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8–5Final · Jun 30, 2003
CLE 8 KC 5 Final
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CLE34-474000400008140
KC42-383020000005100

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

Box score

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Coco CrispLF1-551100010.211.294.303
Matt LawtonDH2-551221010.241.339.413
Milton BradleyCF1-551100010.341.441.516
Jody GerutRF2-442221110.280.333.511
Casey Blake3B3-551321010.266.335.430
Shane SpencerRP2-441200010.247.311.345
Ben Broussard1B0-000000000.257.323.429
Tim LakerC1-331121110.262.295.417
Brandon Phillips2B0-440000010.211.245.310
Zach SorensenSS2-330200100.235.316.412
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian AndersonRP6.0855132106-664.27106
Jason BoydRP1.00000009-53.999
David RiskeRP1.010000020-133.1120
Danys BaezP1.010001013-103.5113

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-550100000.271.342.457
Joe Randa3B2-441200010.245.301.398
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-550000000.283.387.465
Ken Harvey1B2-442211000.258.310.425
Raul IbanezLF1-441131010.287.339.461
Angel BerroaSS3-441300000.283.345.457
Morgan BurkhartDH0-440000000.273.333.273
Mike DiFeliceC0-330000100.275.313.431
Carlos FeblesRP1-330110010.240.279.271
Michael TuckerPH0-110000010.275.340.469
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle SnyderRP4.074414287-524.6287
Les WalrondRP0.154400213-810.1313
Nate FieldRP3.210013045-261.9345
Jason GrimsleyP1.010011020-103.8020

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Ken Harvey 1B
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez LF
  6. 6 Angel Berroa SS
  7. 7 Morgan Burkhart DH
  8. 8 Mike DiFelice C
  9. 9 Carlos Febles RP

CLE

  1. 1 Coco Crisp LF
  2. 2 Matt Lawton DH
  3. 3 Milton Bradley CF
  4. 4 Jody Gerut RF
  5. 5 Casey Blake 3B
  6. 6 Shane Spencer RP
  7. 7 Tim Laker C
  8. 8 Brandon Phillips 2B
  9. 9 Zach Sorensen SS

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