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7–3Final · Aug 10, 2003
KC 7 TB 3 Final
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KC62-545002000007120
TB45-71000102000360

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF2-441200010.288.359.534
Joe Randa3B0-110000000.253.318.405
Angel BerroaSS1-551100020.292.340.479
Raul Ibanez1B2-440220010.298.345.468
Mike SweeneyDH1-441100010.319.437.531
Desi RelafordCF1-331110100.282.343.415
Mike DiFeliceC1-441110010.250.286.382
Dee BrownLF---------------------------
Julius MatosRF2-441231000.310.333.517
Carlos Febles2B1-441100000.235.299.260
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Runelvys HernandezP7.053325092-583.8792
Jeremy AffeldtP1.01000009-84.309
Al LevineP1.000001013-92.7713

TB

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Carl Demonte CrawfordLF1-442100000.268.299.343
Rocco BaldelliCF2-441200010.300.331.446
Aubrey HuffRF2-440230000.302.360.523
Travis Lee1B0-440000010.281.356.464
Damian Rolls3B0-440000010.270.310.416
Marlon AndersonDH0-330000110.266.330.365
Antonio Perez2B0-330000000.267.345.371
Javier ValentinC0-330000020.239.262.393
Julio LugoSS1-220100100.265.331.361
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jorge SosaP0.165510038-225.0638
Chad GaudinP4.252204169-462.7069
Mark MalaskaP1.210012022-125.1422
Brandon BackeP1.100000016-94.4016
Jesus ColomeP0.00000001-0--1
Lance CarterP1.000000013-74.7913

Starting lineups

TB

  1. 1 Carl Demonte Crawford LF
  2. 2 Rocco Baldelli CF
  3. 3 Aubrey Huff RF
  4. 4 Travis Lee 1B
  5. 5 Damian Rolls 3B
  6. 6 Marlon Anderson DH
  7. 7 Antonio Perez 2B
  8. 8 Javier Valentin C
  9. 9 Julio Lugo SS

KC

  1. 1 Aaron Guiel RF
  2. 2 Angel Berroa SS
  3. 3 Raul Ibanez 1B
  4. 4 Mike Sweeney DH
  5. 5 Desi Relaford CF
  6. 6 Mike DiFelice C
  7. 7 Dee Brown LF
  8. 8 Julius Matos RF
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

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