September 22, 2003 Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals Box Score and Play by Play

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SEA 5
@ANA 1 BOS 7
BAL 5 CHW 6
NYY 3
(10) KCR 12
DET 6 OAK 7
TEX 3 TBD 5
@TOR 2 FLA 6
@ATL 3 SFG 6
@HOU 3 SDP 9
LAD 5

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 10,574

Monday, September 22, 2003, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:04

Tigers

38-118

Lost 10

5th, 49 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  1  0   0  3  0   0  2  0    6 10  1
Royals          2  0  1   1  2  5   0  1  X   12 16  0

W: J Affeldt (7-6), L: G Knotts (3-8)

Royals

82-74

Won 3

2nd, 5 GB

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Sanchez CF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .283  .674    8    1   0   
  B Petrick RF                1   0   0   0    0   1  .216  .637    4    0   0   
W Morris 2B                   5   1   1   0    0   0  .275  .689   12    3   4   
B Higginson RF                3   0   1   1    0   0  .236  .688   20    5   0   SF
  O Infante 3B                1   0   1   0    0   0  .217  .524    4    0   0   
D Young DH                    3   0   1   1    1   0  .286  .882   16    0   0   
  M Walbeck PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .175  .440    5    0   0   GDP
C Pena 1B                     4   0   1   0    0   2  .247  .781   19    5   0   
C Monroe LF                   2   2   1   0    2   0  .230  .708   22    0   0   
S Halter 3B                   3   0   1   0    0   0  .212  .598    7    1   0   
  A Torres CF                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .210  .541    5    0   0   
B Inge C                      1   0   0   0    1   0  .206  .613   14    6   0   SH
  A Hinch PH-C                1   1   1   2    0   0  .200  .594    2    0   0   HR
R Santiago SS                 4   1   1   1    0   0  .221  .565    9    3   4   

G Knotts P                                                               0   1
  C Mears P                                                              0   0
  F German P                                                             0   0
  C Spurling P                                                           0   0
  B Schmack P                                                            0   0
  W Ledezma P                                                            0   0
Totals                       34   6  10   5    4   4              147   24   9

BATTING

HR: A Hinch (2, off J Grimsley; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).

SF: B Higginson (6, off J Affeldt).

SH: B Inge (3, off P Abbott).

TB: A Hinch 4; C Monroe; W Morris; D Young; B Higginson; O Infante; S Halter; R Santiago; A Sanchez; C Pena.

GIDP: M Walbeck (3).

RBI: A Hinch 2 (10); D Young (79); B Higginson (50); R Santiago (25).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 3. R Santiago-W Morris-C Pena 2; R Santiago-C Pena.

E: W Morris (6).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Berroa SS                   4   2   2   1    1   1  .291  .797   17    1   3   SB
C Beltran CF                  4   1   1   1    1   2  .306  .902   22    1   0   HR
  D DeJesus CF                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500         0   0   
M Sweeney DH                  5   1   1   1    0   2  .297  .862   24    0   0   2B
R Ibanez 1B                   4   3   3   3    1   0  .299  .812   19   11   3   HR
J Randa 3B                    3   2   3   0    1   0  .292  .803   18    0   1   2B
  J Matos PH-3B               1   0   0   0    0   0  .260  .655    3    0   0   GDP
A Guiel RF                    4   1   0   0    1   0  .289  .866   16    3   0   
R White LF                    4   2   4   3    1   0  .285  .819   15    1   0   2B
D Relaford 2B                 4   0   1   2    1   0  .260  .704   16    2   5   
B Mayne C                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .242  .649   18    3   0   GDP
  M Difelice C                1   0   0   0    0   0  .253  .684    4    2   0   GDP

P Abbott P                                                               2   2
  J Affeldt P                                                            0   0
  J Grimsley P                                                           1   0
  A Levine P                                                             0   0
Totals                       38  12  16  11    7   6              172   27  14

BATTING

2B: J Randa (30, off G Knotts); R White (22, off C Spurling); M Sweeney (18, off F German).

HR: C Beltran (24, off G Knotts; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF); R Ibanez (18, off G Knotts; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF).

TB: R Ibanez 6; R White 5; J Randa 4; C Beltran 4; A Berroa 2; M Sweeney 2; B Mayne; D Relaford.

GIDP: J Matos (2); B Mayne (9); M Difelice (6).

RBI: R Ibanez 3 (88); R White 3 (84); D Relaford 2 (59); M Sweeney (82); A Berroa (72); C Beltran (96).

2-out RBI: R White 2; R Ibanez 2; A Berroa.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 7 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Relaford-A Berroa-R Ibanez.

BASERUNNING

SB: A Berroa (21, 2nd base off C Mears/B Inge).

