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8–9Final · Jul 4, 2003
DET 8 KC 9 Final
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DET20-643011000038113
KC46-38210402009131

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Andres TorresRF0-550000030.216.248.276
Warren Morris2B1-442100100.271.333.412
Dmitri YoungRP2-552211010.294.364.552
Craig MonroeLF2-442241100.230.290.413
Eric Munson3B2-441211110.246.317.430
Shane HalterRP2-441221010.228.269.365
Kevin WittPH0-110000000.270.306.435
Cody RossRP0-220000000.000.333.000
Alex SanchezCF0-110000000.271.302.348
A.J. HinchC0-440000000.171.186.317
Ramon SantiagoSS2-440200000.234.306.294
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Nate CornejoRP3.097610065-424.8165
Chris SpurlingRP2.232200035-244.8535
Fernando RodneyRP1.110000013-1116.2013
Steve AveryP1.00000006-55.546

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF4-552430000.282.348.484
Desi Relaford3B1-551110000.291.344.440
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-551010000.290.394.461
Raul IbanezLF1-440110000.284.336.451
Ken Harvey1B2-440230000.261.312.418
Jarrod PattersonDH0-330000100.000.250.000
Angel BerroaSS1-441100000.277.338.443
Mike DiFeliceC2-442200000.283.319.434
Carlos Febles2B2-332200000.254.295.283
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris GeorgeRP4.265532266-397.0066
Nate FieldRP1.110002021-131.5021
Sean LoweRP2.243302241-275.0941
Mike MacDougalP0.10000001-12.791

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RF
  2. 2 Desi Relaford 3B
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Ken Harvey 1B
  6. 6 Jarrod Patterson DH
  7. 7 Angel Berroa SS
  8. 8 Mike DiFelice C
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

DET

  1. 1 Andres Torres RF
  2. 2 Warren Morris 2B
  3. 3 Dmitri Young RP
  4. 4 Craig Monroe LF
  5. 5 Eric Munson 3B
  6. 6 Shane Halter RP
  7. 7 Cody Ross RP
  8. 8 A.J. Hinch C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

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