Kansas City Royals @
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2–3Final · Aug 7, 2003
KC 2 TB 3 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC60-53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| TB44-69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 A Guiel batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 A Guiel flied out to center.
- Top 1 J Randa batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 J Randa flied out to right.
- Top 1 C Beltran batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 C Beltran flied out to deep center.
- Bot 1 C Crawford batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 C Crawford popped out to first.
- Bot 1 A Perez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 A Perez lined out to left.
- Bot 1 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 R Baldelli struck out swinging.
- Top 2 R Ibanez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 R Ibanez reached on infield single to second.
- Top 2 K Harvey batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 K Harvey grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Ibanez out at second.
- Top 2 D Relaford batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 D Relaford struck out swinging.
- Top 2 A Berroa batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 A Berroa struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 A Huff batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 2 A Huff flied out to left.
- Bot 2 T Hall batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 T Hall singled to left.
- Bot 2 T Lee batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 T Lee struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 D Rolls batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 2 D Rolls flied out to deep right.
- Top 3 B Mayne batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 3 B Mayne walked.
- Top 3 C Febles batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 C Febles grounded out to second, B Mayne to second.
- Top 3 A Guiel batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 A Guiel flied out to center.
- Top 3 J Randa batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Randa hit by pitch.
- Top 3 C Beltran batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 C Beltran flied out to deep right center.
- Bot 3 J Sandberg batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 J Sandberg struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 J Lugo batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 J Lugo hit by pitch.
- Bot 3 C Crawford batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Crawford flied out to center.
- Bot 3 A Perez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 3 A Perez walked, J Lugo to second.
- Bot 3 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 R Baldelli flied out to shallow right.
- Top 4 R Ibanez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 4 R Ibanez walked.
- Top 4 K Harvey batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 K Harvey doubled to left center, R Ibanez scored.
- Top 4 D Relaford batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 4 D Relaford singled to shallow center, K Harvey to third.
- Top 4 A Berroa batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 D Relaford stole second.
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 A Berroa singled to left, K Harvey scored, D Relaford to third.
- Top 4 B Mayne batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Mayne grounded into fielder's choice to first, D Relaford out at home, A Berroa to third.
- Top 4 C Febles batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 C Febles grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Mayne out at second.
- Bot 4 A Huff batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 A Huff flied out to left.
- Bot 4 T Hall batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 T Hall flied out to center.
- Bot 4 T Lee batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 T Lee reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 4 D Rolls batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 D Rolls popped out to shortstop.
- Top 5 A Guiel batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 A Guiel grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 J Randa batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 J Randa singled to left.
- Top 5 C Beltran batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 C Beltran flied out to shallow right.
- Top 5 R Ibanez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 R Ibanez hit a ground rule double to left, J Randa to third.
- Top 5 K Harvey batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 K Harvey flied out to right.
- Bot 5 J Sandberg batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 J Sandberg struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 J Lugo batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 J Lugo reached on bunt single to second.
- Bot 5 C Crawford batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 C Crawford struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 A Perez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 A Perez struck out looking.
- Top 6 D Relaford batting
- Top 6 Tampa Bay's A Perez ejected by L Barksdale in the 5th.
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 M Anderson at second base.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 D Relaford flied out to left.
- Top 6 A Berroa batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 A Berroa reached on infield single to shortstop, A Berroa to second on throwing error by shortstop J Lugo.
- Top 6 B Mayne batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 6 B Mayne walked.
- Top 6 C Febles batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 C Febles lined into double play, second to shortstop, A Berroa doubled off second.
- Bot 6 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 R Baldelli safe at first on error by third baseman D Relaford.
- Bot 6 A Huff batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 A Huff singled to right, R Baldelli to second.
- Bot 6 T Hall batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 6 T Hall flied out to center.
- Bot 6 T Lee batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 T Lee grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, A Huff out at second.
- Top 7 A Guiel batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 A Guiel flied out to left.
- Top 7 J Randa batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 J Randa grounded out to third.
- Top 7 C Beltran batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 C Beltran safe at first on error by second baseman M Anderson.
- Top 7 R Ibanez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 R Ibanez flied out to left.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 J Grimsley relieved D May.
- Bot 7 D Rolls batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 D Rolls struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 J Sandberg batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 J Sandberg struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 J Lugo batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 7 J Lugo walked.
- Bot 7 C Crawford batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 C Crawford struck out swinging.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 C Gaudin relieved R Bell.
- Top 8 K Harvey batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 K Harvey struck out swinging.
- Top 8 D Relaford batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 D Relaford grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 A Berroa batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 8 A Berroa flied out to left.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 C Leskanic relieved J Grimsley.
- Bot 8 M Anderson batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 8 M Anderson walked.
- Bot 8 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 R Baldelli flied out to left.
- Bot 8 A Huff batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 A Huff grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, M Anderson out at second.
- Top 9 B Mayne batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 9 B Mayne grounded out to second.
- Top 9 C Febles batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 9 C Febles struck out looking.
- Top 9 A Guiel batting
Box score
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron GuielRF | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .348 | .531 |
| Joe RandaDH | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .312 | .405 |
| Carlos Ivan BeltranCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .388 | .486 |
| Raul IbanezLF | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .297 | .345 | .472 |
| Ken Harvey1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 | .304 | .405 |
| Desi Relaford3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .343 | .419 |
| Angel BerroaSS | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 | .347 | .490 |
| Brent MayneC | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .320 | .350 |
| Carlos Febles2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .300 | .260 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell MayP | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 103-69 | 3.65 | 103 |
| Jason GrimsleyP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18-11 | 4.42 | 18 |
| Curtis LeskanicP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11-4 | 2.09 | 11 |
| Mike MacDougalP | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-12 | 4.31 | 15 |
TB
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Demonte CrawfordLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .271 | .303 | .345 |
| Antonio Perez2B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .367 | .400 |
| Marlon Anderson2B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .324 | .361 |
| Rocco BaldelliCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .327 | .443 |
| Aubrey HuffDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .357 | .518 |
| Toby HallC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .308 | .386 |
| Brandon BackePR | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Travis Lee1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .359 | .474 |
| Damian RollsRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .313 | .414 |
| Jared Sandberg3B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .219 | .305 | .411 |
| Al MartinPH | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .320 | .375 |
| Julio LugoSS | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .329 | .365 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob BellP | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 100-61 | 6.27 | 100 |
| Chad GaudinP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22-17 | 1.69 | 22 |
Starting lineups
TB
- 1 Carl Demonte Crawford LF
- 2 Antonio Perez 2B
- 3 Rocco Baldelli CF
- 4 Aubrey Huff DH
- 5 Toby Hall C
- 6 Travis Lee 1B
- 7 Damian Rolls RF
- 8 Jared Sandberg 3B
- 9 Julio Lugo SS
KC
- 1 Aaron Guiel RF
- 2 Joe Randa DH
- 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
- 4 Raul Ibanez LF
- 5 Ken Harvey 1B
- 6 Desi Relaford 3B
- 7 Angel Berroa SS
- 8 Brent Mayne C
- 9 Carlos Febles 2B
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