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3–4Final · Aug 21, 2003
KC 3 MIN 4 Final
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KC65-61101100000390
MIN66-6100000310451

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-551100010.278.353.493
Joe Randa3B3-440310000.268.330.422
Mike SweeneyDH1-440100010.316.425.504
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-331100100.302.391.521
Raul IbanezLF0-330000100.299.346.463
Ken Harvey1B1-440110000.264.308.404
Angel BerroaSS0-330000000.292.339.468
Desi Relaford2B1-330100110.270.331.400
Brent MayneC1-331111010.251.312.354
Mendy LopezPH0-110000000.288.300.441
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Paul AbbottP5.233344185-518.8085
Al LevineP0.211110013-62.9813
Curtis LeskanicP1.210002017-131.8717

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Shannon StewartLF2-441241010.310.364.474
Luis Rivas2B1-440100010.269.317.387
Corey Koskie3B0-220000200.294.389.475
Matt LeCroy1B0-440000020.288.331.517
Doug Mientkiewicz1B0-000000000.299.385.461
Jacque JonesDH0-330000100.305.333.457
Torii HunterCF0-330000000.242.307.439
A.J. PierzynskiC1-331100010.300.341.457
Dustan MohrRF1-221100110.266.328.424
Cristian GuzmanSS0-111000100.266.302.347
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kenny RogersP7.0933331116-754.67116
LaTroy HawkinsP1.00000008-62.178
Eddie GuardadoP1.000001011-83.3311

Starting lineups

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

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 Angel Berroa SS
  8. 8 Desi Relaford 2B
  9. 9 Brent Mayne C

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