PITCHING

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Knotts, L (3-8)              4     7   6   5    3   4   2   5.89   23   86-60   34· 9·17    5· 8· 3· 0     27    -     0.84  -0.29
C Mears                        1.1   2   1   1    1   1   0   5.87    6   20-12    8· 1· 3    1· 0· 3· 0          2-2    1.50  -0.09
F German                       0     3   3   3    0   0   0   5.98    3   11-8     4· 2· 2    1· 0· 2· 0          1-1    0.58  -0.10
C Spurling                     0.1   2   1   1    1   0   0   4.68    4   19-13   12· 0· 1    1· 1· 1· 0          2-2    0.24  -0.03
B Schmack                      1.1   1   0   0    1   1   0   4.50    5   16-9     5· 2· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          3-1    0.06  -0.00
W Ledezma                      1     1   1   1    1   0   0   5.79    4   15-7     6· 0· 1    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.03  -0.00
Totals                         8    16  12  11    7   6   2          45  167-109  69·14·26   12· 9·11· 0          8-6

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Abbott                       4     6   4   4    2   1   0   5.29   20   75-48   30· 3·15   10· 3· 4· 0     33    -     1.19  -0.05
J Affeldt, W (7-6)             2     2   0   0    1   0   0   3.96    9   27-17   14· 2· 1    5· 3· 0· 0          3-3    1.80   0.01
J Grimsley                     2     1   2   2    1   3   1   5.23    8   34-21   13· 3· 5    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.10   0.01
A Levine                       1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.79    3   11-7     3· 1· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.06   0.00
Totals                         9    10   6   6    4   4   1          40  147-93   60· 9·24   21· 7· 4· 0          3-3

G Knotts faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.
F German faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.
P Abbott faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: J Affeldt (2).

WP: F German 2 (8).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Gary Darling, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Jerry Layne.

Time of Game: 3:04.

Attendance: 10,574.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 68° F, Wind 12mph from Left to Right, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Kansas City Royals                   
1. A Sanchez            CF    1. A Berroa             SS 
2. W Morris             2B    2. C Beltran            CF 
3. B Higginson          RF    3. M Sweeney            DH 
4. D Young              DH    4. R Ibanez             1B 
5. C Pena               1B    5. J Randa              3B 
6. C Monroe             LF    6. A Guiel              RF 
7. S Halter             3B    7. R White              LF 
8. B Inge               C     8. D Relaford           2B 
9. R Santiago           SS    9. B Mayne              C  

