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Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals

0–3Final · Mar 31, 2003
CWS 0 KC 3 Final
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CWS0-1000000000031
KC1-002000001370

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 D Jimenez batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  6. Top 1 D Jimenez flied out to right.
  7. Top 1 J Valentin batting
  8. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  9. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  10. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  11. Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
  12. Top 1 J Valentin lined out to shortstop.
  13. Top 1 F Thomas batting
  14. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  15. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  16. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  17. Top 1 F Thomas singled to right.
  18. Top 1 M Ordonez batting
  19. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  20. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  21. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  22. Top 1 M Ordonez flied out to right.
  23. Bot 1 M Tucker batting
  24. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  25. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  28. Bot 1 M Tucker struck out swinging.
  29. Bot 1 J Randa batting
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
  31. Bot 1 J Randa grounded out to second.
  32. Bot 1 M Sweeney batting
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
  39. Bot 1 M Sweeney walked.
  40. Bot 1 R Ibanez batting
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  44. Bot 1 R Ibanez fouled out to third.
  45. Top 2 P Konerko batting
  46. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  47. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  48. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  49. Top 2 P Konerko struck out swinging.
  50. Top 2 C Lee batting
  51. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  52. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  53. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  54. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  55. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  56. Top 2 C Lee struck out swinging.
  57. Top 2 J Crede batting
  58. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  59. Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
  60. Top 2 J Crede doubled to left.
  61. Top 2 A Rowand batting
  62. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  63. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  64. Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
  65. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  66. Top 2 A Rowand grounded out to second.
  67. Bot 2 B Berger batting
  68. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  69. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  70. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  71. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  72. Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  73. Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
  74. Bot 2 B Berger walked.
  75. Bot 2 K Harvey batting
  76. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  79. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  80. Bot 2 K Harvey doubled to left, B Berger to third.
  81. Bot 2 A Berroa batting
  82. Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
  83. Bot 2 A Berroa singled to right, B Berger scored, K Harvey to third.
  84. Bot 2 B Mayne batting
  85. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  86. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  89. Bot 2 B Mayne hit sacrifice fly to deep center, K Harvey scored.
  90. Bot 2 C Febles batting
  91. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  92. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  93. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  94. Bot 2 C Febles doubled to deep center, A Berroa thrown out at home.
  95. Bot 2 M Tucker batting
  96. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  97. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  98. Bot 2 M Tucker flied out to center.
  99. Top 3 S Alomar batting
  100. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  101. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  102. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  103. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
  104. Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
  105. Top 3 S Alomar grounded out to shortstop.
  106. Top 3 D Jimenez batting
  107. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  108. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  109. Top 3 D Jimenez grounded out to shortstop.
  110. Top 3 J Valentin batting
  111. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  112. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  113. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  114. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  115. Top 3 J Valentin lined out to second.
  116. Bot 3 J Randa batting
  117. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  118. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  119. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  120. Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  121. Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
  122. Bot 3 J Randa safe at first on error by shortstop J Valentin.
  123. Bot 3 M Sweeney batting
  124. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  125. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  126. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  127. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  128. Bot 3 M Sweeney flied out to left center.
  129. Bot 3 R Ibanez batting
  130. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  131. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  132. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  133. Bot 3 R Ibanez flied out to left.
  134. Bot 3 B Berger batting
  135. Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
  136. Bot 3 B Berger grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Randa out at second.
  137. Top 4 F Thomas batting
  138. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  139. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  140. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  141. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  142. Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
  143. Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
  144. Top 4 F Thomas walked.
  145. Top 4 M Ordonez batting
  146. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  147. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  148. Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
  149. Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
  150. Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  151. Top 4 M Ordonez struck out looking.
  152. Top 4 P Konerko batting
  153. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  154. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  155. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  156. Top 4 P Konerko grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, F Thomas out at second.
  157. Bot 4 K Harvey batting
  158. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  159. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  160. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  161. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  162. Bot 4 K Harvey grounded out to second.
  163. Bot 4 A Berroa batting
  164. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  165. Bot 4 A Berroa flied out to right.
  166. Bot 4 B Mayne batting
  167. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  168. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  169. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  170. Bot 4 B Mayne reached on infield single to shortstop.
  171. Bot 4 C Febles batting
  172. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  173. Bot 4 C Febles flied out to left.
  174. Top 5 C Lee batting
  175. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  176. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  177. Top 5 C Lee grounded out to third.
  178. Top 5 J Crede batting
  179. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  180. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  181. Top 5 Pitch 3: foul
  182. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
  183. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  184. Top 5 J Crede flied out to right center.
  185. Top 5 A Rowand batting
  186. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  187. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  188. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  189. Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
  190. Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
  191. Top 5 Pitch 6: ball 3
  192. Top 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  193. Top 5 A Rowand struck out swinging.
  194. Bot 5 M Tucker batting
