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

8–5Final · Apr 15, 2003
KC 8 CWS 5 Final
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KC11-11000200148150
CWS7-6301000010572

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerCF2-551200000.226.305.415
Joe Randa3B3-552311010.366.480.585
Mike Sweeney1B2-441231110.294.422.647
Raul IbanezLF1-331100200.340.407.596
Ken HarveyRP1-440100030.289.372.447
Rontrez JohnsonDH0-001000000.333.333.333
Brandon BergerRF2-550220000.190.320.190
Angel BerroaSS1-550100000.186.222.256
Brent MayneC2-550200010.486.500.829
Carlos Febles2B0-441000110.270.341.351
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Miguel AsencioRP6.054431097-584.5097
Jason GrimsleyRP1.010000015-101.0415
Albie LopezRP1.01110119-74.059
Mike MacDougalP1.000022020-80.0020

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
D'Angelo Jimenez2B1-550100010.300.386.580
Jose ValentinSS1-331100100.326.420.721
Frank ThomasDH1-332111000.231.436.410
Magglio OrdonezRF1-441100020.294.333.451
Paul Konerko1B0-331000100.174.264.261
Carlos LeeRP1-330110100.190.277.190
Aaron RowandCF0-000000000.188.212.250
Armando RiosLF2-330230100.368.381.474
Joe Crede3B0-330000100.304.327.435
Sandy Alomar Jr.RP0-330000000.400.423.680
Brian DaubachPH0-110000010.091.231.091
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark BuehrleRP6.2832261100-621.57100
Tom GordonRP0.00001005-19.645
Kelly WunschRP0.10000003-30.003
Rick WhiteRP0.211000011-72.2511
Damaso MarteRP0.11000108-61.428
Billy KochRP0.144410120-117.3620
Gary GloverP0.210000016-90.0016

Starting lineups

CWS

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

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker CF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  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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