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

14–5Final · Aug 16, 2003
MIN 14 KC 5 Final
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MIN63-6042121031014150
KC64-57200001200580

Play-by-play

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-332110200.310.366.468
Michael RyanLF0-000010000.667.5001.000
Luis Rivas2B2-553200110.268.318.377
Doug Mientkiewicz1B3-551320100.298.384.461
Corey Koskie3B1-222120100.302.395.490
Denny Hocking3B0-110000000.236.290.354
Jacque JonesDH1-661120000.309.336.461
Torii HunterCF2-551230000.246.312.450
Michael RestovichRF0-000000000.325.460.500
A.J. PierzynskiC2-442220000.298.339.453
Dustan MohrCF2-442200100.268.329.420
Cristian GuzmanSS1-550110010.261.297.344
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle LohseP7.065504389-665.0389
Juan RinconP2.020000029-193.8029

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-441100000.287.364.522
Angel BerroaSS1-440100000.291.338.475
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF3-442332010.298.392.509
Mike SweeneyDH1-440100010.318.435.522
Raul Ibanez1B1-331100000.296.345.462
Ken Harvey1B0-110000000.253.298.395
Desi Relaford2B0-220000000.277.338.407
Julius Matos2B0-220000010.262.279.405
Mendy Lopez3B1-441121000.309.321.473
Dee BrownLF---------------------------
Mike DiFeliceC0-000000000.263.301.410
Brent MayneC0-330000000.252.313.345
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Runelvys HernandezP3.199931081-464.6181
D.J. CarrascoP3.053311055-333.9655
Graeme LloydP0.211110023-134.5023
Jason GrimsleyP1.001110014-64.3514
Al LevineP1.000000011-82.8111

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Angel Berroa SS
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney DH
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez 1B
  6. 6 Desi Relaford 2B
  7. 7 Mendy Lopez 3B
  8. 8 Dee Brown LF
  9. 9 Mike DiFelice C

MIN

  1. 1 Shannon Stewart LF
  2. 2 Luis Rivas 2B
  3. 3 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
  4. 4 Corey Koskie 3B
  5. 5 Jacque Jones DH
  6. 6 Torii Hunter CF
  7. 7 A.J. Pierzynski C
  8. 8 Dustan Mohr CF
  9. 9 Cristian Guzman SS

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