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

9–6Final · May 7, 2003
BOS 9 KC 6 Final
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BOS22-120100004409100
KC20-11000006000680

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF2-442231100.246.331.438
Todd WalkerDH2-441210110.310.364.419
Nomar GarciaparraSS1-550110000.279.316.483
Manny RamirezLF0-441000120.333.413.504
David OrtizRP0-330000100.215.325.369
Damian Jackson2B0-111000010.222.300.222
Shea Hillenbrand1B2-331210000.314.353.479
Bill Mueller3B1-441110000.346.422.603
Jeremy GiambiRP2-331210100.153.315.322
Trot NixonRF0-001000000.344.423.511
Jason VaritekC0-330010000.250.327.489
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John BurkettRP5.266616083-526.2083
Steve WoodardRP1.110001019-135.0919
Alan EmbreeRP1.010001013-1110.8013
Brandon LyonP1.000001011-92.0411

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerCF0-330000010.258.310.417
Joe Randa3B1-330110000.287.357.515
Carlos Ivan BeltranDH1-331100110.204.295.389
Mike SweeneyRP1-331120000.271.402.531
Mendy Lopez1B0-110000010.143.143.286
Raul IbanezLF1-441110010.313.382.513
Desi RelafordSS1-440110010.311.414.486
Dee BrownRF---------------------------
Carlos Febles2B1-441100020.296.337.346
Mike DiFeliceC1-331110020.222.222.417
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle SnyderRP6.2555421110-674.63110
Jason GrimsleyRP0.11000106-52.826
Albie LopezRP0.234410023-136.1923
D.J. CarrascoP1.110001017-112.6517

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker CF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran DH
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney RP
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez LF
  6. 6 Desi Relaford SS
  7. 7 Dee Brown RF
  8. 8 Carlos Febles 2B
  9. 9 Mike DiFelice C

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker DH
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez LF
  5. 5 David Ortiz RP
  6. 6 Shea Hillenbrand 1B
  7. 7 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Jeremy Giambi RP
  9. 9 Jason Varitek C

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