2002 League Division Series - Minnesota Twins over Oakland Athletics (3-2)

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2002 League Division Series (3-2): Minnesota Twins (94-67) over Oakland Athletics (103-59)

WS: ANA-SFG / ALCS: ANA-MIN / NLCS: SFG-STL / Div. Series: ANA-NYY / MIN-OAK / SFG-ATL / STL-ARI
2001 ALDS2 / 2003 ALDS2

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 1, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  2    0  0  3    1  0  0     7 13  3
    Oakland Athletics            3  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     5 12  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Radke, Santana (6), Romero (7), Guardado (9)
              OAK - Hudson, Lilly (6), Lidle (7), Rincon (8), Mecir (9)

               WP - Brad Radke
	       LP - Ted Lilly
             SAVE - Eddie Guardado

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Koskie, Mientkiewicz
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,853

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  7  1
    Oakland Athletics            3  0  0    5  1  0    0  0  x     9 14  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Mays, Fiore (4), Lohse (6), Hawkins (8)
              OAK - Mulder, Bradford (7), Koch (9)

               WP - Mark Mulder
	       LP - Joe Mays
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Guzman
              OAK - Chavez

  ATTENDANCE: 31,953

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 4, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            2  0  0    1  0  1    2  0  0     6  9  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Zito, Rincon (7), Koch (9)
              MIN - Reed, Santana (6), Jackson (7), Romero (8), Hawkins (9)

               WP - Barry Zito
	       LP - Rick Reed
             SAVE - Billy Koch

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Durham, Dye, Hatteberg, Long
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,932

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 5, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  2
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  2    7  0  0    2  0  x    11 12  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Hudson, Lilly (4), Bowie (7)
              MIN - Milton, Lohse (8)

               WP - Eric Milton
	       LP - Tim Hudson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Tejada
              MIN - Mientkiewicz

  ATTENDANCE: 55,960

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 6, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  3     5 12  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  3     4 11  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Radke, Romero (7), Hawkins (8), Guardado (9)
              OAK - Mulder, Bradford (8), Koch (9)

               WP - Brad Radke
	       LP - Mark Mulder
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Pierzynski
              OAK - Durham, Ellis

  ATTENDANCE: 32,146

Series Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Michael Cuddyer	5	13	1	5	1	0	0	1	3	3	.385	.500	.462	.962	0	0	41	112	12	29	4	13	2	.259	.740
Tony Fiore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	48	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Eddie Guardado	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cristian Guzman	5	21	5	6	2	0	1	2	2	4	.286	.348	.524	.872	2	0	148	623	80	170	9	59	12	.273	.677
LaTroy Hawkins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	3	6	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.667	1.167	0	0	102	260	28	65	2	25	0	.250	.633
Torii Hunter	5	20	4	6	4	0	0	2	1	4	.300	.333	.500	.833	0	0	148	561	89	162	29	94	23	.289	.859
Michael Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacque Jones	5	20	3	5	3	0	0	1	1	8	.250	.318	.400	.718	0	0	149	577	96	173	27	85	6	.300	.852
Bobby Kielty	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	112	289	49	84	12	46	4	.291	.890
Corey Koskie	5	21	3	3	0	1	1	5	2	6	.143	.250	.381	.631	0	0	140	490	71	131	15	69	10	.267	.815
Matt LeCroy	3	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.444	.444	.444	.889	0	0	63	181	19	47	7	27	0	.260	.754
Kyle Lohse	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Joe Mays	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Mientkiewicz	5	20	3	5	0	0	2	4	1	1	.250	.286	.550	.836	0	0	143	467	60	122	10	64	1	.261	.756
Eric Milton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	5	0	2	0	1	0	.400	.800
Dustan Mohr	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	120	383	55	103	12	45	6	.269	.759
David Ortiz	4	13	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	5	.231	.231	.385	.615	0	0	125	412	52	112	20	75	1	.272	.839
A.J. Pierzynski	5	16	4	7	0	1	1	4	2	2	.438	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	130	440	54	132	6	49	1	.300	.773
Tom Prince	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	51	125	14	28	4	16	1	.224	.709
Brad Radke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Reed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.650
Luis Rivas	4	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.333	.641	0	0	93	316	46	81	4	35	9	.256	.697
J.C. Romero	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johan Santana	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Totals	76	179	27	52	15	2	5	23	14	42	.291	.349	.480	.829	2	0	161	5582	768	1518	167		79	.272	.769

