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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox

13–9Final · Aug 4, 2003
KC 13 CWS 9 Final
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KC60-5000030700313131
CWS58-541100421009111

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF1-441130110.277.353.548
Joe Randa3B1-550110010.253.310.409
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-441000110.297.396.490
Raul IbanezLF2-552210000.298.346.476
Desi Relaford2B2-443210110.284.344.425
Angel BerroaSS2-332230000.296.346.493
Michael TuckerLF0-220000000.264.330.443
Ken Harvey1B0-111000100.251.297.396
Brent MayneC1-441110120.262.321.357
Dee BrownDH---------------------------
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Runelvys HernandezP5.0866411101-573.87101
Nate FieldP1.022200118-114.0818
Jason GrimsleyP1.011101126-174.5826
Al LevineP2.000000024-162.7324

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roberto Alomar2B2-442200100.272.352.347
Carlos LeeLF0-440000100.276.322.498
Frank ThomasDH1-331121100.265.394.543
Magglio OrdonezRF1-551100000.313.382.557
Carl EverettCF2-551210000.271.352.499
Paul Konerko1B1-550100000.228.287.376
Jose ValentinSS2-332221100.237.324.456
Joe Crede3B1-441131000.234.288.375
Miguel OlivoC1-441100020.234.285.362
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jon GarlandP5.064421079-474.5879
Scott SchoeneweisP0.034410016-94.6416
Matt GinterP0.10110006-313.506
Kelly WunschP1.211113029-201.3329
Tom GordonP2.033313044-283.4244

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 Paul Konerko 1B
  7. 7 Jose Valentin SS
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Miguel Olivo 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 Desi Relaford 2B
  6. 6 Angel Berroa SS
  7. 7 Michael Tucker LF
  8. 8 Brent Mayne C
  9. 9 Dee Brown DH

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