   G Knotts             P        P Abbott             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  0-0  1--  4   17%  69% R Ibanez        G Knotts        Home Run (Fly Ball); Berroa Scores
   b 5   1  4-4  12-  2   12%  73% R White         C Mears         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Ibanez Scores; Randa to 2B
   b 5   1  4-5  12-  1   11%  84% D Relaford      C Mears         Single to CF (Line Drive); Randa Scores; White to 3B
   b 3   0  1-2  ---  4    9%  75% C Beltran       G Knotts        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   t 5   0  4-1  12-  3   -9%  63% W Morris        P Abbott        Single to 3B/Bunt; Santiago to 3B; Sanchez to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Abbott facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  A Sanchez       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   54%  W Morris        Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  5   53%  B Higginson     Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   51%  D Young         Walk; Higginson to 2B
   O      12-  3   55%  C Pena          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Gary Knotts facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   58%  A Berroa        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  3   55%  C Beltran       Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  5   52%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Looking
   RR     1--  4   69%  R Ibanez        Home Run (Fly Ball); Berroa Scores
          ---  3   70%  J Randa         Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   68%  A Guiel         Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 2.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Paul Abbott facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   65%  C Monroe        Walk
          1--  4   59%  S Halter        Single to RF (Line Drive); Monroe to 2B
   O      12-  3   60%  B Inge          Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Monroe to 3B; Halter to 2B
   RO     -23  4   61%  R Santiago      Groundout: 1B-P; Monroe Scores; Halter to 3B
   O      --3  1   65%  A Sanchez       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Gary Knotts facing 7-8-9
          ---  6   68%  R White         Walk
   O      1--  3   65%  D Relaford      Flyball: RF
   O      1--  3   63%  B Mayne         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   60%  A Berroa        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 2.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-2, Paul Abbott facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   63%  W Morris        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   65%  B Higginson     Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
   O      ---  6   66%  D Young         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Gary Knotts facing 2-3-4
   R      ---  4   75%  C Beltran       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  3   74%  M Sweeney       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   72%  R Ibanez        Flyball: RF
          ---  5   74%  J Randa         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  1   71%  A Guiel         Lineout: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, Paul Abbott facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   67%  C Pena          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  9   71%  C Monroe        Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  2   75%  S Halter        Flyball: RF
   O      1--  2   77%  B Inge          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Gary Knotts facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   80%  R White         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   79%  D Relaford      Groundout: 2B-1B; White to 2B
   R      -2-  7   85%  B Mayne         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); White Scores/unER/No RBI
   O      1--  3   83%  A Berroa        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   84%  C Beltran       Walk; Mayne to 2B
   O      12-  4   82%  M Sweeney       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 4.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-4, Paul Abbott facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   78%  R Santiago      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   72%  A Sanchez       Single to 1B/Bunt; Santiago to 2B
          12-  3   63%  W Morris        Single to 3B/Bunt; Santiago to 3B; Sanchez to 2B
                  Jeremy Affeldt replaces Paul Abbott pitching
   R      123      56%  B Higginson     Balk; Santiago Scores; Sanchez to 3B; Morris to 2B
   RO     -23  4   57%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Sanchez Scores; Morris to 3B
   R      --3  3   50%  D Young         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Morris Scores
   O      1--  4   54%  C Pena          Flyball: RF
          1--  1   51%  C Monroe        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Young to 2B
   O      12-  1   57%  S Halter        Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Tied 4-4, Gary Knotts facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   62%  R Ibanez        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  7   68%  J Randa         Walk; Ibanez to 2B
                  Chris Mears replaces Gary Knotts pitching
   O      12-  1   62%  A Guiel         Lineout: 3B (Short 3B Line)
   R      12-  2   73%  R White         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Ibanez Scores; Randa to 2B
   R      12-  1   84%  D Relaford      Single to CF (Line Drive); Randa Scores; White to 3B
   OO     1-3  2   76%  B Mayne         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 6.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-6, Jeremy Affeldt facing 8-9-1
          ---  9   71%  B Inge          Walk
   O      1--  1   74%  R Santiago      Groundout: 2B-1B; Inge to 2B
   O      -2-  2   79%  A Sanchez       Bunt Groundout: C unassisted (Front of Home)
   O      -2-  2   83%  W Morris        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-4, Chris Mears facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   86%  A Berroa        Walk
   O      1--  9   85%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging, Berroa Steals 2B
                  Franklyn German replaces Chris Mears pitching
          -2-      87%  M Sweeney       Wild Pitch; Berroa to 3B
   R      --3  5   91%  " "             Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Berroa Scores
          -2-      92%  R Ibanez        Wild Pitch; Sweeney to 3B
   R      --3  3   94%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball thru CF-RF); Sweeney Scores
          1--  3   95%  J Randa         Single to LF (Line Drive); Ibanez to 2B
                  Chris Spurling replaces Franklyn German pitching
   O      12-  5   94%  A Guiel         Popfly: SS
   RR     12-  1   98%  R White         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Ibanez Scores; Randa Scores
          -2-  7   98%  D Relaford      Walk
          12-  6   98%  B Mayne         Single to 3B (Ground Ball); White to 3B; Relaford to 2B
                  Brian Schmack replaces Chris Spurling pitching
   R      123  3   99%  A Berroa        Single to 2B (Ground Ball); White Scores; Relaford to 3B; Mayne to 2B
   O      123  1   99%  C Beltran       Lineout: CF
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 11.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-11, Jason Grimsley facing 3-4-5
                  Jason Grimsley replaces Jeremy Affeldt pitching
   O      ---  6   99%  B Higginson     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   99%  D Young         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  6  100%  C Pena          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 11-4, Brian Schmack facing 3-4-5
                  Omar Infante replaces Bobby Higginson playing 3B batting 3rd; Andres Torres replaces Shane Halter playing CF batting 7th; Ben Petrick replaces Alex Sanchez playing RF batting 1st
   O      ---  4  100%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5  100%  R Ibanez        Walk
                  Julius Matos pinch hits for Joe Randa batting 5th
   OO     1--  3   99%  J Matos         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 11.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-11, Jason Grimsley facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Difelice replaces Brent Mayne playing C batting 9th; Julius Matos moves to 3B; David DeJesus replaces Carlos Beltran playing CF batting 2nd
          ---  7   99%  C Monroe        Walk
   O      1--  5  100%  A Torres        Strikeout Swinging
                  A.J. Hinch pinch hits for Brandon Inge batting 8th
   RR     1--  2   99%  A Hinch         Home Run (Fly Ball); Monroe Scores
   O      ---  2   99%  R Santiago      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  4   99%  B Petrick       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 11-6, Wilfredo Ledezma facing 6-7-8
                  Wilfredo Ledezma replaces Brian Schmack pitching; A.J. Hinch moves to C
          ---  6  100%  A Guiel         Walk
          1--  2  100%  R White         Single to CF (Line Drive); Guiel to 3B
   RO     1-3  3  100%  D Relaford      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Guiel Scores
   OO     1--  4  100%  M Difelice      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 12.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-12, Alan Levine facing 2-3-4
                  Alan Levine replaces Jason Grimsley pitching
   O      ---  2  100%  W Morris        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4  100%  O Infante       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
                  Matt Walbeck pinch hits for Dmitri Young batting 4th
   OO     1--  5  100%  M Walbeck       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 12.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation