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Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals

6–12Final · Sep 22, 2003
DET 6 KC 12 Final
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DET38-118010030020600
KC82-75201125011200

Play-by-play

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

Box score

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex SanchezCF1-441100000.283.314.360
Ben PetrickRF0-110000010.216.266.371
Warren Morris2B1-551100000.275.319.370
Bobby HigginsonRF1-330110000.236.322.366
Omar Rafael Infante3B1-110100000.217.278.246
Dmitri YoungDH1-330110100.286.357.525
Matt WalbeckPH0-110000000.175.199.241
Carlos Pena1B1-440100020.247.331.450
Craig MonroeLF1-222100200.230.280.428
Shane Halter3B1-330100000.212.265.333
Andres TorresCF0-110000010.210.248.293
Brandon IngeC0-110000100.206.268.345
A.J. HinchC1-111121000.200.237.357
Ramon SantiagoSS1-441110000.221.287.278
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Gary KnottsP4.076534286-605.8986
Chris MearsP1.121111020-125.8720
Franklyn GermanP0.033300011-85.9811
Chris SpurlingP0.121110019-134.6819
Wil J LedezmaP1.011110015-75.7915

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Angel BerroaSS2-442210110.291.342.455
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-441111120.306.387.515
David DeJesusCF0-000000000.000.500.000
Mike SweeneyDH1-551110020.297.396.466
Raul Ibanez1B3-443331100.299.351.461
Joe Randa3B3-332300100.292.348.455
Julius Matos3B0-110000000.260.275.380
Aaron GuielRF0-441000100.289.357.509
Rondell WhiteLF4-442430100.285.336.481
Desi Relaford2B1-440120100.260.320.384
Brent MayneC1-440100010.242.307.342
Mike DiFeliceC0-110000000.253.299.385
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Paul AbbottP4.064421075-485.2975
Jeremy AffeldtP2.020010027-173.9627
Jason GrimsleyP2.012213135-215.2335
Al LevineP1.010000011-72.7911

Starting lineups

KC

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

DET

  1. 1 Alex Sanchez CF
  2. 2 Warren Morris 2B
  3. 3 Bobby Higginson RF
  4. 4 Dmitri Young DH
  5. 5 Carlos Pena 1B
  6. 6 Craig Monroe LF
  7. 7 Shane Halter 3B
  8. 8 Brandon Inge C
  9. 9 Ramon Santiago SS

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