Final
Cleveland leads 2-0 (as of 9/23)
| Game 1: Thursday, September 22 | ||
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| Cleveland | 11 | Final |
| Kansas City | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, September 23 | ||
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| Cleveland | 7 | Final |
| Kansas City | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, September 24 | ||
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| Cleveland | 11 | Final |
| Kansas City | 4 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, September 25 | ||
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| Cleveland | 4 | Final |
| Kansas City | 5 | |
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8:10 PM ET, September 23, 2005
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cleveland - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Lima pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| Grady Sizemore | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), G Sizemore struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Coco Crisp | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), C Crisp struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, J Peralta grounded out to third | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| CC Sabathia pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| Chip Ambres | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, C Ambres homered to left center | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Diaz | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, M Diaz grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 1 |
| Emil Brown | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, E Brown singled to right | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Stairs | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Stairs struck out swinging | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Berroa | A Berroa grounded into fielder's choice to third, E Brown out at second | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Jose Lima pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| Travis Hafner | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, T Hafner walked | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Martinez | V Martinez grounded into fielder's choice to second, T Hafner out at second | 0 | 1 |
| Ronnie Belliard | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, V Martinez to second on wild pitch by J Lima, Ball, Strike (swinging), R Belliard struck out swinging | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Hernandez | J Hernandez singled to center, V Martinez scored | 1 | 1 |
| Aaron Boone | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, A Boone grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| CC Sabathia pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| John Buck | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), J Buck struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Teahen | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Teahen struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Justin Huber | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Foul, J Huber reached on infield single to pitcher | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Blanco | Strike (looking), A Blanco popped out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Jose Lima pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| Casey Blake | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), C Blake struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Grady Sizemore | Strike (looking), G Sizemore hit by pitch | 1 | 1 |
| Coco Crisp | C Crisp flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, G Sizemore stole second, Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, J Peralta reached on infield single to shortstop, G Sizemore scored | 2 | 1 |
| Travis Hafner | T Hafner homered to center, J Peralta scored | 4 | 1 |
| Victor Martinez | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, V Martinez doubled to right | 4 | 1 |
| Ronnie Belliard | R Belliard singled to left, V Martinez scored | 5 | 1 |
| Jose Hernandez | S Camp relieved J Lima, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, J Hernandez grounded out to second | 5 | 1 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| CC Sabathia pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| Chip Ambres | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, C Ambres walked | 5 | 1 |
| Matt Diaz | Ball, Strike (foul), M Diaz grounded out to shortstop, C Ambres to second | 5 | 1 |
| Emil Brown | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, E Brown reached on infield single to shortstop, C Ambres to third | 5 | 1 |
| Matt Stairs | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, M Stairs walked, E Brown to second | 5 | 2 |
| Angel Berroa | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, A Berroa grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Stairs out at second | 5 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Shawn Camp pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| Aaron Boone | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, A Boone popped out to shortstop | 5 | 2 |
| Casey Blake | Strike (looking), C Blake grounded out to pitcher | 5 | 2 |
| Grady Sizemore | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), G Sizemore struck out looking | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| CC Sabathia pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| John Buck | Ball, J Buck grounded out to shortstop | 5 | 2 |
| Mark Teahen | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), M Teahen struck out swinging | 5 | 2 |
| Justin Huber | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), J Huber struck out swinging | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Shawn Camp pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| Coco Crisp | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), C Crisp struck out swinging | 5 | 2 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, J Peralta walked | 5 | 2 |
