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6–2Final · Aug 9, 2003
KC 6 TB 2 Final
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KC61-540210010206100
TB45-700000001012100

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF3-441300100.283.357.529
Angel BerroaSS0-330000010.293.342.482
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF2-442231110.291.387.489
Mike SweeneyDH1-330100100.320.440.536
Raul Ibanez1B1-551100000.296.344.468
Joe Randa3B0-221000310.254.319.406
Ken Harvey1B0-110000010.257.302.401
Desi RelafordLF2-440210010.281.342.415
Brent MayneC0-440010000.250.312.341
Julius Matos2B1-441100110.280.308.400
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jimmy GobbleP6.171103189-610.7389
Jason GrimsleyP0.21000006-54.376
Curtis LeskanicP1.000011018-92.0418
Mike MacDougalP1.021101015-94.4115

TB

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Julio LugoSS0-550000010.264.328.360
Antonio Perez2B0-330000010.275.353.382
Al MartinPH0-110000000.265.318.373
Jeff LieferLF0-000000000.177.217.319
Rocco BaldelliCF2-330200100.298.330.443
Aubrey HuffRF2-440200000.301.359.519
Toby HallC0-440000000.263.307.382
Travis Lee1B0-440000010.284.360.469
Damian Rolls2B2-441211020.275.315.423
Jared Sandberg3B2-441200000.234.314.429
Marlon AndersonDH2-330210000.269.331.369
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Victor ZambranoP5.2744650117-624.24117
Jon SwitzerP1.111111026-179.0026
Lance CarterP2.021100118-134.8818

Starting lineups

TB

  1. 1 Julio Lugo SS
  2. 2 Antonio Perez 2B
  3. 3 Rocco Baldelli CF
  4. 4 Aubrey Huff RF
  5. 5 Toby Hall C
  6. 6 Travis Lee 1B
  7. 7 Damian Rolls 2B
  8. 8 Jared Sandberg 3B
  9. 9 Marlon Anderson DH

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Angel Berroa SS
  3. 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney DH
  5. 5 Raul Ibanez 1B
  6. 6 Joe Randa 3B
  7. 7 Ken Harvey 1B
  8. 8 Brent Mayne C
  9. 9 Julius Matos 2B

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