Cleveland Indians @
Kansas City Royals
7–9Final · Sep 10, 2003
CLE 7 KC 9 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE63-83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| KC74-71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 C Crisp batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 C Crisp flied out to right.
- Top 1 J Gerut batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 J Gerut flied out to center.
- Top 1 C Blake batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 C Blake lined out to center.
- Bot 1 A Guiel batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 A Guiel grounded out to first.
- Bot 1 J Randa batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 1 J Randa singled to left center.
- Bot 1 M Sweeney batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 M Sweeney singled to center, J Randa to second.
- Bot 1 C Beltran batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 C Beltran popped out to catcher.
- Bot 1 R White batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 R White doubled to left center, J Randa and M Sweeney scored.
- Bot 1 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 1 R Ibanez walked.
- Bot 1 A Berroa batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 A Berroa struck out swinging.
- Top 2 B Broussard batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 B Broussard grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 A Escobar batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 A Escobar struck out swinging.
- Top 2 J Bard batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 J Bard flied out to center.
- Bot 2 D Relaford batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 D Relaford struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 B Mayne batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 B Mayne flied out to left.
- Bot 2 A Guiel batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 A Guiel reached on infield single to second.
- Bot 2 J Randa batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 J Randa doubled to deep left, A Guiel scored.
- Bot 2 M Sweeney batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 J Randa to third on wild pitch by C Durbin.
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 2 M Sweeney walked.
- Bot 2 C Beltran batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 C Beltran struck out looking.
- Top 3 T Hafner batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 T Hafner flied out to center.
- Top 3 J Peralta batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 J Peralta homered to left.
- Top 3 B Phillips batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 B Phillips singled to right.
- Top 3 C Crisp batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 C Crisp grounded into double play, third to second to first, B Phillips out at second.
- Bot 3 R White batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 R White flied out to right.
- Bot 3 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 R Ibanez reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Bot 3 R Ibanez stole second.
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 R Ibanez to third on wild pitch by C Durbin.
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 A Berroa flied out to center, R Ibanez thrown out at home.
- Top 4 J Gerut batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 J Gerut singled to right.
- Top 4 C Blake batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 C Blake singled to left center, J Gerut to second.
- Top 4 B Broussard batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 B Broussard singled to shallow right, J Gerut to third, C Blake to second.
- Top 4 A Escobar batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 A Escobar singled to center, J Gerut and C Blake scored, B Broussard to second.
- Top 4 J Bard batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 4 J Bard homered to left, B Broussard and A Escobar scored.
- Top 4 T Hafner batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 T Hafner grounded out to first.
- Top 4 J Peralta batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 J Peralta flied out to center.
- Top 4 B Phillips batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 B Phillips lined out to left.
- Bot 4 D Relaford batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 D Relaford grounded out to second.
- Bot 4 B Mayne batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 B Mayne singled to shallow center.
- Bot 4 A Guiel batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 A Guiel grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, B Mayne out at second.
- Top 5 C Crisp batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 C Crisp reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Top 5 C Crisp picked off first.
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 J Gerut doubled to deep right.
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 K Wilson relieved B Anderson.
- Top 5 C Blake batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 C Blake fouled out to first.
- Top 5 B Broussard batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 B Broussard grounded out to third.
- Bot 5 J Randa batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 J Randa flied out to right.
- Bot 5 M Sweeney batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 M Sweeney doubled to deep left.
- Bot 5 C Beltran batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 C Beltran singled to right, M Sweeney scored.
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 J Santiago relieved C Durbin.
- Bot 5 R White batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 R White singled to left, C Beltran to second.
- Bot 5 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 5 R Ibanez walked, C Beltran to third, R White to second.
- Bot 5 A Berroa batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 8: ball 4
- Bot 5 A Berroa walked, C Beltran scored, R White to third, R Ibanez to second.
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 R Betancourt relieved J Santiago.
