August 21, 1990 Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 9
@BOS 5 CHW 4
OAK 1 DET 6
CAL 2 KCR 8
MIN 7 MIL 6
CLE 5 NYY 3
TOR 2 SEA 4
@TEX 3 CIN 8
CHC 1 PHI 12
@LAD 11 HOU 2
@PIT 1 SDP 7
NYM 0 MON 10
@SFG 5 ATL 7
@STL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 22,751

Tuesday, August 21, 1990, 7:35
Time of Game: 2:57

Twins

55-68

Lost 7

7th, 22 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  1  0   3  3  0   0  0  0    7 14  2
Royals          2  0  2   4  0  0   0  0  X    8  8  1

W: S Crawford (5-2), L: P Abbott (0-1), S: J Montgomery (18)

Royals

60-62

Won 2

6th, 16½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Gladden LF                  4   1   1   3    1   0  .276  .691   18    3   0   HR
N Liriano 2B                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .230  .613   21    0   3   
K Puckett CF                  3   1   1   0    0   0  .302  .845    7    1   1   
  J Moses CF                  2   0   1   0    0   0  .224  .574    8    0   0   SB
G Gaetti 3B                   5   0   1   0    0   0  .235  .685   29    0   2   2B
B Harper C                    5   2   2   1    0   0  .309  .797   14    5   1   2·2B
K Hrbek 1B                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .286  .866   15   11   1   2B
C Castillo DH                 4   1   2   2    0   0  .207  .451   14    0   0   2B
  G Larkin PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .265  .721    6    0   0   
S Mack RF                     2   1   1   0    0   1  .307  .831    7    0   0   
  R Bush PH-RF                2   0   2   1    0   0  .281  .842    8    1   0   
G Gagne SS                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .224  .619   11    3   6   
  A Newman PH-SS              1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .592    3    0   0   

P Abbott P                                                               0   0
  R Smith P                                                              0   1
  J Berenguer P                                                          0   0
Totals                       42   7  14   7    1   3              161   24  15

BATTING

2B: C Castillo (3, off J Campbell); B Harper 2 (33, 2 off J Campbell); G Gaetti (24, off J Campbell); K Hrbek (24, off J Montgomery).

HR: D Gladden (5, off J Campbell; 4th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

TB: D Gladden 4; B Harper 4; C Castillo 3; K Hrbek 3; R Bush 2; G Gaetti 2; S Mack; K Puckett; J Moses; G Gagne.

RBI: D Gladden 3 (31); C Castillo 2 (8); B Harper (49); R Bush (17).

2-out RBI: D Gladden 3; R Bush; C Castillo.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. G Gagne-K Hrbek.

E: N Liriano (7); B Harper (9).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Moses (2, 2nd base off S Crawford/B Boone).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Seitzer 3B                  3   2   1   0    2   0  .279  .721   25    1   2   SB,CS
B McRae CF                    3   1   0   1    1   1  .313  .784   25    1   0   SF,GDP
G Brett 1B                    2   3   1   1    2   0  .312  .864   17    9   0   3B,IW
D Tartabull DH                3   0   1   1    1   1  .258  .777   15    0   0   2B
J Eisenreich RF               4   0   2   2    0   1  .287  .746   16    3   0   SB
W Wilson LF                   3   0   1   2    1   1  .288  .715   23    5   0   
K Stillwell SS                4   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .676   17    1   1   
F White 2B                    4   1   2   0    0   0  .224  .586   17    4   3   2B
B Boone C                     3   1   0   0    1   1  .239  .605   10    3   0   

J Campbell P                                                             0   0
  S Crawford P                                                           0   1
  J Montgomery P                                                         0   0
Totals                       29   8   8   7    8   5              165   27   7

BATTING

2B: D Tartabull (12, off P Abbott); F White (10, off P Abbott).

3B: G Brett (5, off P Abbott).

SF: B McRae (1, off R Smith).

IBB: G Brett (12, by R Smith).

TB: G Brett 3; F White 3; D Tartabull 2; J Eisenreich 2; K Seitzer; W Wilson.

GIDP: B McRae (2).

RBI: J Eisenreich 2 (42); W Wilson 2 (40); B McRae (5); D Tartabull (43); G Brett (65).

2-out RBI: J Eisenreich 2; W Wilson 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

E: K Stillwell (18).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Eisenreich (12, 2nd base off P Abbott/B Harper); K Seitzer (7, 2nd base off P Abbott/B Harper).