| Travis Hafner | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), T Hafner struck out looking | 5 | 2 |
| Victor Martinez | Ball, Ball, V Martinez doubled to deep left center, J Peralta scored | 6 | 2 |
| Ronnie Belliard | Ball, Strike (looking), R Belliard flied out to left | 6 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| CC Sabathia pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| Andres Blanco | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), A Blanco reached on infield single to third | 6 | 2 |
| Chip Ambres | Ball, A Blanco to second on wild pitch by C Sabathia, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, C Ambres flied out to center | 6 | 2 |
| Matt Diaz | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Diaz hit by pitch | 6 | 2 |
| Emil Brown | E Brown singled to center, A Blanco scored, M Diaz to third | 6 | 3 |
| Matt Stairs | Ball, M Stairs hit sacrifice fly to left, M Diaz scored | 6 | 4 |
| Angel Berroa | Ball, Ball, E Brown stole second, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, A Berroa walked | 6 | 4 |
| John Buck | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, J Buck singled to center, E Brown scored, A Berroa to third | 6 | 5 |
| Mark Teahen | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, M Teahen grounded out to first | 6 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Shawn Camp pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| Jose Hernandez | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), J Hernandez struck out swinging | 6 | 5 |
| Aaron Boone | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Boone grounded out to third | 6 | 5 |
| Casey Blake | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, C Blake flied out to center | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Fernando Cabrera pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| F Cabrera relieved C Sabathia. | 6 | 5 | |
| Justin Huber | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Strike (looking), J Huber struck out looking | 6 | 5 |
| Andres Blanco | A Blanco lined out to center | 6 | 5 |
| Chip Ambres | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), C Ambres struck out swinging | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Jeremy Affeldt pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| J Affeldt relieved S Camp. | 6 | 5 | |
| Grady Sizemore | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), G Sizemore struck out swinging | 6 | 5 |
| Coco Crisp | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, C Crisp singled to left | 6 | 5 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (looking), J Peralta flied out to center | 6 | 5 |
| Travis Hafner | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), T Hafner struck out swinging | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Fernando Cabrera pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| T Long hit for M Diaz. | 6 | 5 | |
| Terrence Long | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, T Long lined out to left | 6 | 5 |
| Emil Brown | Strike (looking), E Brown flied out to right | 6 | 5 |
| Matt Stairs | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), M Stairs struck out looking | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Jeremy Affeldt pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| T Long in left field. | 6 | 5 | |
| Victor Martinez | V Martinez grounded out to shortstop | 6 | 5 |
| Ronnie Belliard | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), R Belliard singled to left | 6 | 5 |
| Jose Hernandez | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), J Hernandez struck out swinging | 6 | 5 |
| Aaron Boone | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, A Boone fouled out to right | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Bob Howry pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| B Broussard at first base. | 6 | 5 | |
| B Howry relieved F Cabrera. | 6 | 5 | |
| Angel Berroa | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, A Berroa popped out to first | 6 | 5 |
| John Buck | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), J Buck fouled out to first | 6 | 5 |
| Mark Teahen | Strike (foul), M Teahen homered to left | 6 | 6 |
| Justin Huber | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, J Huber grounded out to first | 6 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cleveland - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Mike MacDougal pitching for Kansas City | CLE | KC | |
| J McEwing at first base. | 6 | 6 | |
| M MacDougal relieved J Affeldt. | 6 | 6 | |
| Casey Blake | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, C Blake popped out to shortstop | 6 | 6 |
| Grady Sizemore | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, G Sizemore safe at first on error by second baseman A Blanco | 6 | 6 |
| Coco Crisp | Ball, C Crisp safe at first on throwing error by pitcher M MacDougal, G Sizemore to third | 6 | 6 |
| Jhonny Peralta | J Peralta singled to left, G Sizemore scored, C Crisp to second | 7 | 6 |
| Travis Hafner | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Strike (swinging), T Hafner struck out swinging | 7 | 6 |
| Victor Martinez | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, V Martinez walked, C Crisp to third, J Peralta to second | 7 | 6 |
| Ronnie Belliard | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), R Belliard popped out to second | 7 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 2 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Bob Wickman pitching for Cleveland | CLE | KC | |
| B Wickman relieved B Howry. | 7 | 6 | |
| D Hocking hit for A Blanco. | 7 | 6 | |
| Denny Hocking | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), D Hocking struck out swinging, A Guiel hit for C Ambres | 7 | 6 |
| Aaron Guiel | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, A Guiel grounded out to first | 7 | 6 |
| Terrence Long | T Long flied out to left | 7 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||