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Royals
@ White Sox
U.S. Cellular Park
September 23, 2004
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 23, 2004 at U.S. Cellular Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 23, 2004 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 23, 2004 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Wood |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jose Contreras |
Ballpark | U.S. Cellular Park |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 16,015 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Gary Darling 1B: Bill Hohn 2B: Mark Carlson 3B: Brian Runge |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
Desi Relaford | Shortstop |
Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
Matt Stairs | First Baseman |
Abraham Nunez | Right Fielder |
Calvin Pickering | DH |
John Buck | Catcher |
Dee Brown | Left Fielder |
Ruben Gotay | Second Baseman |
Tony Pena | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Willie Harris | Second Baseman |
Aaron Rowand | Center Fielder |
Carlos Lee | Left Fielder |
Paul Konerko | DH |
Ross Gload | First Baseman |
Joe Borchard | Right Fielder |
Ben Davis | Catcher |
Joe Crede | Third Baseman |
Wilson Valdez | Shortstop |
Ozzie Guillen | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ White Sox
U.S. Cellular Park
September 23, 2004
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Contreras
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Valdez. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Relaford vs. Contreras
Relaford hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. DeJesus moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Randa vs. Contreras
Randa hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gload settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Stairs vs. Contreras
Stairs hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. DeJesus scores. Relaford moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Nunez vs. Contreras
There's a wild pitch. Relaford moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Nunez vs. Contreras
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Contreras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Relaford scores. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pickering vs. Contreras
Pickering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stairs moves to third. Nunez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Buck vs. Contreras
Buck strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Wood
Harris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randa settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rowand vs. Wood
Rowand strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Wood
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Nunez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Contreras
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Contreras
Gotay bunts towards the mound. Contreras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Contreras
DeJesus bunts towards the mound. Contreras fields it and throws to first for the out. Gotay moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Relaford vs. Contreras
Relaford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Relaford for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Konerko vs. Wood
Konerko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Relaford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Wood
Gload hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Borchard vs. Wood
Borchard strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Contreras
Randa strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Contreras
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Contreras
Nunez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pickering vs. Contreras
Pickering strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Wood
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crede vs. Wood
Crede hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Valdez vs. Wood
Valdez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Contreras
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Contreras
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Contreras
Gotay hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Borchard who is chasing the ball. Gotay reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DeJesus vs. Contreras
There's a wild pitch. Gotay scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Contreras
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Wood
Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rowand vs. Wood
Rowand hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Wood
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Konerko vs. Wood
Konerko strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Relaford vs. Contreras
Relaford hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Borchard. Relaford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Contreras
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Relaford moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Stairs vs. Contreras
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Nunez vs. Contreras
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nunez for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Wood
Gload hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Borchard vs. Wood
Borchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Wood
Davis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gotay reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Crede vs. Wood
Crede hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pickering vs. Contreras
Pickering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Contreras
Buck hits a fly ball into right field. Borchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Contreras
Brown takes first base on ball four. Pickering moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gotay vs. Contreras
There's a wild pitch. Pickering moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Gotay vs. Contreras
Gotay strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
DeJesus vs. Cotts
Neal Cotts now pitching.
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Borchard throws the ball in to Valdez who tags DeJesus trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Pickering scores. Brown scores. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Valdez vs. Wood
Valdez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stairs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Wood
Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rowand vs. Wood
Rowand hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Wood
Lee hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Konerko vs. Wood
Konerko hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Relaford vs. Cotts
Relaford hits a popup towards third. Crede settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Cotts
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cotts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Cotts
Stairs hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Cotts
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Wood
Gload hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Borchard vs. Wood
Borchard strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Wood
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pickering vs. Munoz
Arnie Munoz now pitching.
Pickering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Munoz
Buck hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Borchard. Buck reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Munoz
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gotay vs. Munoz
Gotay strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Crede vs. Wood
Crede hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Valdez vs. Wood
Valdez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs fields the ball and throws to Wood covering. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Camp
Shawn Camp now pitching.
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rowand vs. Camp
Rowand hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Camp
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Nunez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Konerko vs. Camp
Konerko strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Marte
Damaso Marte now pitching.
DeJesus hits a popup towards short. Valdez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Relaford vs. Marte
Relaford hits a fly ball into center field. Rowand settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Marte
Randa strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Marte
Stairs takes first base on ball four. Randa moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Nunez vs. Marte
Nunez hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Affeldt
Jeremy Affeldt now pitching. Juan Uribe pinch hits for Ross Gload.
Uribe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Borchard vs. Affeldt
Borchard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Uribe moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Burke vs. Affeldt
Jamie Burke pinch hits for Ben Davis.
Burke bunts towards first. Stairs fields it and throws to third for the out. Borchard moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Crede vs. Affeldt
Crede hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/23/2004 -- Kansas City at Chicago (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI DeJesus D, cf 4 1 1 2 Harris W, 2b 4 0 1 0 Relaford D, ss 5 1 2 0 Rowand A, cf 4 1 2 2 Randa J, 3b 5 0 0 0 Lee C, lf 4 0 1 0 Stairs M, 1b 4 1 2 2 Konerko P, dh 4 0 0 0 Nunez A, rf 4 0 1 1 Gload R, 1b 3 1 2 1 Pickering C, dh 4 1 1 0 Uribe J, ph 0 0 0 0 Buck J, c 4 0 1 0 Borchard J, rf 4 1 1 0 Brown D, lf 3 1 0 0 Davis B, c 3 0 0 0 Gotay R, 2b 4 1 2 0 Burke J, ph 1 1 0 0 Crede J, 3b 4 2 2 4 Valdez W, ss 3 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 6 10 5 34 7 10 7 Kansas City 200 102 100 -- 6 Chicago 000 010 033 -- 7 1 out when winning run was scored. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Wood M* 7.0 7 3 3 0 4 Camp S 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 Affeldt J (L) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Contreras J 5.2 7 5 4 2 7 Cotts N 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 Munoz A 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Marte D (W) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Valdez W DP -- Kansas City 1 LOB -- Kansas City 8, Chicago 3 2B -- Relaford D, Buck J 3B -- Gotay R HR -- Gload R, Stairs M, Crede J 2, Rowand A SH -- DeJesus D WP -- Contreras J 3 PB -- Davis B T -- 2:41 A -- 16015
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