Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

86-76, 35-46 Away

Final

83-80, 40-41 Home


CWS
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	8	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1

E. Loaiza21-9

7.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 3 BB

J. Lima8-3

5.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

White Sox Hitting

hitters
W. HarrisCF
C. LeeDH
aJ. BurkePH-DH
A. Miles2B
M. OrdonezRF
A. RowandRF
C. EverettLF
J. ValentinSS
B. Daubach1B
J. Crede3B
M. OlivoC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	1	0	0	1	.204	.259	.241
3	1	2	2	0	0	.291	.331	.499
1	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375
4	1	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.583
4	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.379	.545
0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.327	.452
4	0	1	0	0	0	.287	.366	.509
3	1	1	0	1	0	.237	.313	.463
4	0	2	2	0	0	.230	.352	.388
4	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.308	.433
2	1	0	0	1	1	.237	.287	.360
34	5	8	5	2	2

a-grounded to shortstop for C Lee in the 7th

Batting
2BA Miles (3, J Lima); B Daubach (11, J Lima)
RBIC Lee 2 (113), A Miles (2), B Daubach 2 (21)
2Out RBIB Daubach 2
GIDPJ Crede; B Daubach
Team LOB5

Baserunning
SBW Harris (12, 2nd base off J Lima/T Prince); M Olivo (6, 2nd base off J Lima/T Prince)

Fielding
EB Daubach (2, ground ball)
PBM Olivo

Royals Hitting

hitters
A. BerroaSS
M. LopezSS
C. BeltranCF
D. DeJesusCF
M. SweeneyDH
aM. TuckerPH-DH
R. IbanezLF
J. Randa3B
J. Patterson3B
A. GuielRF
K. Harvey1B
D. Relaford2B
J. Matos2B
B. MayneC
T. PrinceC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	0	0	0	0	1	.287	.338	.451
2	0	0	0	0	1	.277	.306	.447
1	0	0	0	1	0	.307	.389	.522
1	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.444	.571
1	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.391	.467
2	0	0	0	1	2	.262	.331	.440
1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.345	.454
1	0	0	0	0	1	.291	.348	.452
3	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.280	.182
4	0	0	0	0	1	.277	.346	.489
4	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.313	.408
1	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.376
2	1	1	0	0	0	.263	.276	.386
1	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.307	.344
2	0	1	1	0	0	.208	.309	.375
28	1	3	1	2	8

a-walked for M Sweeney in the 4th

Batting
2BJ Matos (1, E Loaiza)
RBIT Prince (6)
2Out RBIT Prince
Team LOB6

Fielding
DP2 (A Berroa-D Relaford-K Harvey, K Harvey-M Lopez-J Grimsley)
EJ Patterson (1, ground ball)

White Sox Pitching

pitchers
E. Loaiza(W,21-9)
D. Marte
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
7.1	3	1	1	3	8	118-76	2.88
1.2	0	0	0	0	1	15-10	1.58
9.0	3	1	1	3	9	133-86

Pitching
BKE Loaiza
HBPM Olivo (By M MacDougal)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsE Loaiza 7-7; D Marte 2-1
Game ScoresE Loaiza 73

Royals Pitching

pitchers
J. Lima(L,8-3)
J. Grimsley
C. Leskanic
J. Affeldt
M. MacDougal
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	6	5	5	2	1	87-57	4.91
1.0	2	0	0	0	0	17-10	5.16
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	2.22
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10-8	3.93
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-6	4.08
9.0	8	5	5	2	2	134-87

Pitching
HBPD DeJesus (By E Loaiza)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Lima 7-7; J Grimsley 3-0; C Leskanic 2-1; J Affeldt 2-1; M MacDougal 1-1
Game ScoresJ Lima 34

Scoring Summary

		CWS	KC
4th	C Lee singled to left, W Harris scored, C Lee to second advancing on throw.	1	0
4th	A Miles doubled to deep right, C Lee scored.	2	0
4th	B Daubach doubled to deep center, A Miles and J Valentin scored.	4	0
5th	C Lee singled to center, M Olivo scored.	5	0
7th	T Prince singled to left, J Matos scored.	5	1

White Sox
3
Royals
7

Game 1

26/9

White Sox
11
Royals
2

Game 2

27/9

White Sox
19
Royals
3

Game 3

28/9

White Sox
5
Royals
1

Game 4

28/9

Kauffman Stadium

7:05 PM, 28 September 2003

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 26,261

Game Time:2:19

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mark Wegner
First Base Umpire - Tim Welke
Second Base Umpire - Gary Cederstrom
Third Base Umpire - Chuck Meriwether

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

E. Loaiza21-9

J. Lima8-3

Scoring Summary

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