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

9–2Final · Aug 15, 2003
MIN 9 KC 2 Final
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MIN62-600050310009171
KC64-56000010001251

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

Box score

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF0-660000010.310.364.469
Luis Rivas2B2-552211000.266.315.377
Corey Koskie3B3-551310000.301.393.490
Matt LeCroy1B2-441200120.293.335.509
Jacque JonesDH3-442310000.311.338.466
Michael RestovichDH1-110100000.325.460.500
Torii HunterCF1-551131000.244.311.450
A.J. PierzynskiC1-441100100.295.336.450
Dustan MohrRF2-551200000.265.325.416
Cristian GuzmanSS2-440220110.262.298.341
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersP8.0210170131-864.70131
J.C. RomeroP1.031102021-165.0621

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF0-330000120.288.366.522
Angel BerroaSS1-440100000.292.339.475
Raul IbanezLF1-441100010.296.345.463
Mike SweeneyDH1-440100010.320.438.527
Joe Randa3B0-441000010.251.317.399
Mendy Lopez1B2-440220010.314.327.431
Desi RelafordCF0-440000010.278.340.409
Julius Matos2B0-330000000.275.293.425
Brent MayneC0-330000020.255.316.349
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jimmy GobbleP3.085511169-433.5269
Paul AbbottP4.064312159-419.3559
Graeme LloydP1.020001013-104.3513
Mike MacDougalP1.010010020-114.5920

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Angel Berroa SS
  3. 3 Raul Ibanez LF
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney DH
  5. 5 Joe Randa 3B
  6. 6 Mendy Lopez 1B
  7. 7 Desi Relaford CF
  8. 8 Julius Matos 2B
  9. 9 Brent Mayne C

MIN

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

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