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6–4Final · Jun 1, 2003
OAK 6 KC 4 Final
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OAK32-23103000020691
KC27-27300000100491

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF1-441111110.342.402.582
Scott Hatteberg1B1-550100000.271.347.377
Miguel TejadaSS0-441000100.222.281.403
Erubiel DurazoDH2-442200100.284.381.485
Jermaine DyeRP1-330110100.185.258.272
Chris SingletonCF0-000000000.321.359.450
Eric Chavez3B1-441121000.241.318.451
Ramon HernandezC1-441110000.280.337.451
Mark Ellis2B0-330000110.246.322.374
Adam PiattRP1-220100000.179.195.333
Terrence LongRF1-220110010.249.310.415
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Barry ZitoRP6.2744140111-622.94111
Chad BradfordRP0.11000109-53.049
Ricardo RinconRP1.010002015-114.3415
Keith FoulkeP1.000001022-142.2022

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Desi Relaford2B1-441100110.292.358.429
Joe Randa3B1-440110010.225.291.396
Mike SweeneyDH2-441200010.311.431.518
Raul IbanezLF1-441120020.288.351.478
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF3-440310000.281.378.496
Mendy Lopez1B0-440000010.235.257.324
Michael TuckerRF0-440000000.259.315.447
Angel BerroaSS0-440000000.251.316.371
Mike DiFeliceC1-441100020.288.316.479
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris GeorgeRP6.054422297-626.3597
Rick DeHartRP0.211100010-56.7510
Jason GrimsleyRP0.021110011-44.0911
Brad VoylesP1.100010016-80.0016

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Desi Relaford 2B
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney DH
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  6. 6 Mendy Lopez 1B
  7. 7 Michael Tucker RF
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Mike DiFelice C

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes LF
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Tejada SS
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo DH
  5. 5 Jermaine Dye RP
  6. 6 Eric Chavez 3B
  7. 7 Ramon Hernandez C
  8. 8 Mark Ellis 2B
  9. 9 Adam Piatt RP

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