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

4–5Final · Apr 2, 2003
CWS 4 KC 5 Final
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CWS0-2002000110400
KC2-000201020500

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
D'Angelo Jimenez2B1-441100110.125.222.125
Tony GraffaninoSS3-551300020.600.600.800
Frank ThomasDH1-440110100.333.556.333
Magglio OrdonezRF0-330010010.143.125.143
Paul Konerko1B1-440100010.143.143.286
Carlos LeeLF0-330000120.000.143.000
Joe Crede3B2-441200010.429.429.714
Aaron RowandRP0-330000000.000.000.000
Armando RiosCF1-1101100001.0001.0001.000
Sandy Alomar Jr.RP1-330100000.167.167.167
Miguel OlivoRP0-001000000.000.000.000
Brian DaubachRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Josh PaulC0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Bartolo ColonRP6.0433320107-684.50107
Rick WhiteRP0.212101115-1113.5015
Damaso MarteRP0.11000108-60.008
Billy KochP1.000000013-70.0013

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF0-331000110.000.125.000
Joe Randa3B2-332221110.333.500.833
Mike Sweeney1B1-440110000.286.375.429
Raul IbanezLF3-330320000.429.375.714
Dee BrownRP---------------------------
Rontrez JohnsonCF0-110000010.000.000.000
Ken HarveyDH0-440000000.250.250.500
Desi RelafordRP0-330000110.000.400.000
Carlos Febles2B0-000000000.333.333.667
Brent MayneC0-440000000.333.286.333
Angel BerroaSS0-222000000.167.286.167
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy AffeldtRP5.252224081-533.1881
Jason GrimsleyRP0.10000104-30.004
Albie LopezRP1.252202039-2710.8039
D.J. CarrascoRP0.10000001-10.001
Mike MacDougalP1.000011014-60.0014

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Dee Brown RP
  6. 6 Ken Harvey DH
  7. 7 Desi Relaford RP
  8. 8 Brent Mayne C
  9. 9 Angel Berroa SS

CWS

  1. 1 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  2. 2 Tony Graffanino SS
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Paul Konerko 1B
  6. 6 Carlos Lee LF
  7. 7 Joe Crede 3B
  8. 8 Aaron Rowand RP
  9. 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. RP

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