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3–7Final · Sep 25, 2003
CWS 3 KC 7 Final
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CWS83-76000010020380
KC83-7721220000780

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

Box score

CWS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tony GraffaninoSS0-440000010.261.333.429
Roberto Alomar2B0-220000100.258.333.349
Aaron Miles2B1-111100000.400.400.600
Frank ThomasDH0-331000100.263.385.554
Magglio OrdonezRF1-440120000.322.385.556
Carlos LeeLF1-440100000.289.330.497
Paul Konerko1B1-440100000.236.306.402
Aaron RowandCF2-331200100.283.325.454
Joe Crede3B1-440110000.257.305.421
Jamie BurkeC1-330100000.429.429.429
Brian DaubachPH0-110000000.220.349.382
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Dan WrightP4.077730269-416.1569
Jon AdkinsP4.010021055-334.8255

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Angel BerroaSS1-441100010.291.341.457
Carlos Ivan BeltranCF2-222231100.308.389.519
Rondell WhiteDH1-332111100.289.342.490
Raul IbanezLF1-440100000.298.349.460
Joe Randa3B1-330110100.294.350.457
Aaron GuielRF0-331000100.284.352.501
Ken Harvey1B1-330100100.268.315.412
Desi Relaford2B0-330000000.257.317.380
Brent MayneC1-441110000.244.307.344
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian AndersonP8.073321098-673.7898
Mike MacDougalP1.010010017-94.1417

Starting lineups

KC

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

CWS

  1. 1 Tony Graffanino SS
  2. 2 Roberto Alomar 2B
  3. 3 Frank Thomas DH
  4. 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
  5. 5 Carlos Lee LF
  6. 6 Paul Konerko 1B
  7. 7 Aaron Rowand CF
  8. 8 Joe Crede 3B
  9. 9 Jamie Burke C

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