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6–1Final · May 29, 2003
OAK 6 KC 1 Final
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OAK30-220000041106100
KC26-25000000100191

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF2-551210020.351.411.560
Scott Hatteberg1B1-551100000.274.351.387
Miguel TejadaSS2-551210010.224.284.395
Erubiel DurazoDH1-441110100.273.371.481
Eric Chavez3B1-551110000.246.325.449
Ramon HernandezC1-440100000.286.345.468
Terrence LongRF1-331100100.249.312.405
Mark Ellis2B0-220000200.258.332.392
Chris SingletonCF1-330110100.310.350.437
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark MulderRP7.081112098-692.3698
Jim MecirRP1.010000012-74.5012
Keith FoulkeP1.000002014-82.0314

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Brent Abernathy2B0-440000000.067.067.067
Desi Relaford3B2-440200000.291.357.417
Mike SweeneyDH1-330100100.303.426.526
Raul IbanezLF2-440200010.291.356.480
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-440000000.244.350.455
Ken Harvey1B1-441100010.228.276.380
Aaron GuielRF1-440100000.250.250.250
Mike DiFeliceC1-440100010.290.319.493
Angel BerroaSS1-330110010.255.317.382
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle SnyderRP5.2644230102-584.14102
Jason GrimsleyRP0.100020014-53.4514
D.J. CarrascoP1.021110020-113.5820
Rick DeHartP2.021100022-164.5022

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Brent Abernathy 2B
  2. 2 Desi Relaford 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney DH
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  6. 6 Ken Harvey 1B
  7. 7 Aaron Guiel RF
  8. 8 Mike DiFelice C
  9. 9 Angel Berroa SS

OAK

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

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