  195. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  196. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  197. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  198. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  199. Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  200. Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
  201. Bot 5 M Tucker popped out to third.
  202. Bot 5 J Randa batting
  203. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  204. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  205. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  206. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  207. Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  208. Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
  209. Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 4
  210. Bot 5 J Randa walked.
  211. Bot 5 M Sweeney batting
  212. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  213. Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
  214. Bot 5 M Sweeney grounded out to second, J Randa to second.
  215. Bot 5 R Ibanez batting
  216. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  217. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  218. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  219. Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
  220. Bot 5 R Ibanez flied out to left.
  221. Top 6 S Alomar batting
  222. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  223. Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
  224. Top 6 S Alomar grounded out to third.
  225. Top 6 D Jimenez batting
  226. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  227. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  228. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  229. Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  230. Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  231. Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
  232. Top 6 D Jimenez flied out to left.
  233. Top 6 J Valentin batting
  234. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  235. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  236. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  237. Top 6 J Valentin struck out swinging.
  238. Bot 6 B Berger batting
  239. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  240. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  241. Bot 6 B Berger grounded out to shortstop.
  242. Bot 6 K Harvey batting
  243. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  244. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  245. Bot 6 K Harvey doubled to right.
  246. Bot 6 A Berroa batting
  247. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  248. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  249. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  250. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  251. Bot 6 A Berroa grounded out to shortstop.
  252. Bot 6 B Mayne batting
  253. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  254. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  255. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  256. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  257. Bot 6 B Mayne reached on infield single to second, K Harvey out at home.
  258. Top 7 Lineup Change
  259. Top 7 Lineup Change
  260. Top 7 J Grimsley relieved Ru Hernandez.
  261. Top 7 F Thomas batting
  262. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  263. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  264. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  265. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
  266. Top 7 F Thomas walked.
  267. Top 7 M Ordonez batting
  268. Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
  269. Top 7 M Ordonez reached on infield single to third, F Thomas to third.
  270. Top 7 P Konerko batting
  271. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  272. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  273. Top 7 P Konerko grounded into fielder's choice to third, F Thomas out at home, M Ordonez to second.
  274. Top 7 C Lee batting
  275. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  276. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  277. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  278. Top 7 C Lee struck out swinging.
  279. Top 7 J Crede batting
  280. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  281. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  282. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  283. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  284. Top 7 Pitch 5: foul
  285. Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  286. Top 7 J Crede struck out swinging.
  287. Bot 7 C Febles batting
  288. Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
  289. Bot 7 C Febles bunt grounded out to first.
  290. Bot 7 M Tucker batting
  291. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  292. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  293. Bot 7 M Tucker flied out to center.
  294. Bot 7 J Randa batting
  295. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  296. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  297. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  298. Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  299. Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
  300. Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
  301. Bot 7 J Randa flied out to right center.
  302. Top 8 A Rowand batting
  303. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  304. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  305. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  306. Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
  307. Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
  308. Top 8 A Rowand grounded out to second.
  309. Top 8 S Alomar batting
  310. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  311. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  312. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  313. Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
  314. Top 8 Pitch 5: foul
  315. Top 8 Pitch 6: foul
  316. Top 8 Pitch 7: foul
  317. Top 8 Pitch 8: ball 2
  318. Top 8 Pitch 9: in play
  319. Top 8 S Alomar grounded out to third.
  320. Top 8 D Jimenez batting
  321. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  322. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  323. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  324. Top 8 D Jimenez grounded out to shortstop.
  325. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  326. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  327. Bot 8 T Gordon relieved M Buehrle.
  328. Bot 8 M Sweeney batting
  329. Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
  330. Bot 8 M Sweeney doubled to left.
  331. Bot 8 R Ibanez batting
  332. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  333. Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
  334. Bot 8 R Ibanez flied out to left.
  335. Bot 8 D Relaford batting
  336. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  337. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  338. Bot 8 D Relaford hit for B Berger.
  339. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  340. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  341. Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  342. Bot 8 M Sweeney to third on wild pitch by T Gordon.
  343. Bot 8 M Sweeney to third on passed ball by S Alomar.
  344. Bot 8 Pitch 4: foul
  345. Bot 8 Pitch 5: ball 2
  346. Bot 8 Pitch 6: ball 3
  347. Bot 8 M Sweeney scored on T Gordon's wild pitch.
  348. Bot 8 Pitch 7: ball 4
  349. Bot 8 D Relaford walked.
  350. Bot 8 K Harvey batting
  351. Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
  352. Bot 8 K Harvey flied out to right.
  353. Bot 8 A Berroa batting
  354. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  355. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
  356. Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  357. Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  358. Bot 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
  359. Bot 8 D Relaford stole second.
  360. Bot 8 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  361. Bot 8 A Berroa struck out swinging.
  362. Top 9 Lineup Change
  363. Top 9 Lineup Change
  364. Top 9 M Tucker in right field.
  365. Top 9 Lineup Change
  366. Top 9 R Johnson in center field.
  367. Top 9 J Valentin batting
  368. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  369. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  370. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  371. Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 2
  372. Top 9 Pitch 5: in play
  373. Top 9 J Valentin lined out to right.
  374. Top 9 F Thomas batting
  375. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  376. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  377. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  378. Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  379. Top 9 F Thomas struck out looking.
  380. Top 9 M Ordonez batting
  381. Top 9 M Ordonez grounded out to shortstop.
  382. Top 9 Lineup Change
  383. Top 9 Lineup Change
  384. Top 9 Pitch 1: in play
  385. Top 9 M Ordonez grounded out to shortstop.

