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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics logo Oakland Athletics

1–4Final · May 23, 2003
KC 1 OAK 4 Final
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KC25-21000000001181
OAK28-19002001014120

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF1-330100110.253.309.431
Joe Randa3B0-440000010.226.293.406
Mike Sweeney1B1-440100000.277.400.467
Raul IbanezLF0-440000010.291.360.486
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-441100010.264.361.509
Ken HarveyDH2-440200000.250.303.421
Brent MayneC1-330110100.278.339.417
Angel BerroaSS2-440200010.268.331.396
Carlos Febles2B0-330000010.253.295.293
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle SnyderRP7.0103216099-683.7399
D.J. CarrascoP1.021100117-93.4217

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF2-330210100.351.417.577
Scott Hatteberg1B0-440000010.275.356.389
Eric Chavez3B2-442211010.259.342.488
Miguel TejadaSS2-440200000.217.280.386
Erubiel DurazoDH1-440110020.262.361.451
Ramon HernandezC1-440100000.290.357.449
Terrence LongRF2-331200010.248.315.412
Mark Ellis2B1-331110000.267.337.415
Chris SingletonCF1-330100010.319.347.431
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark MulderP9.0811260105-732.45105

Starting lineups

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes LF
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Eric Chavez 3B
  4. 4 Miguel Tejada SS
  5. 5 Erubiel Durazo DH
  6. 6 Ramon Hernandez C
  7. 7 Terrence Long RF
  8. 8 Mark Ellis 2B
  9. 9 Chris Singleton CF

KC

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

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