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15–5Final · May 9, 2003
BAL 15 KC 5 Final
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BAL17-1700501225015171
KC20-120010011025112

Play-by-play

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

Box score

BAL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jerry Hairston Jr.2B1-441120100.296.390.408
Gary Matthews Jr.CF1-661130000.211.239.361
David SeguiDH2-662221000.379.446.552
Jeff Conine1B1-442110110.279.368.426
Jay GibbonsRF4-553410000.277.333.431
Tony BatistaRP3-551351010.246.319.415
Jose Leon3B0-000000000.235.381.235
Larry BigbieLF2-441210100.263.349.342
Deivi CruzRP2-552200010.178.185.252
Jose MorbanSS0-000000000.333.3331.333
Geronimo GilC1-332100110.221.284.279
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rick HellingRP7.0833321107-675.53107
Willis RobertsP2.032210130-164.1230

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRP2-330220100.268.323.439
Dee BrownRF---------------------------
Joe RandaRP0-330000100.279.353.500
Mendy Lopez3B0-110000000.133.133.267
Carlos Ivan BeltranDH1-550100010.203.288.373
Raul IbanezLF2-550200000.317.382.508
Ken Harvey1B0-330000100.232.298.400
Desi RelafordCF1-441111000.308.407.513
Brent MayneC1-440100000.289.341.470
Angel BerroaSS3-442300000.262.321.417
Carlos Febles2B0-331000110.286.333.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Miguel AsencioRP6.0108823186-575.2386
Albie LopezRP1.167720146-289.3546
Kris WilsonP1.210001022-134.9122

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RP
  2. 2 Joe Randa RP
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran DH
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Ken Harvey 1B
  6. 6 Desi Relaford CF
  7. 7 Brent Mayne C
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

BAL

  1. 1 Jerry Hairston Jr. 2B
  2. 2 Gary Matthews Jr. CF
  3. 3 David Segui DH
  4. 4 Jeff Conine 1B
  5. 5 Jay Gibbons RF
  6. 6 Tony Batista RP
  7. 7 Larry Bigbie LF
  8. 8 Deivi Cruz RP
  9. 9 Geronimo Gil C

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