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6–5Final · Sep 11, 2003
CLE 6 KC 5 Final
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KC74-720400001005112

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jody GerutCF2-662211010.282.340.511
Casey Blake3B1-441100000.266.321.431
Ben Broussard1B1-550100020.268.330.463
Alex EscobarRF3-441310100.271.328.458
Victor MartinezC1-550110000.277.320.328
Travis HafnerDH1-331100200.264.339.500
Chris MagruderLF4-551420000.800.8001.200
Jhonny PeraltaSS0-440000100.221.284.313
Brandon Phillips2B0-550010010.207.242.314
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jake WestbrookP1.020000015-114.5115
Terry MulhollandP5.275520180-464.7680
Jack CressendP0.01000006-42.086
Danys BaezP1.010011020-84.0220
David RiskeP1.100002016-112.1716

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron GuielRF2-552210000.298.370.523
Joe Randa3B3-551341010.285.343.444
Mike SweeneyDH1-550100000.312.409.488
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-440100000.302.386.503
Rondell WhiteLF0-440000000.279.331.462
Raul Ibanez1B1-330100100.290.342.448
Angel BerroaSS1-440100010.284.335.454
Desi Relaford2B2-331200100.259.321.390
Brent MayneC0-331000110.248.308.345
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayP2.031110029-203.7129
Brad VoylesP2.144401140-257.7140
Al LevineP1.230020030-152.8230
Jason GrimsleyP2.031011039-245.0239
Mike MacDougalP1.000002016-114.4216

Starting lineups

KC

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

CLE

  1. 1 Jody Gerut CF
  2. 2 Casey Blake 3B
  3. 3 Ben Broussard 1B
  4. 4 Alex Escobar RF
  5. 5 Victor Martinez C
  6. 6 Travis Hafner DH
  7. 7 Chris Magruder LF
  8. 8 Jhonny Peralta SS
  9. 9 Brandon Phillips 2B

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