July 9, 2005 Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Box Score and Play by Play

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

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 26,023

Saturday, July 9, 2005, 6:11PM
Time of Game: 3:32

Twins

47-38

Lost 1

2nd, 10 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           3  1  0   2  0  0   0  2  0    8 12  2
Royals          0  4  0   0  0  6   0  2  X   12 21  0

W: L Nunez (2-1), L: J Crain (8-1)

Royals

30-56

Won 1

5th, 27½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart LF                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .290  .761   33    0   1   
N Punto 3B                    3   1   0   0    2   2  .278  .764   30    2   3   
L Ford RF                     4   0   2   0    0   0  .273  .756   21    0   0   2B,HBP
T Hunter CF                   4   1   1   0    1   0  .275  .834   15    1   0   CS,GDP
M LeCroy DH                   3   2   2   2    1   0  .279  .877   16    0   0   HR
  M Ryan PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .576    6    0   0   
J Morneau 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .261  .801   16   14   0   
M Redmond C                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .281  .700   17    5   1   
L Rivas 2B                    4   2   3   3    0   0  .243  .570   17    1   4   3B,2·2B
J Castro SS                   3   0   1   2    0   0  .240  .620   13    1   6   SF

J Mays P                                                                 0   2
  T Mulholland P                                                         0   1
  J Crain P                                                              0   0
  J Romero P                                                             0   0
  M Guerrier P                                                           0   0
Totals                       34   8  12   7    5   5              184   24  18

BATTING

2B: L Ford (19, off M MacDougal); L Rivas 2 (2, off J Howell, off J Gobble).

3B: L Rivas (1, off R Jensen).

HR: M LeCroy (9, off J Howell; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF).

SF: J Castro (2, off R Jensen).

HBP: L Ford (12, by J Howell).

TB: L Rivas 7; M LeCroy 5; L Ford 3; M Redmond 2; J Castro; T Hunter; S Stewart.

GIDP: T Hunter (8).

RBI: L Rivas 3 (7); J Castro 2 (21); M LeCroy 2 (24).

2-out RBI: L Rivas 2; M LeCroy 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. T Mulholland-N Punto-J Castro; J Castro-L Rivas-J Morneau.

E: L Ford (2); J Castro (6).

BASERUNNING

CS: T Hunter (7, 2nd base by R Jensen/J Buck).

PO: M Redmond (1st base by J Buck).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  5   2   3   3    1   0  .290  .783   23    3   1   HR
T Long LF                     5   2   2   1    1   1  .263  .668   18    1   0   GDP
M Sweeney DH                  6   1   5   3    0   0  .313  .871   18    0   0   2·2B
M Stairs 1B                   3   0   1   0    0   0  .258  .807   10    7   0   
  T Graffanino PH-1B          1   0   0   0    1   1  .309  .796   11    3   0   
E Brown RF                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .288  .807   13    2   0   CS,GDP
M Teahen 3B                   5   1   3   1    0   0  .257  .670   10    1   1   2·2B
A Berroa SS                   5   1   2   1    0   0  .262  .663   19    1   4   2B
R Gotay 2B                    4   2   2   0    1   2  .248  .693   27    4   1   2B
J Buck C                      3   2   1   1    2   0  .229  .632   17    5   1   2B

J Howell P                                                               0   0
  R Jensen P                                                             0   2
  L Nunez P                                                              0   0
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  A Sisco P                                                              0   0
  M MacDougal P                                                          0   0
Totals                       42  12  21  10    6   4              166   27  10

BATTING

2B: M Teahen 2 (13, off M Guerrier, off J Romero); J Buck (10, off J Mays); R Gotay (12, off J Mays); A Berroa (13, off M Guerrier); M Sweeney 2 (23, off T Mulholland, off J Mays).

HR: D DeJesus (5, off J Mays; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: M Sweeney 7; D DeJesus 6; M Teahen 5; R Gotay 3; A Berroa 3; J Buck 2; T Long 2; E Brown 2; M Stairs.

GIDP: T Long (8); E Brown (7).

RBI: M Sweeney 3 (42); D DeJesus 3 (38); T Long (25); A Berroa (23); J Buck (25); M Teahen (26).

2-out RBI: D DeJesus 2; M Sweeney; J Buck; M Teahen.

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 8 for 18.

FIELDING

DP: 2. M Teahen-R Gotay-M Stairs; D DeJesus-T Graffanino.

BASERUNNING

CS: E Brown (1, 3rd base by T Mulholland/M Redmond).

