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

9–5Final · May 15, 2003
KC 9 MIN 5 Final
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KC24-15200100200000049141
MIN22-18001011110000005122

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF1-771100120.257.311.428
Joe Randa3B1-771100110.233.307.421
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-442121320.264.360.460
Mike SweeneyRP1-660100100.274.397.496
Carlos FeblesDH0-001000000.282.330.329
Raul IbanezLF2-772210030.295.363.463
Ken HarveyRP2-550210010.254.313.426
Mendy Lopez1B0-000000000.273.273.409
Desi Relaford2B2-771210000.311.398.462
Angel BerroaSS2-770210030.242.307.367
Mike DiFeliceC2-551210000.271.300.500
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Miguel AsencioRP5.1533350101-565.21101
Jason GrimsleyRP1.231110036-202.7036
Sean LoweRP0.221102018-114.7618
Darrell MayRP3.220036077-464.3377
D.J. CarrascoP2.200022026-161.9326

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Cristian GuzmanSS4-771400020.287.316.413
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-221020400.243.323.383
Corey Koskie3B2-550210210.275.374.442
Todd SearsRP1-330110110.297.386.514
Denny HockingRF0-220000110.087.160.130
Torii HunterCF1-661100010.215.296.389
Bobby KieltyDH0-660000130.290.389.495
Dustan MohrLF0-660000030.295.316.474
A.J. PierzynskiC2-660210030.258.300.408
Luis RivasRP2-552200000.252.286.355
Jacque JonesRP0-110000000.338.349.493
Chris Gomez2B0-000000000.283.298.326
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersRP6.175416198-644.5398
J.C. RomeroRP0.200031023-83.3823
Juan RinconRP1.000000011-71.3711
LaTroy HawkinsRP1.000011024-151.5324
Eddie GuardadoRP1.00000107-61.727
Johan SantanaRP3.054413053-372.5653
Tony FioreP1.020000015-96.1615

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Cristian Guzman SS
  2. 2 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  3. 3 Corey Koskie 3B
  4. 4 Todd Sears RP
  5. 5 Torii Hunter CF
  6. 6 Bobby Kielty DH
  7. 7 Dustan Mohr LF
  8. 8 A.J. Pierzynski C
  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 RP
  7. 7 Desi Relaford 2B
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Mike DiFelice C

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