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

4–5Final · Aug 17, 2003
MIN 4 KC 5 Final
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MIN63-61101010010481
KC65-57104000005121

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF1-441111010.310.366.472
Luis Rivas2B1-441111000.267.317.384
Doug Mientkiewicz1B1-220110000.299.385.461
Matt LeCroy1B1-221111000.295.336.522
Corey Koskie3B0-440000020.299.392.485
Jacque JonesDH0-440000010.306.333.457
Torii HunterCF1-440100000.246.311.448
A.J. PierzynskiC1-440100010.297.338.454
Michael RestovichRF0-220000010.310.442.476
Michael RyanRF1-220100000.600.5001.000
Cristian GuzmanSS1-441100000.261.297.343
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rick ReedP3.095500254-395.1054
Joe MaysP4.030000050-296.1250
LaTroy HawkinsP1.000000016-92.2116

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-440100000.286.362.516
Angel BerroaSS2-442200000.293.340.475
Mike SweeneyDH2-441200000.321.436.522
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-330120000.298.390.508
Raul IbanezLF2-441221000.298.346.469
Joe Randa3B2-441211000.254.319.408
Desi Relaford2B0-440000000.274.335.403
Ken Harvey1B1-440100000.253.298.394
Brent MayneC1-440100000.252.312.344
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayP6.163303286-593.7886
Al LevineP1.011101129-172.9129
Jeremy AffeldtP0.20000209-64.199
Curtis LeskanicP1.010000013-101.9413

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Angel Berroa SS
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney DH
  4. 4 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez LF
  6. 6 Joe Randa 3B
  7. 7 Desi Relaford 2B
  8. 8 Ken Harvey 1B
  9. 9 Brent Mayne 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 Michael Restovich RF
  9. 9 Cristian Guzman SS

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