyRP2-330200010.318.348.565
Tom PrinceRP0-001000000.267.450.333
Bobby KieltyDH1-110110000.306.405.520
Torii HunterCF0-440000000.221.297.407
Doug MientkiewiczRF1-440110000.231.297.361
Dustan MohrLF2-440200000.302.318.488
A.J. PierzynskiC0-441000010.261.308.405
Denny HockingRP0-220000010.095.136.143
Todd Sears1B1-111121100.290.361.548
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseRP7.081107099-733.2799
Johan SantanaRP1.011120019-81.5719
LaTroy HawkinsP2.010001024-161.6224

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Luis Rivas RP
  2. 2 Chris Gomez 2B
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Matt LeCroy RP
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Doug Mientkiewicz RF
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr LF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  9. 9 Denny Hocking 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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