- Bot 5 D Relaford batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 D Relaford struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 B Mayne batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 B Mayne doubled to deep right, R White and R Ibanez scored, A Berroa to third, A Berroa scored on throwing error by right fielder A Escobar.
- Bot 5 A Guiel batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 A Guiel grounded out to first.
- Top 6 A Escobar batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 A Escobar reached on bunt single to pitcher.
- Top 6 J Bard batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 J Bard flied out to center.
- Top 6 T Hafner batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 T Hafner tripled to deep right center, A Escobar scored.
- Top 6 J Peralta batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 6 J Peralta walked.
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 C Leskanic relieved K Wilson.
- Top 6 B Phillips batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 B Phillips grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Hafner out at home, J Peralta to third.
- Top 6 C Crisp batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 C Crisp struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 J Randa batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Randa fouled out to catcher.
- Bot 6 M Sweeney batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 M Sweeney popped out to second.
- Bot 6 C Beltran batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 C Beltran popped out to second.
- Top 7 J Gerut batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 J Gerut singled to left.
- Top 7 C Blake batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 C Blake fouled out to shortstop.
- Top 7 B Broussard batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 B Broussard flied out to center.
- Top 7 A Escobar batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 A Escobar singled to center, J Gerut to second.
- Top 7 J Bard batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 7 J Bard walked, J Gerut to third, A Escobar to second.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 J Affeldt relieved C Leskanic.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 V Martinez hit for T Hafner.
- Top 7 V Martinez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 V Martinez grounded out to third.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 J Boyd relieved R Betancourt.
- Bot 7 R White batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 R White grounded out to third.
- Bot 7 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 R Ibanez flied out to left.
- Bot 7 A Berroa batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 7 A Berroa walked.
- Bot 7 D Relaford batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
Box score
CLE
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco CrispCF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .321 | .379 |
| Jody GerutLF | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .340 | .506 |
| Casey Blake3B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .320 | .433 |
| Ben Broussard1B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .332 | .467 |
| Alex EscobarRF | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 | .288 | .436 |
| Josh BardC | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .272 | .336 |
| Travis HafnerDH | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .335 | .498 |
| Victor MartinezDH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .325 | .333 |
| Jhonny PeraltaSS | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .286 | .319 |
| Brandon Phillips2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .210 | .246 | .318 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad DurbinP | 4.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 82-48 | 7.36 | 82 |
| Jose SantiagoP | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16-7 | 3.46 | 16 |
| Rafael BetancourtP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-16 | 1.74 | 23 |
| Jason BoydP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-9 | 4.50 | 18 |
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron GuielRF | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .369 | .525 |
| Joe Randa3B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .341 | .433 |
| Mike SweeneyDH | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .412 | .493 |
| Carlos Ivan BeltranCF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .387 | .505 |
| Rondell WhiteLF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .333 | .467 |
| Mendy Lopez1B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .289 | .397 |
| Raul IbanezLF | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .341 | .448 |
| Angel BerroaSS | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .335 | .456 |
| Desi Relaford2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .317 | .388 |
| Brent MayneC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .309 | .348 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian AndersonP | 4.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 61-43 | 3.89 | 61 |
| Kris WilsonP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-10 | 4.66 | 18 |
| Curtis LeskanicP | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21-13 | 2.44 | 21 |
| Jeremy AffeldtP | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28-20 | 4.19 | 28 |
Starting lineups
KC
- 1 Aaron Guiel RF
- 2 Joe Randa 3B
- 3 Mike Sweeney DH
- 4 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
- 5 Rondell White LF
- 6 Raul Ibanez LF
- 7 Angel Berroa SS
- 8 Desi Relaford 2B
- 9 Brent Mayne C
CLE
- 1 Coco Crisp CF
- 2 Jody Gerut LF
- 3 Casey Blake 3B
- 4 Ben Broussard 1B
- 5 Alex Escobar RF
- 6 Josh Bard C
- 7 Travis Hafner DH
- 8 Jhonny Peralta SS
- 9 Brandon Phillips 2B
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