April 1, 2002 Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 10
NYY 3 TOR 12
@BOS 11 MIN 8
@KCR 6 OAK 8
TEX 3 CHW 6
@SEA 5 ARI 2
SDP 0 ATL 7
PHI 2 CIN 5
CHC 4 NYM 6
PIT 2 STL 10
COL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 40,605

Monday, April 1, 2002
Time of Game: 3:07

Twins

1-0

Won 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           2  1  0   0  0  1   4  0  0    8 12  1
Royals          0  1  3   0  2  0   0  0  0    6 10  0

W: J Romero (1-0), L: C Bailey (0-1), S: E Guardado (1)

Royals

0-1

Lost 1

4th, 1 GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Jones LF                    5   2   3   4    0   1  .600 2.400   17    4   0   2·HR
C Guzman SS                   5   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    9    1   3   
D Mientkiewicz 1B             5   1   1   0    0   0  .200  .400   15   10   0   
D Ortiz DH                    4   1   3   1    1   0  .750 2.550   28    0   0   HR,2B
T Hunter CF                   4   1   1   1    1   1  .250 1.400   21    3   0   HR,GDP,IW
C Koskie 3B                   3   0   0   1    1   1  .000  .250   16    0   1   
B Buchanan RF                 4   2   2   1    0   1  .500 1.750   12    1   0   HR
  D Hocking RF                0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
A Pierzynski C                4   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   13    6   0   
L Rivas 2B                    4   1   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000   15    1   3   

B Radke P                                                                0   1
  J Cressend P                                                           0   1
  J Romero P                                                             0   0
  M Jackson P                                                            0   0
  E Guardado P                                                           0   0
Totals                       38   8  12   8    3   5              146   27   9

BATTING

2B: D Ortiz (1, off C Bailey).

HR: T Hunter (1, off J Suppan; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to CF); J Jones 2 (2, off J Suppan, off C Bailey; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF; 7th inn, 2 on, 1 out to CF-RF); B Buchanan (1, off J Suppan; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF); D Ortiz (1, off J Suppan; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to CF-RF).

IBB: T Hunter (1, by C Bailey).

TB: J Jones 9; D Ortiz 7; B Buchanan 5; T Hunter 4; L Rivas 2; D Mientkiewicz.

GIDP: T Hunter (1).

RBI: J Jones 4 (4); C Koskie (1); B Buchanan (1); T Hunter (1); D Ortiz (1).

2-out RBI: C Koskie; D Ortiz; T Hunter.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 2 for 4.

FIELDING

DP: 2. C Guzman-D Mientkiewicz; C Guzman-L Rivas-D Mientkiewicz.

E: A Pierzynski (1).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Knoblauch LF                4   1   1   0    1   0  .250  .650   21    1   0   
N Perez SS                    5   2   3   1    0   0  .600 1.600   21    0   2   3B
C Beltran CF                  3   0   1   2    0   1  .333 1.250   12    1   0   3B,SF,GDP
M Sweeney 1B                  4   0   2   2    0   0  .500 1.250   12   14   1   2B
M Tucker RF                   3   1   1   0    1   1  .333  .833   18    1   0   2·SB
J Randa 3B                    3   0   0   1    0   1  .000  .000   28    1   2   SF,GDP
R Ibanez DH                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000   13    0   0   
  D Sadler PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    0   0   
B Mayne C                     3   1   1   0    0   0  .333  .666   15    5   0   
  B Berger PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   0   
C Febles 2B                   3   1   1   0    1   2  .333 1.167   18    3   6   2B

J Suppan P                                                               1   3
  C Bailey P                                                             0   0
  B Shouse P                                                             0   0
  J Grimsley P                                                           0   1
Totals                       33   6  10   6    3   6              165   27  15

BATTING

2B: C Febles (1, off B Radke); M Sweeney (1, off B Radke).

3B: C Beltran (1, off J Cressend); N Perez (1, off B Radke).

SF: J Randa (1, off B Radke); C Beltran (1, off B Radke).

TB: N Perez 5; M Sweeney 3; C Beltran 3; C Febles 2; B Mayne; C Knoblauch; M Tucker.

GIDP: C Beltran (1); J Randa (1).

RBI: C Beltran 2 (2); M Sweeney 2 (2); J Randa (1); N Perez (1).

