 | | AWESOME BIGLEY BASEBALL ASSOCIATION KANSAS CITY MONARCHS AT WASHINGTON SENATORS 10/01/2002 |  | | | | |
 | | AWESOME BIGLEY BASEBALL ASSOCIATION | | KANSAS CITY MONARCHS AT WASHINGTON SENATORS | | GAME ID: 3069 - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2002 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kansas City Monarchs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | | Washington Senators | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 2 | | |  | |
| Thrilling Win Pushes Washington to Next Round | The Washington Senators celebrated wildly after a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Monarchs in the Play-in Round. At the center of the celebration was Smokey Joe Williams, who was instrumental in getting his team to the Division Round.
"I may get a lot of the credit, but it's a team sport," said the Washington pitcher. "Getting named MVP is nice, but even if I sucked and we made it to the next round, I would have been happy. That's all that matters at this time of year."
Williams threw 9 innings, with 8 strikeouts, while allowing 7 hits, no walks and 3 runs.
Kansas City manager Steve Hollis said it was a "tough blow" for his team, which had aspirations of winning the World Series this year.
The Washington Senators will play against the St. Louis Browns in the next round. St. Louis had a bye in the Play-in Round. The Division Round is scheduled to begin on October 2nd, 2002. | | |  | |
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| KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE | | WASHINGTON BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING
Doubles: J. Roseboro (1, 7th Inning off S. Williams, 0 on, 0 outs) H. Manush (1, 9th Inning off S. Williams, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Manush (1, 4th Inning off S. Williams, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: F. Thomas , J. Roseboro 2 , B. Gil 2 , H. Manush 7
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: W. English , A. Kaline , B. Gil , D. Duncan
Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING
CS: H. Manush (1) | | | BATTING
Doubles: J. Rice (1, 1st Inning off K. Tapani, 1 on, 0 outs) S. Drew (1, 5th Inning off N. Cruz, 0 on, 1 out) D. Slaught (1, 1st Inning off K. Tapani, 2 on, 2 outs) X. Bogaerts (1, 2nd Inning off K. Tapani, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: G. Grantham (1, 5th Inning off N. Cruz, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Rice 3 , G. Grantham 5 , S. Drew 2 , D. Slaught 2 , X. Bogaerts 2
2-out RBI: D. Slaught , X. Bogaerts
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Drew , L. Martin 2
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Errors: S. Williams , D. Slaught | | |
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| KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE | | WASHINGTON PITCHING LINESCORE | |
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tapani 19
Batters Faced: K. Tapani 12, N. Cruz 12, R. Monteagudo 11, G. Heredia 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tapani 4-0, N. Cruz 2-5, R. Monteagudo 3-3, G. Heredia 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tapani 49-27, N. Cruz 45-25, R. Monteagudo 41-22, G. Heredia 7-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. Cruz 1-0 , R. Monteagudo 1-0 , G. Heredia 1-0
| | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA | | S. Williams W (1-0) | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 117 | 77 | 2.00 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Smokey Joe Williams
Ballpark: RFK Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (52 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 8:05 PM ET
Time: 3:13
Attendance: 39501 |
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