CS: K Seitzer (4, 2nd base by P Abbott/B Harper).

PO: B Boone (2nd base by R Smith).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Abbott, L (0-1)              3     6   7   7    5   3   0  21.00   19   84-45   27· 5·13    3· 4· 4· 0     17    -     1.13  -0.48
R Smith                        1.1   2   1   1    3   0   0   4.75    9   32-12    9· 1· 2    3· 1· 2· 0          2-2    1.03  -0.17
J Berenguer                    3.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   3.50   10   37-26   15· 4· 7    6· 1· 1· 0          2-0    0.70   0.19
Totals                         8     8   8   8    8   5   0          38  153-83   51·10·22   12· 6· 7· 0          4-2

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Campbell                     4.2  10   7   7    0   1   1  13.50   25   71-45   33· 5· 7    6· 9· 9· 0     17    -     1.10  -0.33
S Crawford, W (5-2)            2.1   2   0   0    0   0   0   2.97    9   43-27   21· 1· 5    2· 5· 2· 0          1-1    1.34   0.10
J Montgomery, S (18)           2     2   0   0    1   2   0   2.18    9   37-23   15· 3· 5    2· 2· 2· 0          0-0    3.08   0.27
Totals                         9    14   7   7    1   3   1          43  151-95   69· 9·17   10·16·13· 0          1-1

P Abbott faced 3 batters in the 4th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: R Smith (8); S Crawford (1).

IBB: R Smith (3; G Brett).

PO: R Smith (0; B Boone, 2nd base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Tim McClelland.

Time of Game: 2:57.

Attendance: 22,751.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 79° F, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Kansas City Royals                   
1. D Gladden            LF    1. K Seitzer            3B 
2. N Liriano            2B    2. B McRae              CF 
3. K Puckett            CF    3. G Brett              1B 
4. G Gaetti             3B    4. D Tartabull          DH 
5. B Harper             C     5. J Eisenreich         RF 
6. K Hrbek              1B    6. W Wilson             LF 
7. C Castillo           DH    7. K Stillwell          SS 
8. S Mack               RF    8. F White              2B 
9. G Gagne              SS    9. B Boone              C  

