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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 26, 2001
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 26, 2001 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 26, 2001 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 26, 2001 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brad Radke |
Home Starting Pitcher | Blake Stein |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 13,575 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Schrieber 1B: Jerry Layne 2B: Ed Montague 3B: Tony Randazzo |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jacque Jones | Left Fielder |
Cristian Guzman | Shortstop |
Doug Mientkiewicz | DH |
Corey Koskie | Third Baseman |
Torii Hunter | Center Fielder |
David Ortiz | First Baseman |
Brian Buchanan | Right Fielder |
A.J. Pierzynski | Catcher |
Luis Rivas | Second Baseman |
Tom Kelly | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Febles | Second Baseman |
Neifi Perez | Shortstop |
Carlos Beltran | Center Fielder |
Raul Ibanez | Left Fielder |
Mark Quinn | Right Fielder |
Dee Brown | DH |
Dave McCarty | First Baseman |
Brent Mayne | Catcher |
Donnie Sadler | Third Baseman |
Tony Muser | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 26, 2001
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Stein
Jones hits a line drive into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Stein
Guzman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Stein
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Febles vs. Radke
Febles strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Radke
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Beltran vs. Radke
Beltran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rivas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Koskie vs. Stein
Koskie is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Stein
Hunter is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Stein
Ortiz is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ibanez vs. Radke
Ibanez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Quinn vs. Radke
Quinn hits a fly ball into right field. Buchanan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Radke
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buchanan vs. Stein
Buchanan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beltran. Buchanan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Pierzynski vs. Stein
Pierzynski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Buchanan moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Rivas vs. Stein
Rivas strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Jones vs. Stein
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Radke
McCarty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Mayne vs. Radke
Mayne hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadler vs. Radke
Sadler bunts towards third. Koskie fields it and throws to first for the out. McCarty moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Febles vs. Radke
Febles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Stein
Guzman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sadler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Stein
Mientkiewicz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koskie vs. Stein
Koskie hits a fly ball into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Stein
Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Radke
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beltran vs. Radke
Beltran hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ibanez vs. Radke
Ibanez hits a popup, foul, towards short. Guzman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Stein
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Buchanan vs. Stein
Buchanan strikes out. There goes Ortiz. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Pierzynski vs. Stein
Pierzynski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ortiz scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivas vs. Stein
There goes Pierzynski. The throw from Mayne and he is out, Febles applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rivas vs. Stein
Rivas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Stein
There goes Rivas. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Rivas steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Stein
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Guzman vs. Stein
Guzman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivas scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Mientkiewicz vs. Stein
There goes Guzman. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Guzman steals second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Mientkiewicz vs. Stein
Mientkiewicz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Koskie vs. Stein
Koskie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Guzman scores. Mientkiewicz moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Hunter vs. Stein
Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mientkiewicz scores. Koskie moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Ortiz vs. Bailey
Cory Bailey now pitching.
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Ortiz vs. Bailey
Ortiz is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Quinn vs. Radke
Denny Hocking now playing first base.
Quinn is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Radke
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman misplays the ball. That's an error on Guzman. Quinn moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
McCarty vs. Radke
McCarty hits a fly ball into right field. Buchanan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Quinn tags and scores. Brown tags and moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Mayne vs. Radke
Mayne strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sadler vs. Radke
Sadler hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buchanan vs. Bailey
Buchanan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pierzynski vs. Bailey
Pierzynski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivas vs. Bailey
Rivas hits a line drive into right field. Quinn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Bailey
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarty scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Febles vs. Radke
Febles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Radke
Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Beltran vs. Radke
There goes Febles. The throw from Pierzynski and he is safe. Febles steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Beltran vs. Radke
Beltran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Febles scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ibanez vs. Radke
There goes Beltran. The throw from Pierzynski and he is safe. Beltran steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ibanez vs. Radke
Ibanez hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Quinn vs. Radke
There goes Beltran. The throw from Pierzynski and he is safe. Beltran steals third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Quinn vs. Radke
Quinn is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Bailey
Guzman hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Bailey
Mientkiewicz is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Koskie vs. Bailey
Koskie hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Bailey
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Radke
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Radke
McCarty strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Radke
Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Grimsley
Jason Grimsley now pitching.
Hocking hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buchanan vs. Grimsley
Buchanan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Quinn. Buchanan reaches second base with a double. Hocking moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Pierzynski vs. Grimsley
There's a wild pitch. Hocking scores. Buchanan moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Pierzynski vs. Grimsley
Pierzynski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Rivas vs. Grimsley
Rivas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles fields it and throws to second for the out. Buchanan scores. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Grimsley
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sadler vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching.
Sadler strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Febles vs. Jones
Febles hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Jones
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rivas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez now pitching.
Guzman hits a fly ball into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Hernandez
Mientkiewicz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ibanez throws the ball in to Febles who tags Mientkiewicz, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Koskie vs. Hernandez
Koskie hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sadler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Beltran vs. Guardado
John Barnes now playing right field. Eddie Guardado now pitching.
Beltran takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ibanez vs. Guardado
Ibanez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie fields it and throws to first for the out. Beltran moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Quinn vs. Guardado
Quinn hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Beltran moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Hawkins
LaTroy Hawkins now pitching.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/26/2001 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Jones J, lf 4 1 0 0 Febles C, 2b 4 1 1 0 Guzman C, ss 5 1 1 1 Perez N, ss 4 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz D, dh 4 1 2 0 Beltran C, cf 3 0 1 1 Koskie C, 3b 5 0 2 2 Ibanez R, lf 4 0 0 0 Hunter T, cf 4 0 1 1 Quinn M, rf 3 1 0 0 Ortiz D, 1b 2 1 0 0 Brown D, dh 4 0 0 0 Hocking D, 1b 1 1 1 0 McCarty D, 1b 2 0 1 1 Buchanan B, rf 4 1 3 0 Mayne B, c 3 0 0 0 Barnes J, rf 0 0 0 0 Sadler D, 3b 2 0 0 0 Pierzynski A, c 4 0 2 1 Rivas L, 2b 3 1 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 7 12 6 29 2 3 2 Minnesota 000 050 020 -- 7 Kansas City 000 011 000 -- 2 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Radke B (W) 7.0 3 2 1 0 5 Jones T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Guardado E 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 Hawkins L 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Stein B (L) 4.2 6 5 5 4 6 Bailey C 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 Grimsley J 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 Hernandez R 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Guzman C DP -- Kansas City 1 LOB -- Minnesota 6, Kansas City 4 2B -- Buchanan B 2 SB -- Ortiz D, Rivas L, Guzman C, Hunter T, Koskie C, Febles C, Beltran C 2 CS -- Pierzynski A SH -- Sadler D SF -- McCarty D HBP -- by Radke B (Quinn M) WP -- Grimsley J T -- 2:45 A -- 13575
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