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Micah Bowie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Bradford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Byrnes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	90	94	24	23	3	11	3	.245	.717
Eric Chavez	5	21	3	8	0	0	1	5	2	1	.381	.435	.524	.959	0	0	153	585	87	161	34	109	8	.275	.860
Ray Durham	5	21	7	7	3	0	2	2	2	4	.333	.417	.762	1.179	1	0	*150	564	114	163	15	70	26	.289	.825
Jermaine Dye	5	20	3	8	2	0	1	1	1	5	.400	.429	.650	1.079	0	0	131	488	74	123	24	86	2	.252	.792
Mark Ellis	5	19	1	7	2	0	1	4	1	2	.368	.400	.632	1.032	0	0	98	345	58	94	6	35	4	.272	.753
Scott Hatteberg	5	14	5	7	2	0	1	3	3	0	.500	.588	.857	1.445	0	0	136	492	58	138	15	61	0	.280	.807
Ramon Hernandez	5	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.059	.059	.059	.118	0	0	136	403	51	94	7	42	0	.233	.648
Tim Hudson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.733
David Justice	5	21	2	5	1	1	0	4	0	4	.238	.238	.381	.619	0	0	118	398	54	106	11	49	4	.266	.785
Billy Koch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cory Lidle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ted Lilly	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Terrence Long	5	18	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	.167	.211	.333	.544	0	0	162	587	71	141	16	67	3	.240	.689
John Mabry	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*110	214	28	59	11	43	1	.276	.821
Jim Mecir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Mulder	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Greg Myers	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	65	144	15	32	6	21	0	.222	.723
Adam Piatt	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	55	137	18	32	5	18	2	.234	.704
Ricardo Rincon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*71	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Olmedo Saenz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	68	156	15	43	6	18	1	.276	.822
Miguel Tejada	5	21	3	3	1	0	1	4	1	7	.143	.174	.333	.507	0	0	162	662	108	204	34	131	7	.308	.861
Randy Velarde	4	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.600	.600	.800	1.400	0	0	56	133	22	30	2	8	3	.226	.656
Barry Zito	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	76	184	26	53	13	1	8	25	12	34	.288	.333	.500	.833	1	0	162	5558	800	1450	205		46	.261	.771

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Tony Fiore	1	0	20.25	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	2	0	4.500	48	2	3.16	10	3	0	91.0	74	43	55	1.286
Eddie Guardado	2	0	13.50	0	0	1	0	2.0	5	3	1	1	3.000	68	0	2.93	1	3	45	67.2	53	18	70	1.049
LaTroy Hawkins	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	5	0.000	65	0	2.13	6	0	0	80.1	63	15	63	0.971
Michael Jackson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1.500	58	0	3.27	2	3	0	55.0	59	13	29	1.309
Kyle Lohse	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	5	0.500	32	31	4.23	13	8	0	180.2	181	70	124	1.389
Joe Mays	1	1	14.73	0	1	0	0	3.2	9	6	2	1	3.000	17	17	5.38	4	8	0	95.1	113	25	38	1.448
Eric Milton	1	1	2.57	1	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	1	3	1.000	29	29	4.84	13	9	0	171.0	173	30	121	1.187
Brad Radke	2	2	1.54	2	0	0	0	11.2	14	2	1	7	1.286	21	21	4.72	9	5	0	118.1	124	20	62	1.217
Rick Reed	1	1	7.20	0	1	0	0	5.0	6	4	2	8	1.600	33	32	3.78	15	7	0	188.0	192	26	121	1.160
J.C. Romero	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	1	2	1.200	81	0	1.89	9	2	1	81.0	62	36	76	1.210
Johan Santana	2	0	6.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	2	1.667	27	14	2.99	8	6	1	108.1	84	49	137	1.228
Totals	19	5	4.50	3	2	1	0	44.0	53	22	12	34	1.477	161	161	4.124	94	67		1444.2	1454	439	1026	1.310

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Micah Bowie	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	3	0.000	13	0	1.50	2	0	0	12.0	12	8	8	1.667
Chad Bradford	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0.333	75	0	3.11	4	2	2	75.1	73	14	56	1.155
Tim Hudson	2	2	6.23	0	1	0	0	8.2	13	6	4	8	1.962	34	34	2.98	15	9	0	238.1	237	62	152	1.255
Billy Koch	3	0	9.00	0	0	1	0	3.0	5	3	2	3	2.333	84	0	3.27	11	4	44	93.2	73	46	93	1.270
Cory Lidle	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	0	2.000	31	30	3.89	8	10	0	192.0	191	39	111	1.198
Ted Lilly	2	0	13.50	0	1	0	0	4.0	10	6	1	3	2.750	*22	16	3.69	5	7	0	100.0	80	31	77	1.110
Jim Mecir	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	61	0	4.26	6	4	1	67.2	68	29	53	1.433
Mark Mulder	2	2	2.08	1	1	0	0	13.0	14	3	3	12	1.308	30	30	3.47	19	7	0	207.1	182	55	159	1.143
Ricardo Rincon	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0.667	*71	0	4.18	1	4	1	56.0	47	11	49	1.036
Barry Zito	1	1	4.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	4	8	1.500	35	35	2.75	23	5	0	229.1	182	78	182	1.134
Totals	17	5	4.50	2	3	1	0	44.0	52	22	14	42	1.500	162	162	3.676	103	59		1452.0	1391	474	1021	1.284

WS: ANA-SFG / ALCS: ANA-MIN / NLCS: SFG-STL / Div. Series: ANA-NYY / MIN-OAK / SFG-ATL / STL-ARI
2001 ALDS2 / 2003 ALDS2

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