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

9–6Final · Jul 29, 2003
CWS 9 KC 6 Final
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CWS55-510003203109160
KC57-470020001306120

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tony GraffaninoSS3-441321100.275.356.485
Roberto Alomar2B2-442200010.274.350.354
Frank ThomasDH1-551100000.276.403.560
Magglio OrdonezRF3-442331110.321.385.566
Carlos LeeRP0-440010010.265.312.467
Willie HarrisCF0-000000000.193.228.220
Carl EverettRP0-440000010.263.347.497
Aaron RowandLF1-110100000.273.321.430
Paul Konerko1B3-442321100.219.285.347
Joe Crede3B3-551311020.231.284.371
Sandy Alomar Jr.C0-550000010.252.270.378
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleRP6.1933030106-724.21106
Damaso MarteRP0.20000109-71.569
Rick WhiteRP0.233300112-86.6112
Kelly WunschRP0.10001108-31.028
Tom GordonP1.00000008-52.928

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF0-550010010.281.355.555
Joe Randa3B2-440210010.250.305.405
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-440000000.294.389.478
Ken Harvey1B1-441100000.259.305.412
Raul IbanezDH2-442200010.292.340.471
Angel BerroaSS3-441331000.295.345.493
Michael TuckerLF1-441100010.264.327.452
Desi Relaford2B3-331310100.286.345.431
Brent MayneC0-330000010.249.308.350
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayRP6.11077144113-743.65113
D.J. CarrascoRP1.252202040-294.1540
Nate FieldP1.010021024-132.4024

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 DH
  6. 6 Angel Berroa SS
  7. 7 Michael Tucker LF
  8. 8 Desi Relaford 2B
  9. 9 Brent Mayne C

CWS

  1. 1 Tony Graffanino SS
  2. 2 Roberto Alomar 2B
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carlos Lee RP
  6. 6 Carl Everett RP
  7. 7 Paul Konerko 1B
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C

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