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
J Mays                         2     9   4   4    0   1   1   4.13   15   43-29   19· 2· 8    6· 4· 4· 0     23    -     0.85  -0.37
T Mulholland                   3     3   2   1    1   1   0   4.66   11   36-21   13· 2· 6    7· 0· 2· 0          2-0    1.47   0.14
J Crain, BS (3), L (8-1)       0     3   4   4    1   0   0   2.50    4   14-5     4· 1· 0    1· 0· 2· 0          2-2    2.98  -0.48
J Romero                       0.2   2   0   0    2   0   0   2.51    5   20-7     4· 0· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          2-2    0.62  -0.06
M Guerrier                     2.1   4   2   2    2   2   0   3.90   13   49-30   20· 6· 4    6· 1· 2· 0          3-0    0.18  -0.03
Totals                         8    21  12  11    6   4   1          48  162-92   60·11·21   22· 5·11· 0          9-4

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 Howell                       1.2   4   4   4    3   0   1   8.65   11   55-31   20· 2· 9    4· 0· 3· 0     28    -     0.90  -0.29
R Jensen                       3     4   2   2    0   2   0   7.11   12   47-32   17· 5·10    2· 5· 3· 0          2-0    0.84  -0.09
L Nunez, W (2-1)               1.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   6.98    5   12-10    7· 1· 2    3· 2· 0· 0          1-0    0.59   0.03
J Gobble                       1.2   2   2   2    1   1   0   5.40    7   28-16    7· 3· 6    1· 3· 1· 0          1-0    1.00  -0.01
A Sisco, H (9)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.72    1    8-5     4· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.54   0.04
M MacDougal                    1     1   0   0    1   2   0   3.86    5   25-12    4· 1· 7    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.25   0.01
Totals                         9    12   8   8    5   5   1          41  175-106  59·12·35   10·13· 7· 0          5-0

J Mays faced 2 batters in the 3rd inning.
T Mulholland faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
J Crain faced 4 batters in the 6th inning.
L Nunez faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Howell 2 (3).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Howell (4; L Ford).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Greg Gibson, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Larry Poncino.

Time of Game: 3:32.

Attendance: 26,023.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 90° F, Wind 14mph from Right to Left, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Kansas City Royals                   
1. S Stewart            LF    1. D DeJesus            CF 
2. N Punto              3B    2. T Long               LF 
3. L Ford               RF    3. M Sweeney            DH 
4. T Hunter             CF    4. M Stairs             1B 
5. M LeCroy             DH    5. E Brown              RF 
6. J Morneau            1B    6. M Teahen             3B 
7. M Redmond            C     7. A Berroa             SS 
8. L Rivas              2B    8. R Gotay              2B 
9. J Castro             SS    9. J Buck               C  

