Minnesota Twins at Anaheim Angels, A.L. Championship Series Game 5, October 13, 2002
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- On October 13, 2002, the Minnesota Twins played the Anaheim Angels at Edison Field in Anaheim, California in Game #5 of the American League Championship Series. Joe Mays started for the Twins against Kevin Appier for the Angels.
A box score for the game is available online at www.baseball-r....
I was there. Greatest sporting event I have ever attended.
I met Adam Kennedy a couple years ago at a resume place He's a real estate agent these days really nice guy
I was at this game. After Minnesota took the lead in the top of the 7th I was thinking it was 1986 all over again. In the bottom of the 7th Adam Kennedy made me forget about 1986. One of the best moments of my life.
I was born and raised in Anaheim and I have been to countless games at the Big A. I've felt the pain of all the darkness that has permeated this team over the years but I was thrilled when they won it all in 2002. Unfortunately, I was deployed to Afghanistan at the time so I missed the opportunity to see it live.
Well hey thanks for your service man sorry you couldn't see it live
This is the game that made me forget the Jim Edmonds trade.
This was a great series!!!!! The first all Wild Card World Series would be upon us!!
There were some concerns if whether the Angels would actually clinch the pennant. After all, a dark history hung over this team. In 1982, they blew a 2-0 lead in the then best-of-5 LCS against the Brewers. And no explanation needed on 1986. In 1995, the Angels blew a 13 game lead and lost a one-game playoff to the Mariners. So, in Game 5 on this day, when the Twins scored three in the 7th to take a 5-3 lead, the concerns grew. If the Halos lost, it's back to the Metrodome and homer hankies will be in full force.
Well, two singles later in the bottom half, Adam Kennedy--dealt to the Angels in the Jim Edmonds deal--came up. Kennedy already went deep twice, and after failing to bunt the runners over, hit it out for the Hat Trick of epic proportions. Not only did Kennedy join Bob Robertson and George Brett as the only players in LCS history to hit three home runs in a game, it put the Halos on top. And just to make sure, the team in Red pushed across seven more runs. Two innings later, the Anaheim Angels won, 13-5, to win their first ever AL pennant. And well deserving for this group of players, including ALCS MVP Adam Kennedy. From 6-14 down to begin the season to the World Series.
All that was left for them was an opponent. Up in the Bay Area, the Giants and Cardinals were tied at 2 in the 8th of Game 4 when Barry Bonds was intentionally walked. Benito Santiago foiled the strategy with a two-run shot to give the Giants the 4-3 win. Then on Monday night, tied at 1 in the 9th, a pair of one out singles sent Kenny Lofton to the plate. Lofton promptly delivered the hit to score David Bell with the NL Pennant, and a 2-1 Giants' win to take the series in 5 games.
In the upcoming World Series, the theme is California, here we stay! Not to mention the first all-Wild Card series.
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Having watched us blow the pennant in 1982, 1986, and in 1995, believe me, I wasn't going to believe it until the umpires walked off the field. :-)
Poor A.K. took so much crap from the fans that year, because Edmonds was popular and a better hitter, but the three-homer game changed all that.
@@StephensBaseballArchives will you upload the 2002 World Series???
Awesome comment. Better than a book. One of the best I've ever had a chance to read. Thank you for the story.
a must win game for the angels as going back to the DOME would have meant their DOOM!
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Any chance you have 2002 Twins Oakland game 5?
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HE HAS HOMERED THREE TIMES!!!!
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total DESTRUCTION.....sooo good....sooo right.....JUSTICE.....