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12–4Final · Apr 14, 2003
KC 12 CLE 4 Final
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KC10-101103012412151
CLE4-8003000100481

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerCF2-552211010.208.296.396
Joe RandaRP1-331100200.333.467.500
Mendy Lopez3B0-000000000.182.182.364
Mike Sweeney1B2-551241010.267.400.533
Raul IbanezLF1-551100010.341.388.614
Ken HarveyRP1-331111010.294.385.471
Rontrez JohnsonDH1-112100000.333.333.333
Brandon BergerRF1-551100010.125.300.125
Angel BerroaSS1-551100030.184.225.263
Brent MayneC2-442221110.500.515.867
Carlos Febles2B3-550330010.303.361.394
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy AffeldtRP5.053222093-564.9693
D.J. CarrascoRP2.011110131-131.2331
Jason GrimsleyRP1.01000105-51.175
Ryan BukvichP1.010001012-104.5012

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Milton BradleyCF2-442211000.380.418.700
Omar VizquelSS0-331000000.244.300.311
Ellis BurksDH1-331110110.289.373.333
Shane SpencerRF2-330210000.267.333.367
Matt LawtonLF1-330110100.146.286.244
Josh BardC1-440100010.194.275.222
Casey Blake1B1-440100010.176.243.265
John McDonald3B0-440000010.267.313.333
Brandon Phillips2B0-330000100.162.205.351
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian AndersonRP6.2866143103-753.48103
David RiskeRP1.012213030-1612.4630
Carl SadlerRP0.010010011-30.0011
Chad ParontoP1.154303132-247.1132

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 1B
  8. 8 John McDonald 3B
  9. 9 Brandon Phillips 2B

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker CF
  2. 2 Joe Randa RP
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Ken Harvey RP
  6. 6 Brandon Berger RF
  7. 7 Angel Berroa SS
  8. 8 Brent Mayne C
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

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