Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals
63-61, 30-31 Away
4
63-61, 30-31 Away
Final
65-57, 34-30 Home
5
65-57, 34-30 Home
Twins Hitting
a-grounded into fielder's choice to first for M Restovich in the 7th
- Batting
- 2BA Pierzynski (26, D May); M Ryan (2, C Leskanic)
- HRL Rivas (6, 1st inning off D May 0 on, 1 Out); S Stewart (12, 5th inning off D May 0 on, 2 Out); M Lecroy (13, 8th inning off A Levine 0 on, 1 Out)
- RBIL Rivas (31), D Mientkiewicz (54), S Stewart (49), M LeCroy (41)
- 2Out RBID Mientkiewicz, S Stewart
- Team LOB5
- Fielding
- DP1 (L Rivas-C Guzman-M LeCroy)
- EM LeCroy (3, catch)
Royals Hitting
- Batting
- HRR Ibanez (16, 3rd inning off R Reed 1 on, 1 Out); J Randa (12, 3rd inning off R Reed 0 on, 1 Out)
- RBIC Beltran 2 (76), R Ibanez 2 (73), J Randa (41)
- SFC Beltran
- GIDPR Ibanez
- Team LOB7
- Fielding
- EK Harvey (9, throw)
Twins Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
R. Reed(L,6-12) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54-39 | 5.10 |
| 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50-29 | 6.12 |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-9 | 2.21 |
| 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 120-77 |
- Pitching
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsR Reed 3-6; J Mays 6-6; L Hawkins 1-2
- Game ScoresR Reed 21
Royals Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
D. May(W,10-8) |
A. Levine(H,10) |
J. Affeldt(H,3) |
C. Leskanic(S,2) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 86-59 | 3.78 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29-17 | 2.91 |
| 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9-6 | 4.19 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-10 | 1.94 |
| 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 137-92 |
- Pitching
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsD May 7-9; A Levine 2-0; J Affeldt 0-0; C Leskanic 2-1
- Game ScoresD May 52
Scoring Summary
Inning | MIN | KC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | L Rivas homered to left. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | C Beltran singled to right, A Berroa scored, M Sweeney to second. | 1 | 1 | |
| 3rd | D Mientkiewicz singled to left, C Guzman scored. | 2 | 1 | |
| 3rd | C Beltran hit sacrifice fly to right center, A Berroa scored. | 2 | 2 | |
| 3rd | R Ibanez homered to right, M Sweeney scored. | 2 | 4 | |
| 3rd | J Randa homered to left center. | 2 | 5 | |
| 5th | S Stewart homered to right center. | 3 | 5 | |
| 8th | M LeCroy homered to right center. | 4 | 5 | |
MIN wins 2-1
Game Information
Kauffman Stadium
7:05 PM, 17 August 2003
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 18,875
Game Time:2:31
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Marvin Hudson
- First Base Umpire - Greg Gibson
- Second Base Umpire - James Hoye
- Third Base Umpire - Jerry Layne
2025 American League Central Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 88 | 74 | .543 | - | W2 |
| Detroit | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 | L1 |
| Kansas City | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | W2 |
| Minnesota | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 | L1 |
| Chicago | 60 | 102 | .370 | 28 | W1 |
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