2-out RBI: M Sweeney 2.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. N Perez-C Febles-M Sweeney.

BASERUNNING

SB: M Tucker 2 (2, 2nd base off B Radke/A Pierzynski, 2nd base off J Cressend/A Pierzynski).

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
B Radke                        4.1   8   6   5    0   2   0  10.38   20   91-60   39· 4·17    8· 6· 4· 0     27    -     1.19  -0.31
J Cressend                     0.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    4   15-7     6· 1· 0    1· 0· 1· 0          1-1    0.79  -0.01
J Romero, W (1-0)              2     0   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    6   20-13    7· 2· 4    1· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.77   0.13
M Jackson, H (1)               1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3    7-6     3· 0· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.44   0.11
E Guardado, S (1)              1     0   0   0    2   1   0   0.00    5   26-14    7· 3· 4    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.86   0.11
Totals                         9    10   6   5    3   6   0          38  159-100  62·10·28   12·12· 5· 0          1-1

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 Suppan                       6     7   4   4    0   3   4   6.00   24   88-61   45· 5·11   12· 4· 1· 4     45    -     0.79   0.00
C Bailey, BS (1), L (0-1)      0.2   5   4   4    1   0   1  54.00    8   18-11    9· 0· 2    3· 0· 3· 1          0-0    1.62  -0.49
B Shouse                       1.1   0   0   0    1   2   0   0.00    5   25-16   11· 4· 1    0· 2· 0· 0          3-1    1.28  -0.02
J Grimsley                     1     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    4   15-8     5· 1· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.28   0.03
Totals                         9    12   8   8    3   5   5          41  146-96   70·10·16   17· 7· 4· 5          3-1

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: C Bailey (1; T Hunter).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Charlie Reliford, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Marvin Hudson.

Time of Game: 3:07.

Attendance: 40,605.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 68° F, Wind 18mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Kansas City Royals                   
1. J Jones              LF    1. C Knoblauch          LF 
2. C Guzman             SS    2. N Perez              SS 
3. D Mientkiewicz       1B    3. C Beltran            CF 
4. D Ortiz              DH    4. M Sweeney            1B 
5. T Hunter             CF    5. M Tucker             RF 
6. C Koskie             3B    6. J Randa              3B 
7. B Buchanan           RF    7. R Ibanez             DH 
8. A Pierzynski         C     8. B Mayne              C  
9. L Rivas              2B    9. C Febles             2B 

