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3–6Final · Aug 19, 2003
KC 3 NYY 6 Final
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KC65-59000000300380
NYY77-4700221100683

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Desi Relaford2B1-440100010.271.331.397
Angel BerroaSS1-440100000.293.340.472
Mike SweeneyDH1-440100000.319.431.514
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-440000020.300.390.518
Raul IbanezLF1-441100010.297.344.465
Joe Randa3B2-441210010.257.323.409
Ken Harvey1B3-441300000.259.304.399
Mendy LopezRF0-330000030.293.305.448
Dee BrownPH---------------------------
Mike DiFeliceC0-440000000.256.294.400
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kevin AppierP6.066630397-595.4297
Al LevineP1.010010024-122.8724
Mike MacDougalP1.010011019-104.5019

NYY

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alfonso Soriano2B2-441221000.276.324.490
Nick Johnson1B1-330100000.284.429.474
Derek JeterSS1-441100000.322.391.472
Jason GiambiDH0-221000200.269.428.566
Bernie WilliamsCF2-331221100.286.389.428
Hideki MatsuiLF1-440110010.298.360.461
Jorge PosadaC0-440000000.271.403.496
Aaron Boone3B0-221000100.256.318.435
Karim GarciaRF1-221111100.258.309.479
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Andy PettitteP6.2831060108-764.12108
Jeff NelsonP1.100002018-123.2018
Mariano RiveraP1.01000107-62.017

Starting lineups

NYY

  1. 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
  2. 2 Nick Johnson 1B
  3. 3 Derek Jeter SS
  4. 4 Jason Giambi DH
  5. 5 Bernie Williams CF
  6. 6 Hideki Matsui LF
  7. 7 Jorge Posada C
  8. 8 Aaron Boone 3B
  9. 9 Karim Garcia RF

KC

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

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