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

4–3Final · Aug 23, 2003
KC 4 MIN 3 Final
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KC67-61000130000490
MIN66-632010000003130

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF2-442231020.281.353.506
Joe Randa3B1-440110000.270.331.421
Mike SweeneyDH0-440000020.308.418.491
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-440100010.301.389.515
Raul IbanezLF2-440200000.300.346.463
Ken Harvey1B1-440100010.261.305.398
Desi Relaford2B1-440100000.268.330.395
Angel BerroaSS1-441100010.290.337.463
Mike DiFeliceC0-331000000.252.289.393
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jose LimaP4.0103301169-473.9269
D.J. CarrascoP4.030004053-353.7153
Mike MacDougalP1.000011014-74.4214

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartRF1-550100020.312.365.477
Luis Rivas2B1-551111020.269.318.396
Doug Mientkiewicz1B2-441200000.299.385.463
Matt LeCroyDH2-441210000.291.332.512
Corey Koskie3B3-440300000.296.389.473
Torii HunterCF0-440000010.238.302.432
Jacque JonesLF1-440110010.307.333.458
A.J. PierzynskiC2-440200000.299.340.453
Chris GomezSS1-330100000.248.274.342
Michael RyanPH0-000000100.500.500.833
Cristian GuzmanPR0-000000000.267.302.347
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Joe MaysP5.074403176-496.1676
Grant BalfourP4.020004055-382.0355

Starting lineups

MIN

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

KC

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

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