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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox logo Boston Red Sox

2–7Final · Apr 29, 2003
KC 2 BOS 7 Final
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KC17-6001100000281
BOS17-9000013037120

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF1-550100010.275.340.440
Joe Randa3B1-440100010.320.388.627
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-331111100.176.282.353
Mike Sweeney1B1-330100110.275.411.536
Raul IbanezLF2-440200000.341.398.568
Ken HarveyDH0-330000010.243.309.419
Angel BerroaSS1-330100010.288.337.438
Mike DiFeliceRP1-331111010.231.231.385
Brent MaynePH0-110000010.339.394.593
Carlos FeblesRP0-330000010.262.308.311
Desi RelafordPH0-110000000.320.404.480
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris GeorgeRP5.163311091-564.8291
Jason GrimsleyRP0.221100016-82.6016
D.J. CarrascoRP1.033301024-163.6524
Jeremy HillP1.010000015-100.0015

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-550110000.240.304.433
Todd Walker2B1-551100010.286.343.388
Nomar GarciaparraSS3-441300000.270.311.477
Manny RamirezLF1-441100000.337.416.541
Kevin MillarRP1-221120100.303.370.562
Damian JacksonDH0-001000000.250.348.250
Shea Hillenbrand1B1-222100000.337.381.495
Bill Mueller3B2-440220000.300.390.480
Trot NixonRF2-440220000.321.404.474
Doug MirabelliC0-440000010.194.212.387
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim WakefieldRP6.0722162106-694.31106
Mike TimlinRP1.000000010-64.4210
Alan EmbreeRP1.000011014-109.6414
Brandon LyonP1.010001011-92.0811

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker 2B
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 Kevin Millar RP
  6. 6 Shea Hillenbrand 1B
  7. 7 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Trot Nixon RF
  9. 9 Doug Mirabelli C

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney 1B
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez LF
  6. 6 Ken Harvey DH
  7. 7 Angel Berroa SS
  8. 8 Mike DiFelice RP
  9. 9 Carlos Febles RP

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