   J Mays               P        J Howell             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   0  4-4  1--  4  -17%  28% L Rivas         R Jensen        Triple to RF (Line Drive); Redmond Scores
   b 2   2  4-1  -2-  3   16%  40% D DeJesus       J Mays          Home Run (Fly Ball); Buck Scores
   b 4   0  6-4  12-  1  -15%  28% T Long          T Mulholland    Bunt Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-3B-SS
   t 1   2  0-1  --3  4  -15%  26% M LeCroy        J Howell        Home Run (Line Drive); Punto Scores
   b 6   0  6-4  123  3   14%  67% D DeJesus       J Crain         Single to LF (Line Drive); Berroa Scores/unER; Gotay to 3B; Buck to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, J.P. Howell facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  9   47%  S Stewart       Walk
          1--  7   41%  N Punto         Walk; Stewart to 2B
          12-  3   34%  L Ford          Hit By Pitch; Stewart to 3B; Punto to 2B
   ROO    123  2   42%  T Hunter        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Stewart Scores; Punto to 3B
   RR     --3  4   26%  M LeCroy        Home Run (Line Drive); Punto Scores
   O      ---  5   27%  J Morneau       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Joe Mays facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   25%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   23%  T Long          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   24%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   27%  M Stairs        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Sweeney to 3B
   O      1-3  2   22%  E Brown         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-0, J.P. Howell facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   20%  M Redmond       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      24%  L Rivas         Redmond Picked off 1B (C-1B)
          ---  5   21%  " "             Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   R      -2-  2   16%  J Castro        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Rivas Scores
          1--      15%  S Stewart       Wild Pitch; Castro to 2B
          -2-      14%  " "             Wild Pitch; Castro to 3B
   O      --3  7   16%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
          --3  6   16%  N Punto         Walk
                  Ryan Jensen replaces J.P. Howell pitching
   O      1-3  1   18%  L Ford          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-4, Joe Mays facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   16%  M Teahen        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  1   15%  A Berroa        Bunt Groundout: P-1B
          ---  6   17%  R Gotay         Double to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   R      -2-  2   24%  J Buck          Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gotay Scores
   RR     -2-  3   40%  D DeJesus       Home Run (Fly Ball); Buck Scores
          ---  1   41%  T Long          Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  4   53%  M Sweeney       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Long Scores
   O      -2-  3   50%  M Stairs        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Tied 4-4, Ryan Jensen facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   53%  T Hunter        Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  3   54%  M LeCroy        Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  4   56%  J Morneau       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 4-4, Joe Mays facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   60%  E Brown         Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   65%  M Teahen        Single to CF (Line Drive); Brown to 2B
                  Terry Mulholland replaces Joe Mays pitching
   O      12-      58%  A Berroa        Brown Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B); Teahen to 2B
   O      -2-  5   54%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B; Teahen to 3B
   O      --3  4   50%  R Gotay         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Tied 4-4, Ryan Jensen facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   46%  M Redmond       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   R      1--  4   28%  L Rivas         Triple to RF (Line Drive); Redmond Scores
   RO     --3  2   29%  J Castro        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Rivas Scores
   O      ---  4   30%  S Stewart       Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  8   31%  N Punto         Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Terry Mulholland facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   36%  J Buck          Walk
          1--  5   43%  D DeJesus       Single to RF (Line Drive); Buck to 2B
   OO     12-  1   28%  T Long          Bunt Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-3B-SS
   O      1--  2   25%  M Sweeney       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Long out at Hm/LF-SS-C
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-4, Ryan Jensen facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   22%  L Ford          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   25%  T Hunter        Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      28%  M LeCroy        Hunter Caught Stealing 2B (P-2B)
          ---  4   27%  " "             Single to RF (Ground Ball)
                  Leo Nunez replaces Ryan Jensen pitching
   O      1--  2   29%  J Morneau       Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Terry Mulholland facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   26%  M Stairs        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   24%  E Brown         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   22%  M Teahen        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-4, Leo Nunez facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   24%  M Redmond       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   25%  L Rivas         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   26%  J Castro        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Terry Mulholland facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   32%  A Berroa        Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to LF-CF)
          1--  2   41%  R Gotay         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Berroa to 2B
                  Jesse Crain replaces Terry Mulholland pitching
          12-  6   53%  J Buck          Walk; Berroa to 3B; Gotay to 2B
   R      123  3   67%  D DeJesus       Single to LF (Line Drive); Berroa Scores/unER; Gotay to 3B; Buck to 2B
   R      123  2   79%  T Long          Single to CF (Line Drive); Gotay Scores; Buck to 3B; DeJesus to 2B
   RR     123  3   89%  M Sweeney       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Buck Scores; DeJesus Scores; Long to 2B
                  J.C. Romero replaces Jesse Crain pitching; Tony Graffanino pinch hits for Matt Stairs batting 4th
          12-  6   93%  T Graffanino    Walk; Long to 3B; Sweeney to 2B
   ROO    123  3   91%  E Brown         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Long Scores/Team unER; Sweeney to 3B
   R      --3  2   95%  M Teahen        Double to LF (Line Drive); Sweeney Scores/Team unER
          -2-  4   95%  A Berroa        Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Teahen to 3B
          1-3  5   95%  R Gotay         Walk; Berroa to 2B
                  Matt Guerrier replaces J.C. Romero pitching
   O      123  2   94%  J Buck          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 10.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 6-10, Leo Nunez facing 1-2-3
                  Tony Graffanino moves to 1B
          ---  2   91%  S Stewart       Single to CF (Ground Ball)
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Leo Nunez pitching
   OO     1--  6   96%  N Punto         Fly Ball Double Play: CF; Stewart out at 1B/CF-1B
   O      ---  5   97%  L Ford          Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 10-6, Matt Guerrier facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   97%  D DeJesus       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   96%  T Long          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   97%  M Sweeney       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   96%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 10.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 6-10, Jimmy Gobble facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   94%  T Hunter        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   89%  M LeCroy        Walk; Hunter to 2B
   O      12-  5   94%  J Morneau       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  2   97%  M Redmond       Flyball: RF
   RR     12-  3   89%  L Rivas         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Hunter Scores; LeCroy Scores
                  Andrew Sisco replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
   O      -2-  8   94%  J Castro        Popfly: 1B (Short RF Line)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 10-8, Matt Guerrier facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   95%  E Brown         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  1   99%  M Teahen        Double to RF (Ground Ball thru RF Line); Brown Scores/Adv on E9 (throw)/No RBI; Teahen to 3B
   R      --3  1   99%  A Berroa        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Teahen Scores
   O      -2- 10   99%  R Gotay         Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3   99%  J Buck          Groundout: 3B-1B; Berroa to 3B
          --3  4   99%  D DeJesus       Walk
          1-3  7   99%  T Long          Walk; DeJesus to 2B
   O      123  2   98%  M Sweeney       Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 12.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 8-12, Mike MacDougal facing 1-2-3
                  Mike MacDougal replaces Andrew Sisco pitching
   O      ---  6   99%  S Stewart       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3  100%  N Punto         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6  100%  L Ford          Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  4   99%  T Hunter        Walk
                  Michael Ryan pinch hits for Matt LeCroy batting 5th
   O      12-  6  100%  M Ryan          Flyball: LF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 12.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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