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6–11Final · May 30, 2003
OAK 6 KC 11 Final
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OAK30-232000004006111
KC27-253132000211140

Play-by-play

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesRP1-331100000.350.409.562
Terrence LongLF1-221131000.251.314.422
Scott Hatteberg1B1-441100010.274.349.384
Miguel TejadaSS1-330110000.225.283.399
Erubiel DurazoDH3-440300010.283.378.487
Eric Chavez3B0-440010010.241.319.440
Jermaine DyeRF0-440000010.179.250.269
Ramon HernandezRP0-220000000.282.341.462
Adam MelhuseC1-221100010.333.500.333
Mark EllisRP0-220000000.255.329.388
Frank Menechino2B1-221100010.136.296.136
Chris SingletonRP2-331210000.318.357.450
Billy McMillonPH0-110000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim HudsonRP3.2109611283-513.2083
Mike NeuRP2.110033047-240.6047
Chad BradfordRP1.111101017-133.0817
Ricardo RinconP0.221120021-84.5821

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Desi Relaford2B1-551110010.288.353.417
Joe Randa3B2-442200100.224.289.402
Mike SweeneyDH1-443100120.301.426.519
Raul IbanezLF1-550110000.289.353.473
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF3-442331110.260.365.488
Ken Harvey1B1-441100100.228.280.377
Michael TuckerRF3-442351100.263.322.458
Angel BerroaSS2-440200100.260.324.385
Brent MayneC0-440000010.260.319.390
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kris WilsonRP6.174402085-594.4185
Jason GrimsleyRP0.242201114-113.9414
Sean LoweRP1.000002015-115.0215
Mike MacDougalP1.000001013-83.1813

Starting lineups

KC

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

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes RP
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Tejada SS
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo DH
  5. 5 Eric Chavez 3B
  6. 6 Jermaine Dye RF
  7. 7 Ramon Hernandez RP
  8. 8 Mark Ellis RP
  9. 9 Chris Singleton RP

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