August 5, 2001 Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 6
TEX 3 TBD 6
@CHW 4 CLE 15
SEA 14
(11) OAK 4
@DET 1 KCR 10
@MIN 5 ANA 4
@NYY 3 TOR 5
BAL 4 ARI 2
NYM 1 PIT 5
@COL 4 HOU 4
MON 1 LAD 3
CHC 2
(10) ATL 12
@MIL 8 CIN 10
@SDP 9 SFG 8
PHI 4 FLA 5
@STL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Attendance: 24,363

Sunday, August 5, 2001, 1:08PM
Time of Game: 3:15

Royals

44-67

Won 1

5th, 19 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  0  0   0  0  1   3  4  2   10 20  3
Twins           0  1  0   0  0  0   1  2  1    5 11  0

W: P Byrd (4-5), L: J Mays (12-9)

Twins

63-48

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Alicea 3B                   5   0   1   0    0   0  .273  .679   10    1   1   
  C Febles PR-2B              1   1   1   0    0   0  .220  .539    2    0   1   
N Perez SS                    6   2   2   0    0   1  .288  .744   21    4   3   
  L Ordaz SS                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .599         0   0   
C Beltran CF                  6   1   2   1    0   1  .276  .768   29    5   0   2B
M Sweeney 1B                  5   2   4   5    0   0  .311  .948   13    5   3   2·HR,GDP
R Ibanez DH                   4   2   1   0    1   1  .298  .879   25    0   0   2B
M Quinn RF                    5   1   4   2    0   0  .275  .771   14    3   0   2·2B
D Brown LF                    4   1   2   0    0   1  .277  .711   11    1   0   SH
D Sadler 2B-3B                4   0   1   0    1   0  .184  .503   24    1   2   
B Mayne C                     5   0   2   2    0   1  .328  .777   15    6   2   

P Byrd P                                                                 0   0
  C Bailey P                                                             0   0
  J Grimsley P                                                           0   0
  D Henry P                                                              1   0
Totals                       45  10  20  10    2   5              164   27  12

BATTING

2B: R Ibanez (5, off J Mays); C Beltran (19, off J Mays); M Quinn 2 (21, off T Miller, off J Mays).

HR: M Sweeney 2 (25, off H Carrasco, off J Mays; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF; 8th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF).

SH: D Brown (1, off J Mays).

TB: M Sweeney 10; M Quinn 6; C Beltran 3; B Mayne 2; R Ibanez 2; D Brown 2; N Perez 2; C Febles; D Sadler; L Alicea.

GIDP: M Sweeney (9).

RBI: M Sweeney 5 (80); B Mayne 2 (34); M Quinn 2 (41); C Beltran (56).

2-out RBI: M Sweeney 5; C Beltran; M Quinn.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 7 for 18.

FIELDING

DP: 1. N Perez-M Sweeney.

E: B Mayne (2); J Grimsley (); C Bailey ().

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Rivas 2B                    5   1   1   0    0   2  .256  .655   23    0   4   GDP
B Kielty RF                   5   0   2   0    0   2  .245  .665   19    1   0   SB
D Mientkiewicz 1B             4   0   0   0    1   1  .323  .899   28   12   1   
C Koskie 3B                   5   2   3   1    0   0  .291  .895   16    2   2   2·2B
D Ortiz DH                    5   0   0   0    0   0  .280  .903   19    0   0   
T Hunter CF                   3   1   2   3    0   0  .249  .751   12    3   0   HR,CS,SF
J Jones LF                    3   1   1   0    1   1  .269  .720   19    3   0   
D Hocking SS                  4   0   2   0    0   0  .235  .641    6    1   4   
A Pierzynski C                3   0   0   0    0   0  .285  .726   14    4   1   

J Mays P                                                                 1   1
  H Carrasco P                                                           0   0
  T Miller P                                                             0   0
  L Hawkins P                                                            0   0
Totals                       37   5  11   4    2   6              156   27  13

BATTING

2B: C Koskie 2 (30, off D Henry, off P Byrd).

HR: T Hunter (18, off J Grimsley; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out to CF).

SF: T Hunter (1, off P Byrd).

TB: C Koskie 5; T Hunter 5; B Kielty 2; D Hocking 2; J Jones; L Rivas.

GIDP: L Rivas (6).

RBI: T Hunter 3 (61); C Koskie (69).

2-out RBI: C Koskie.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. L Rivas-D Hocking-D Mientkiewicz.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Kielty (2, 2nd base off P Byrd/B Mayne).

CS: T Hunter (3, 2nd base by P Byrd/B Mayne).

