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

7–6Final · May 31, 2003
OAK 7 KC 6 Final
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OAK31-23000004003771
KC27-260004010016103

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

Box score

OAK

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric ByrnesLF1-552131000.345.403.570
Scott Hatteberg1B1-441100100.273.350.381
Miguel TejadaSS1-441131000.226.283.410
Erubiel DurazoDH0-330000110.279.376.479
Ramon HernandezC1-440100000.281.339.456
Mark Ellis2B0-440000010.250.323.380
Adam PiattRP1-220100010.162.179.297
Chris SingletonCF1-221100000.321.359.450
Terrence LongRF0-441000000.246.308.414
Frank MenechinoRP1-331111000.160.300.280
Billy McMillonRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Eric Chavez3B0-000000000.241.319.440
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ted LillyRP7.0654330107-704.21107
Jim MecirRP1.010003017-124.0017
Keith FoulkeP1.031101019-152.2819

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Brent AbernathyRP0-440000020.053.053.053
Desi RelafordPH1-111100000.293.356.433
Joe Randa3B1-440110100.225.291.399
Mike Sweeney1B2-441200100.306.430.519
Ken HarveyDH1-551100010.228.278.371
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF2-442200000.267.368.489
Mendy LopezRP2-441210010.267.290.367
Aaron GuielLF0-000000000.250.250.250
Michael TuckerRF1-330120010.264.321.456
Angel BerroaSS0-220010110.257.323.380
Brent MayneC0-440000010.252.309.378
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayRP6.044313282-524.1382
Jason GrimsleyRP1.00000009-63.829
Sean LoweRP1.010010022-114.7022
Mike MacDougalP1.023001119-113.0419

Starting lineups

KC

  1. 1 Brent Abernathy RP
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
  4. 4 Ken Harvey DH
  5. 5 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  6. 6 Mendy Lopez RP
  7. 7 Michael Tucker RF
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Brent Mayne C

OAK

  1. 1 Eric Byrnes LF
  2. 2 Scott Hatteberg 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Tejada SS
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo DH
  5. 5 Ramon Hernandez C
  6. 6 Mark Ellis 2B
  7. 7 Adam Piatt RP
  8. 8 Terrence Long RF
  9. 9 Frank Menechino RP

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