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Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals

11–2Final · Sep 26, 2003
CWS 11 KC 2 Final
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CWS84-7603100016011111
KC83-78000100001240

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tony Graffanino2B1-550100000.260.331.428
Magglio OrdonezRF0-441000100.320.383.553
Armando RiosLF0-000000000.212.245.298
Frank ThomasDH2-441211000.265.386.559
Aaron MilesDH0-110000000.333.333.500
Carlos LeeLF2-442221000.291.331.502
Willie HarrisCF0-000000100.190.244.230
Paul Konerko1B0-441000000.234.305.399
Aaron RowandRF1-442100000.282.323.449
Joe Crede3B3-443320000.260.308.430
Jose ValentinSS1-331141000.234.310.463
Miguel OlivoC1-330120000.235.280.358
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jon GarlandP8.0311311110-664.51110
Tom GordonP1.011102116-123.1616

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Angel BerroaSS0-330000000.290.340.455
Mendy LopezSS0-110000000.267.298.411
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF1-331111000.308.389.524
David DeJesusCF0-110000010.000.250.000
Mike SweeneyDH0-330000000.295.393.463
Mike DiFelicePH1-111111000.257.302.401
Raul Ibanez1B0-440000000.296.347.457
Joe Randa3B0-220000110.293.350.455
Jarrod Patterson3B0-110000010.167.286.167
Aaron GuielRF0-220000100.282.352.499
Rondell WhiteLF1-330100000.290.341.489
Dee BrownLF---------------------------
Desi Relaford2B0-220000000.256.316.378
Michael TuckerPH0-000000100.264.332.443
Julius Matos2B0-000000000.259.273.370
Brent MayneC1-220100000.245.308.345
Tom PrinceC0-110000000.200.308.378
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Darrell MayP7.0755002104-663.77104
D.J. CarrascoP1.046610134-204.8234
Nate FieldP1.000010012-74.3512

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

CWS

  1. 1 Tony Graffanino 2B
  2. 2 Magglio Ordonez RF
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Carlos Lee LF
  5. 5 Paul Konerko 1B
  6. 6 Aaron Rowand RF
  7. 7 Joe Crede 3B
  8. 8 Jose Valentin SS
  9. 9 Miguel Olivo C

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