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7–2Final · Sep 14, 2003
KC 7 DET 2 Final
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KC76-731150000007111
DET38-110000011000252

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Angel BerroaSS3-552330000.290.339.459
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-440110000.303.383.506
Mike SweeneyDH0-330000210.305.405.477
Raul IbanezLF1-550100000.288.341.445
Joe Randa3B1-550110000.281.338.436
Rondell WhiteLF1-551111010.278.329.466
David DeJesusRF0-000000000.000.000.000
Ken Harvey1B1-441100010.273.318.416
Mendy Lopez2B1-332100120.278.313.405
Brent MayneC2-331200100.251.312.347
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jimmy GobbleP7.052207196-664.5396
Jeremy AffeldtP2.000011026-164.1326

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Andres TorresCF1-441111000.219.258.305
Ben PetrickLF1-330100100.217.272.387
Craig MonroeRF0-440000030.219.269.414
Dmitri YoungDH0-440000020.285.359.533
Carlos Pena1B1-441100000.249.332.461
Shane Halter3B0-440000010.213.268.334
Warren Morris2B1-330100010.278.327.378
A.J. HinchC1-220110000.188.227.304
Ramon SantiagoSS0-330000010.219.285.274
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy BondermanP4.020003036-285.4936
Eric EckenstahlerP1.00000009-52.579

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Andres Torres CF
  2. 2 Ben Petrick LF
  3. 3 Craig Monroe RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Carlos Pena 1B
  6. 6 Shane Halter 3B
  7. 7 Warren Morris 2B
  8. 8 A.J. Hinch C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

KC

  1. 1 Angel Berroa SS
  2. 2 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney DH
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Joe Randa 3B
  6. 6 Rondell White LF
  7. 7 Ken Harvey 1B
  8. 8 Mendy Lopez 2B
  9. 9 Brent Mayne C

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