Box score

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
D'Angelo Jimenez2B0-440000000.000.000.000
Jose ValentinSS0-440000010.000.000.000
Frank ThomasDH1-220100210.500.750.500
Magglio OrdonezRF1-440100010.250.250.250
Paul Konerko1B0-330000010.000.000.000
Carlos LeeLF0-330000020.000.000.000
Joe Crede3B1-330100010.333.333.667
Aaron RowandCF0-330000010.000.000.000
Sandy Alomar Jr.C0-330000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleRP7.062231096-622.5796
Tom GordonP1.011111017-99.0017

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF0-440000010.000.000.000
Joe Randa3B0-330000100.000.250.000
Mike Sweeney1B1-331100100.333.500.667
Raul IbanezLF0-440000000.000.000.000
Brandon BergerRP0-221000100.000.333.000
Desi RelafordRP0-000000100.0001.000.000
Rontrez JohnsonCF0-000000000.000.000.000
Ken HarveyDH2-441200000.500.5001.000
Angel BerroaSS1-440110010.250.250.250
Brent MayneC2-2202100001.000.6671.000
Carlos Febles2B1-330100000.333.333.667
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Runelvys HernandezRP6.020015077-550.0077
Jason GrimsleyRP2.010012033-230.0033
Mike MacDougalP1.000001010-70.0010

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Brandon Berger RP
  6. 6 Ken Harvey DH
  7. 7 Angel Berroa SS
  8. 8 Brent Mayne C
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

CWS

  1. 1 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  2. 2 Jose Valentin SS
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Paul Konerko 1B
  6. 6 Carlos Lee LF
  7. 7 Joe Crede 3B
  8. 8 Aaron Rowand CF
  9. 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C

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