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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

5–1Final · Jul 27, 2003
KC 5 DET 1 Final
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KC57-46100201100580
DET28-75000001000150

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-331100110.291.366.574
Joe Randa3B1-441100010.247.302.404
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-221110100.297.393.484
Ken Harvey1B1-440110010.259.305.410
Angel BerroaSS2-331221000.289.341.481
Michael TuckerLF0-440000000.264.328.455
Desi RelafordDH1-331111100.280.338.425
Mike DiFeliceC1-440100010.257.297.390
Carlos Febles2B0-440000000.235.303.262
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jose LimaRP5.040013069-472.1769
Sean LoweRP2.011111139-235.2339
Jason GrimsleyRP1.000000011-64.3911
Mike MacDougalP1.000001016-104.2316

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF0-330000110.282.311.376
Warren Morris2B1-440100000.278.321.386
Bobby HigginsonRF1-440100000.246.334.346
Dmitri YoungLF1-440100010.285.357.545
Kevin WittDH2-441211000.286.324.457
Carlos Pena1B0-440000000.248.324.437
Shane Halter3B0-440000020.217.260.336
Ben PetrickC0-220000110.182.217.227
Ramon SantiagoSS0-330000000.224.296.287
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike MarothRP7.0755212103-595.35103
Danny PattersonRP1.010002021-132.2521
Eric EckenstahlerRP0.10001009-40.009
Chris SpurlingP0.20000108-54.968

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Alex Sanchez CF
  2. 2 Warren Morris 2B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young LF
  5. 5 Kevin Witt DH
  6. 6 Carlos Pena 1B
  7. 7 Shane Halter 3B
  8. 8 Ben Petrick C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Ken Harvey 1B
  5. 5 Angel Berroa SS
  6. 6 Michael Tucker LF
  7. 7 Desi Relaford DH
  8. 8 Mike DiFelice C
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

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