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5–2Final · Apr 12, 2003
KC 5 CLE 2 Final
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CLE3-7110000000291

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerCF1-551121020.179.256.333
Joe Randa3B1-550100010.333.444.500
Ken HarveyDH1-441100010.346.433.462
Raul IbanezLF2-441221020.382.436.647
Brandon BergerRF0-330000100.091.333.091
Desi Relaford2B2-221200200.286.474.357
Mendy Lopez1B1-330110010.143.143.286
Angel BerroaSS0-440000040.182.229.242
Mike DiFeliceC1-441100000.250.250.250
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris GeorgeRP5.172213282-502.2582
Jason GrimsleyRP0.20000108-61.358
Albie LopezRP2.020003046-303.1846
D.J. CarrascoP1.000010010-40.0010

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Milton BradleyCF2-551211000.317.370.488
Omar VizquelSS0-550000010.289.333.368
Ellis BurksDH1-440100020.270.357.324
Shane SpencerRF0-440000010.174.208.304
Matt LawtonLF1-220100100.121.275.242
Josh BardC3-440300000.167.219.200
Casey BlakeRP0-220000010.154.241.231
Travis Hafner1B0-220000010.133.212.133
Brandon Phillips2B1-441111010.167.194.400
John McDonaldRP1-330100000.364.417.455
Bill SelbyPH0-000000100.000.182.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
CC SabathiaRP5.173326196-643.3296
David RiskeRP1.122202116-1110.8016
Chad ParontoP1.00000006-53.606

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Milton Bradley CF
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel SS
  3. 3 Ellis Burks DH
  4. 4 Shane Spencer RF
  5. 5 Matt Lawton LF
  6. 6 Josh Bard C
  7. 7 Casey Blake RP
  8. 8 Brandon Phillips 2B
  9. 9 John McDonald RP

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker CF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Ken Harvey DH
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Brandon Berger RF
  6. 6 Desi Relaford 2B
  7. 7 Mendy Lopez 1B
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Mike DiFelice C

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