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3–4Final · Aug 6, 2003
KC 3 CWS 4 Final
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KC60-52000000003370
CWS60-5400200011491

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-331100000.282.357.546
Joe Randa3B1-331100100.253.310.405
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-441131010.295.392.491
Raul IbanezLF0-440000020.294.341.468
Ken Harvey1B3-440300010.260.304.404
Carlos FeblesPR0-000000000.239.306.266
Desi Relaford2B1-440100010.282.344.421
Angel BerroaSS0-330000000.296.345.490
Dee BrownDH---------------------------
Mike DiFeliceC0-330000010.250.287.378
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kris WilsonP5.0522332100-584.73100
Jeremy AffeldtP2.031113048-284.3448
Al LevineP1.011120025-132.8525

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B1-331111210.272.354.354
Carlos LeeLF3-551321000.280.326.505
Aaron RowandLF0-000000000.276.321.449
Frank ThomasDH1-330100100.265.394.546
Magglio OrdonezRF0-440000000.311.380.551
Carl EverettCF1-440100020.271.350.493
Willie HarrisCF0-000000000.193.240.228
Brian Daubach1B0-110000110.225.363.391
Paul Konerko1B2-221200000.234.291.382
Jose ValentinSS0-330000120.235.325.452
Joe Crede3B0-330000100.232.287.370
Sandy Alomar Jr.C1-441110000.256.273.388
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Bartolo ColonP8.030017099-653.7699
Tom GordonP0.133300117-103.8817
Damaso MarteP0.210001014-91.6114

Starting lineups

CWS

  1. 1 Roberto Alomar 2B
  2. 2 Carlos Lee LF
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carl Everett CF
  6. 6 Brian Daubach 1B
  7. 7 Jose Valentin SS
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C

KC

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

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