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

8–6Final · Jul 31, 2003
CWS 8 KC 6 Final
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CWS57-51101012000038121
KC57-49002010011016151

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B2-660210010.272.348.350
Carlos LeeLF3-552332010.273.317.494
Aaron RowandLF0-000000000.270.318.426
Frank ThomasDH0-550000000.269.396.546
Magglio OrdonezRF0-550000020.322.388.572
Carl EverettCF1-441100000.266.349.494
Willie HarrisCF0-000000100.191.233.218
Paul Konerko1B2-551221000.225.288.370
Tony Graffanino1B0-001000000.274.354.482
Jose ValentinSS1-550100010.238.327.459
Joe Crede3B1-441100100.233.286.369
Miguel OlivoC1-441100020.234.288.369
Brian DaubachPH0-000000000.231.360.403
Sandy Alomar Jr.C1-111120000.258.276.392
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Esteban LoaizaP7.0833070109-722.24109
Damaso MarteP1.031101016-111.7016
Tom GordonP1.021111025-183.0425
Scott SchoeneweisP2.021101119-143.8919

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Desi Relaford3B2-551200010.284.342.428
Joe Randa3B0-330000000.251.308.403
Carlos Febles2B0-111000010.234.302.261
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF2-552231120.295.389.486
Raul IbanezLF4-661410010.299.346.474
Ken Harvey1B2-660200000.257.302.405
Michael TuckerDH1-550110030.267.329.451
Angel BerroaSS2-550210000.293.343.486
Aaron GuielRF0-550000010.277.349.535
Brent MayneC2-551200010.252.309.351
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle SnyderP6.075501395-704.7595
Jason GrimsleyP1.010001022-144.3922
Curtis LeskanicP1.000001011-72.0611
Mike MacDougalP1.010003022-134.0522
Nate FieldP1.212221029-173.2429
Graeme LloydP0.12110008-53.508

Starting lineups

KC

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

CWS

  1. 1 Roberto Alomar 2B
  2. 2 Carlos Lee LF
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carl Everett CF
  6. 6 Paul Konerko 1B
  7. 7 Jose Valentin SS
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Miguel Olivo C

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