   P Abbott             P        J Campbell           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   2  4-1  12-  3  -28%  55% D Gladden       J Campbell      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Hrbek Scores; Mack Scores
   b 1   2  0-0  123  2   14%  71% W Wilson        P Abbott        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Seitzer Scores; Brett Scores; Tartabull out at 3B/CF-1B-3B-SS
   b 3   1  1-2  1--  1   13%  81% G Brett         P Abbott        Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); McRae Scores
   b 4   0  4-4  -2-  1   11%  75% B Boone         P Abbott        Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); White Scores/No RBI; Boone to 2B/Adv on throw
   b 4   2  4-6  -23  1   11%  91% J Eisenreich    R Smith         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Seitzer Scores; Brett Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jim Campbell facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  D Gladden       Flyball: RF
          ---  4   48%  N Liriano       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Liriano to 2B
   O      -2-  1   51%  K Puckett       Groundout: 2B-1B; Liriano to 3B
   O      --3  5   55%  G Gaetti        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Abbott facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   58%  K Seitzer       Walk
   O      1--  5   55%  B McRae         Strikeout Swinging
          1--      57%  G Brett         Seitzer Steals 2B
          -2-  6   58%  " "             Walk
          12-  4   64%  D Tartabull     Walk; Seitzer to 3B; Brett to 2B
   O      123  8   57%  J Eisenreich    Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   RRO    123  2   71%  W Wilson        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Seitzer Scores; Brett Scores; Tartabull out at 3B/CF-1B-3B-SS
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Jim Campbell facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   65%  B Harper        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      -2-  4   69%  K Hrbek         Popfly: 3B
   R      -2-  2   61%  C Castillo      Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Harper Scores
   O      1--  4   64%  S Mack          Strikeout Looking
          1--  3   61%  G Gagne         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Castillo to 2B
   O      12-  3   66%  D Gladden       Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Paul Abbott facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   64%  K Stillwell     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   63%  F White         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  3   62%  B Boone         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 1-2, Jim Campbell facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   64%  N Liriano       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  2   66%  K Puckett       Lineout: 1B
          ---  2   64%  G Gaetti        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  2   67%  B Harper        Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Paul Abbott facing 1-2-3
          ---  9   71%  K Seitzer       Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
   O      1--      65%  B McRae         Seitzer Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS-1B)
          ---  5   68%  " "             Walk
   R      1--  1   81%  G Brett         Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); McRae Scores
   R      --3  4   86%  D Tartabull     Double to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF Line); Brett Scores
          -2-  2   88%  J Eisenreich    Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Tartabull to 3B
          1-3      89%  W Wilson        Eisenreich Steals 2B
   O      -23  6   85%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  3   83%  K Stillwell     Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 4.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-4, Jim Campbell facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   79%  K Hrbek         Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   82%  C Castillo      Lineout: LF
          1--  3   78%  S Mack          Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Hrbek to 2B
   O      12-  1   83%  G Gagne         Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
   RRR    12-  3   55%  D Gladden       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Hrbek Scores; Mack Scores
   O      ---  5   56%  N Liriano       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Tied 4-4, Paul Abbott facing 8-9-1
          ---  8   63%  F White         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   R      -2-  1   75%  B Boone         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); White Scores/No RBI; Boone to 2B/Adv on throw
          -2-  5   77%  K Seitzer       Walk
                  Roy Smith replaces Paul Abbott pitching
          12-      81%  B McRae         Boone Picked off 2B, safe on E2; Boone to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   81%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Boone Scores; Seitzer to 2B
          -2-  4   82%  G Brett         Intentional Walk
   O      12-  3   80%  D Tartabull     Groundout: 1B unassisted; Seitzer to 3B; Brett to 2B
   RR     -23  1   91%  J Eisenreich    Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Seitzer Scores; Brett Scores
          1--      92%  W Wilson        Wild Pitch; Eisenreich to 2B
          -2-  5   92%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  5   91%  K Stillwell     Groundout: P-SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 8.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-8, Jim Campbell facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   88%  K Puckett       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  2   90%  G Gaetti        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   R      1--  1   83%  B Harper        Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Puckett Scores
   O      -2-  1   87%  K Hrbek         Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
   R      -2-  3   78%  C Castillo      Double to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Harper Scores
                  Steve Crawford replaces Jim Campbell pitching; Randy Bush pinch hits for Shane Mack batting 8th
   R      -2-  5   68%  R Bush          Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B); Castillo Scores
   O      1--  7   71%  G Gagne         Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-7, Roy Smith facing 8-9-1
                  John Moses replaces Kirby Puckett playing CF batting 3rd; Randy Bush moves to RF
          ---  4   75%  F White         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  4   79%  B Boone         Walk; White to 2B
   O      12-  3   75%  K Seitzer       Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
                  Juan Berenguer replaces Roy Smith pitching
   OO     12-  3   67%  B McRae         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-8, Steve Crawford facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   71%  D Gladden       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   73%  N Liriano       Popfly: SS
          ---  4   71%  J Moses         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--      69%  G Gaetti        Moses Steals 2B
          -2-      69%  " "             Wild Pitch; Moses to 3B
   O      --3  7   75%  " "             Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-7, Juan Berenguer facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   73%  G Brett         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   71%  D Tartabull     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   70%  J Eisenreich    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-8, Steve Crawford facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   75%  B Harper        Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  5   78%  K Hrbek         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  5   80%  C Castillo      Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-7, Juan Berenguer facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   78%  W Wilson        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   76%  K Stillwell     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   76%  F White         Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-8, Jeff Montgomery facing 8-9-1
                  Jeff Montgomery replaces Steve Crawford pitching
          ---  3   67%  R Bush          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
                  Al Newman pinch hits for Greg Gagne batting 9th
   O      1--  3   71%  A Newman        Groundout: 2B-1B; Bush to 2B
          -2-  5   66%  D Gladden       Walk
   O      12-  5   77%  N Liriano       Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  4   87%  J Moses         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-7, Juan Berenguer facing 9-1-2
                  Al Newman moves to SS
   O      ---  2   86%  B Boone         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   85%  K Seitzer       Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4   84%  B McRae         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-8, Jeff Montgomery facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   91%  G Gaetti        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   97%  B Harper        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
          ---  4   89%  K Hrbek         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
                  Gene Larkin pinch hits for Carmen Castillo batting 7th
   O      -2-  6  100%  G Larkin        Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 8.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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