PITCHING

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
P Byrd, W (4-5)                6     7   2   1    2   1   0   4.01   26   87-57   38· 3·15    7· 8· 7· 0     51    -     1.10   0.06
C Bailey, H (6)                1     0   0   0    0   3   0   3.56    4   18-11    4· 3· 4    1· 0· 0· 0          2-1    3.08   0.16
J Grimsley                     1     2   2   1    0   1   1   3.11    6   24-18   10· 5· 3    1· 2· 1· 1          0-0    0.29  -0.00
D Henry                        1     2   1   1    0   1   0   6.38    5   19-11    8· 1· 2    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.10   0.00
Totals                         9    11   5   3    2   6   1          41  148-97   60·12·24   12·10· 9· 1          2-1

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, L (12-9)               6.2  11   4   4    2   5   1   3.23   32  106-70   45·10·15   16· 4· 4· 1     39    -     1.40  -0.06
H Carrasco                     1     5   4   4    0   0   1   5.50    8   34-23   14· 2· 7    4· 0· 3· 1          1-1    0.72  -0.20
T Miller                       0.2   3   2   2    0   0   0   4.75    5   12-8     5· 3· 0    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.07  -0.01
L Hawkins                      0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.05    3    7-4     3· 1· 0    0· 2· 1· 0          1-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         9    20  10  10    2   5   2          48  159-105  67·16·22   22· 7·10· 2          2-1

P Byrd faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Grimsley (3); J Mays (8).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Pat Spieler, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Phil Cuzzi.

Time of Game: 3:15.

Attendance: 24,363.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Minnesota Twins                      
1. L Alicea             3B    1. L Rivas              2B 
2. N Perez              SS    2. B Kielty             RF 
3. C Beltran            CF    3. D Mientkiewicz       1B 
4. M Sweeney            1B    4. C Koskie             3B 
5. R Ibanez             DH    5. D Ortiz              DH 
6. M Quinn              RF    6. T Hunter             CF 
7. D Brown              LF    7. J Jones              LF 
8. D Sadler             2B    8. D Hocking            SS 
9. B Mayne              C     9. A Pierzynski         C  