   B Radke              P        J Suppan             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 7   1  6-4  1-3  1   35%  65% J Jones         C Bailey        Home Run (CF-RF); Buchanan Scores; Rivas Scores
   b 3   2  3-2  1-3  6  -20%  36% M Sweeney       B Radke         Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Knoblauch Scores; Perez Scores
   t 7   2  6-7  123  7   11%  81% C Koskie        B Shouse        Walk; Mientkiewicz Scores; Ortiz to 3B; Hunter to 2B
   b 8   1  8-6  1--  2   11%  91% J Randa         M Jackson       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   b 9   2  8-6  12-  5   10% 100% N Perez         E Guardado      Flyball: CF (Short CF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  2   59%  J Jones         Home Run
   O      ---  1   57%  C Guzman        Foul Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   55%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 2B-1B
   R      ---  4   64%  D Ortiz         Home Run (CF-RF)
   O      ---  7   63%  T Hunter        Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Behind 0-2, Brad Radke facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   65%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  6   63%  N Perez         Single to CF (Pop Fly to Short CF)
   OO     1--  3   68%  C Beltran       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeff Suppan facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   66%  C Koskie        Flyball: CF
   R      ---  1   74%  B Buchanan      Home Run
   O      ---  1   73%  A Pierzynski    Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      ---  6   72%  L Rivas         Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Brad Radke facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   75%  M Sweeney       Popfly: 1B
          ---  5   72%  M Tucker        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--      69%  J Randa         Tucker Steals 2B; Tucker to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw to 2B)
   RO     --3  6   68%  " "             Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Tucker Scores/unER
   O      ---  6   69%  R Ibanez        Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 1.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-1, Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  7   67%  J Jones         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  2   66%  C Guzman        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   65%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-3, Brad Radke facing 8-9-1
          ---  8   61%  B Mayne         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  3   65%  C Febles        Strikeout Looking
          1--  2   61%  C Knoblauch     Single (Ground Ball); Mayne to 2B
          12-  4   54%  N Perez         Single to LF (Pop Fly to Short LF); Mayne to 3B; Knoblauch to 2B
   RO     123  4   55%  C Beltran       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Mayne Scores; Knoblauch to 3B
   RR     1-3  6   36%  M Sweeney       Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Knoblauch Scores; Perez Scores
   O      -2-  6   39%  M Tucker        Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 4.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-4, Jeff Suppan facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   43%  D Ortiz         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   OO     1--  1   34%  T Hunter        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   O      ---  3   32%  C Koskie        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Brad Radke facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   35%  J Randa         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   36%  R Ibanez        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  6   38%  B Mayne         Lineout: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 4.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-4, Jeff Suppan facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   34%  B Buchanan      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   32%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: P-1B
          ---  2   33%  L Rivas         Single to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF)
          1--  4   37%  J Jones         Single to RF (Line Drive); Rivas to 3B
   O      1-3  3   30%  C Guzman        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Brad Radke facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   24%  C Febles        Ground-rule Double (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  3   26%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: 2B-1B; Febles to 3B
   R      --3  2   17%  N Perez         Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Febles Scores
                  Jack Cressend replaces Brad Radke pitching
   R      --3  1   11%  C Beltran       Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Perez Scores
   O      --3  3   14%  M Sweeney       Groundout: P-1B
          --3  4   13%  M Tucker        Walk
          1-3      13%  J Randa         Tucker Steals 2B
   O      -23  7   16%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 6.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-6, Jeff Suppan facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   13%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  8   11%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B
   R      ---  7   18%  T Hunter        Home Run
   O      ---  4   17%  C Koskie        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-4, J.C. Romero facing 7-8-9
                  J.C. Romero replaces Jack Cressend pitching
   O      ---  3   18%  R Ibanez        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   20%  B Mayne         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   20%  C Febles        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 6.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-6, Cory Bailey facing 7-8-9
                  Cory Bailey replaces Jeff Suppan pitching
          ---  3   26%  B Buchanan      Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   23%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 2B-1B; Buchanan to 2B
          -2-  1   30%  L Rivas         Single (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Buchanan to 3B
   RRR    1-3  1   65%  J Jones         Home Run (CF-RF); Buchanan Scores; Rivas Scores
   O      ---  1   62%  C Guzman        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   64%  D Mientkiewicz  Single (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  4   68%  D Ortiz         Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Mientkiewicz to 3B
          -23  4   69%  T Hunter        Intentional Walk
                  Brian Shouse replaces Cory Bailey pitching
   R      123  7   81%  C Koskie        Walk; Mientkiewicz Scores; Ortiz to 3B; Hunter to 2B
   O      123  5   75%  B Buchanan      Foul Flyball: 1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-8, J.C. Romero facing 1-2-3
                  Dennis Hocking replaces Brian Buchanan playing RF batting 7th
   O      ---  4   79%  C Knoblauch     Foul Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   83%  N Perez         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   84%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-6, Brian Shouse facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   83%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   82%  L Rivas         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   81%  J Jones         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-8, Mike Jackson facing 4-5-6
                  Mike Jackson replaces J.C. Romero pitching
          ---  2   73%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  3   80%  M Tucker        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   OO     1--  2   91%  J Randa         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-6, Jason Grimsley facing 2-3-4
                  Jason Grimsley replaces Brian Shouse pitching
   O      ---  2   90%  C Guzman        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  5   89%  D Mientkiewicz  Popfly: 2B
          ---  6   90%  D Ortiz         Walk
   O      1--  2   89%  T Hunter        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-8, Eddie Guardado facing 7-8-9
                  Eddie Guardado replaces Mike Jackson pitching; Donnie Sadler pinch hits for Raul Ibanez batting 7th
   O      ---  2   94%  D Sadler        Flyball: CF
                  Brandon Berger pinch hits for Brent Mayne batting 8th
   O      ---  5   98%  B Berger        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  7   95%  C Febles        Walk
          1--  7   90%  C Knoblauch     Walk; Febles to 2B
   O      12-  5  100%  N Perez         Flyball: CF (Short CF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation