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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers logo Texas Rangers

3–7Final · Sep 1, 2003
KC 3 TEX 7 Final
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KC70-66000020010361
TEX63-7502010130760

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF0-330000100.277.355.500
Joe Randa3B1-440100000.282.344.443
Mike SweeneyDH1-440100000.314.416.495
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF0-440000010.302.390.509
Raul IbanezLF1-441100000.298.343.465
Ken Harvey1B2-332232000.266.309.414
Desi Relaford2B0-330000000.260.319.389
Angel BerroaSS0-330000020.288.339.462
Brent MayneC0-220000000.246.309.345
Mike DiFeliceC1-110100000.256.291.393
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayP6.0443263107-633.59107
Jason GrimsleyP0.213321028-165.0028
Nate FieldP0.110021018-94.0018
Mike MacDougalP1.00000109-64.669

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B0-330010010.298.331.438
Ryan ChristensonCF0-440000030.183.272.275
Alex RodriguezSS1-221110200.305.401.606
Rafael PalmeiroDH0-330000110.262.361.513
Shane SpencerLF0-330010110.257.330.404
Mark Teixeira1B3-442332010.260.333.485
Hank Blalock3B2-442211000.320.375.554
Marcus ThamesRF0-331000100.212.312.273
Todd GreeneC0-331000120.223.240.436
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Colby LewisP7.043302289-577.8589
Brian ShouseP0.210010012-63.2112
Jay PowellP0.110000012-88.1212
Erasmo RamirezP1.00000109-73.359

Starting lineups

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Ryan Christenson CF
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Shane Spencer LF
  6. 6 Mark Teixeira 1B
  7. 7 Hank Blalock 3B
  8. 8 Marcus Thames RF
  9. 9 Todd Greene C

KC

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

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