   P Byrd               P        J Mays               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 7   2  1-1  -2-  1   30%  77% M Sweeney       J Mays          Home Run; Perez Scores
   t 6   0  1-0  1--  2   18%  59% M Quinn         J Mays          Double (Line Drive to CF-RF); Ibanez Scores
   b 7   0  4-1  1-3  1  -18%  51% A Pierzynski    C Bailey        Reached on E1 (catch) (Ground Ball to 3B); Jones Scores/No RBI/unER; Hocking to 3B; Pierzynski to 2B
   b 7   1  4-2  -23  6   13%  74% B Kielty        C Bailey        Strikeout Swinging
   b 7   0  4-1  1--  1  -12%  69% D Hocking       P Byrd          Single to RF (Line Drive); Jones to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Joe Mays facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   48%  L Alicea        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   46%  N Perez         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  9   48%  C Beltran       Double (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          -2-  3   50%  M Sweeney       Single (Ground Ball); Beltran to 3B
   O      1-3  3   45%  R Ibanez        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Byrd facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   47%  L Rivas         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   49%  B Kielty        Popfly: SS
   O      ---  9   50%  D Mientkiewicz  Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Joe Mays facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   48%  M Quinn         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   50%  D Brown         Single (Ground Ball)
          1--      52%  D Sadler        Wild Pitch; Brown to 2B
          -2-  7   54%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  3   49%  B Mayne         Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  3   45%  L Alicea        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Byrd facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   39%  C Koskie        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      -2-  4   40%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B; Koskie to 3B
   RO     --3  1   38%  T Hunter        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Koskie Scores
          ---  4   37%  J Jones         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      1--  1   39%  D Hocking       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Joe Mays facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   37%  N Perez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   35%  C Beltran       Flyball: CF
          ---  3   36%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  5   34%  R Ibanez        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 1-0, Paul Byrd facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   36%  A Pierzynski    Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   37%  L Rivas         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  1   36%  B Kielty        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--      35%  D Mientkiewicz  Kielty Steals 2B
          -2-  5   34%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  5   38%  C Koskie        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Joe Mays facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   43%  M Quinn         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  5   39%  D Brown         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   43%  D Sadler        Single (Ground Ball); Quinn to 2B
   O      12-  1   37%  B Mayne         Flyball: LF
   O      12-  2   32%  L Alicea        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 1-0, Paul Byrd facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   34%  D Ortiz         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  2   32%  T Hunter        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      36%  J Jones         Hunter Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---  5   37%  " "             Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Joe Mays facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   42%  N Perez         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  4   37%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
   OO     1--  1   30%  M Sweeney       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 1-0, Paul Byrd facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   32%  D Hocking       Flyball: CF
          ---  5   30%  A Pierzynski    Reached on Interference on C
   OO     1--  4   35%  L Rivas         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Joe Mays facing 5-6-7
          ---  8   41%  R Ibanez        Walk
   R      1--  2   59%  M Quinn         Double (Line Drive to CF-RF); Ibanez Scores
   O      -2-  1   57%  D Brown         Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Quinn to 3B
   O      --3  1   48%  D Sadler        Lineout: 3B
   O      --3  6   42%  B Mayne         Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Tied 1-1, Paul Byrd facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   37%  B Kielty        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      1--  2   42%  D Mientkiewicz  Lineout: CF
          1--  3   37%  C Koskie        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Kielty to 2B
   O      12-  4   43%  D Ortiz         Foul Flyball: 3B (Deep 3B)
   O      12-  2   50%  T Hunter        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 1.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Tied 1-1, Joe Mays facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   46%  L Alicea        Flyball: RF
          ---  1   50%  N Perez         Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   47%  C Beltran       Groundout: 1B unassisted; Perez to 2B
   RR     -2-  1   77%  M Sweeney       Home Run; Perez Scores
          ---  4   79%  R Ibanez        Double (Line Drive to CF-RF)
                  Hector Carrasco replaces Joe Mays pitching
   R      -2-  5   87%  M Quinn         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Ibanez Scores
   O      1--  2   86%  D Brown         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-4, Paul Byrd facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   81%  J Jones         Walk
          1--  1   69%  D Hocking       Single to RF (Line Drive); Jones to 3B
                  Cory Bailey replaces Paul Byrd pitching
   R      1-3  1   51%  A Pierzynski    Reached on E1 (catch) (Ground Ball to 3B); Jones Scores/No RBI/unER; Hocking to 3B; Pierzynski to 2B
   O      -23  7   61%  L Rivas         Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  6   74%  B Kielty        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  4   85%  D Mientkiewicz  Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-2, Hector Carrasco facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   84%  D Sadler        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   85%  B Mayne         Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   87%  L Alicea        Single to LF (Line Drive); Mayne to 2B
                  Carlos Febles pinch runs for Luis Alicea batting 1st
   O      12-  6   85%  N Perez         Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B; Febles to 2B
   R      12-  5   92%  C Beltran       Single to RF (Line Drive); Febles Scores; Perez to 2B
   RRR    12-  5   99%  M Sweeney       Home Run; Perez Scores; Beltran Scores
                  Travis Miller replaces Hector Carrasco pitching
   O      ---  5   99%  R Ibanez        Flyball: CF
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-8, Jason Grimsley facing 4-5-6
                  Jason Grimsley replaces Cory Bailey pitching; Carlos Febles moves to 2B; Donnie Sadler moves to 3B
          ---  2   98%  C Koskie        Reached on E1 (catch) (Ground Ball to 1B)
   O      1--  7   99%  D Ortiz         Flyball: CF
          1--      99%  T Hunter        Wild Pitch; Koskie to 2B
   RR     -2-  5   97%  " "             Home Run; Koskie Scores/unER
   O      ---  4   98%  J Jones         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   97%  D Hocking       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   98%  A Pierzynski    Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 4.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-4, Travis Miller facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   99%  M Quinn         Double to LF (Line Drive)
          -2-  1   99%  D Brown         Single to LF (Line Drive); Quinn to 3B
   O      1-3  2   99%  D Sadler        Groundout: 3B-1B; Brown to 2B
   RR     -23  3  100%  B Mayne         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Quinn Scores; Brown Scores
                  LaTroy Hawkins replaces Travis Miller pitching
          1--  2  100%  C Febles        Single to RF (Line Drive); Mayne to 2B
   O      12-  3  100%  N Perez         Flyball: LF
   O      12-  2  100%  C Beltran       Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 10, Twins 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-10, Doug Henry facing 1-2-3
                  Doug Henry replaces Jason Grimsley pitching; Luis Ordaz replaces Neifi Perez playing SS batting 2nd
          ---  4   99%  L Rivas         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5  100%  B Kielty        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4  100%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 1B-P; Rivas to 2B
   R      -2-  3  100%  C Koskie        Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Rivas Scores
   O      -2-  3  100%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 10, Twins 5.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation