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Houston Astros logo Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs

9–3Final · Jun 1, 2003
HOU 9 CHC 3 Final
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HOU30-270004100409100
CHC30-25000001200381

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 O Merced batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  8. Top 1 O Merced grounded out to third.
  9. Top 1 G Blum batting
  10. Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
  11. Top 1 G Blum flied out to left.
  12. Top 1 J Bagwell batting
  13. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  14. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  15. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  16. Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  17. Top 1 J Bagwell struck out swinging.
  18. Bot 1 M Grudzielanek batting
  19. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  20. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  21. Bot 1 M Grudzielanek grounded out to second.
  22. Bot 1 A Gonzalez batting
  23. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  24. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  25. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
  28. Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 7: foul
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 8: foul
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 9: foul
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 10: foul
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 11: in play
  34. Bot 1 A Gonzalez singled to left.
  35. Bot 1 C Patterson batting
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  39. Bot 1 C Patterson struck out swinging.
  40. Bot 1 S Sosa batting
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  44. Bot 1 S Sosa flied out to center.
  45. Top 2 J Kent batting
  46. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  47. Top 2 J Kent lined out to shortstop.
  48. Top 2 L Berkman batting
  49. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  50. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  51. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  52. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  53. Top 2 L Berkman struck out swinging.
  54. Top 2 C Porter batting
  55. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  56. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  57. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  58. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  59. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  60. Top 2 C Porter struck out swinging.
  61. Bot 2 M Alou batting
  62. Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
  63. Bot 2 M Alou grounded out to third.
  64. Bot 2 E Karros batting
  65. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  66. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  67. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  68. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  69. Bot 2 E Karros grounded out to shortstop.
  70. Bot 2 R Martinez batting
  71. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  72. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  73. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  74. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  75. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  76. Bot 2 R Martinez flied out to right center.
  77. Top 3 J Vizcaino batting
  78. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  79. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  80. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
  81. Top 3 J Vizcaino struck out looking.
  82. Top 3 G Zaun batting
  83. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  84. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  85. Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
  86. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
  87. Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
  88. Top 3 G Zaun fouled out to catcher.
  89. Top 3 J Robertson batting
  90. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  91. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  92. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  93. Top 3 J Robertson struck out swinging.
  94. Bot 3 D Miller batting
  95. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  96. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  97. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  98. Bot 3 D Miller lined out to center.
  99. Bot 3 K Wood batting
  100. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  101. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  102. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  103. Bot 3 K Wood grounded out to first.
  104. Bot 3 M Grudzielanek batting
  105. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  106. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  107. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  108. Bot 3 M Grudzielanek singled to left.
  109. Bot 3 A Gonzalez batting
  110. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  111. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  112. Bot 3 A Gonzalez popped out to shallow right.
  113. Top 4 O Merced batting
  114. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  115. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  116. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  117. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  118. Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
  119. Top 4 O Merced walked.
  120. Top 4 G Blum batting
  121. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  122. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  123. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  124. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  125. Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  126. Top 4 G Blum struck out swinging.
  127. Top 4 J Bagwell batting
  128. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  129. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  130. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  131. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  132. Top 4 J Bagwell struck out swinging.
  133. Top 4 J Kent batting
  134. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  135. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  136. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  137. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  138. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  139. Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
  140. Top 4 J Kent singled to center, O Merced to second.
  141. Top 4 L Berkman batting
  142. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  143. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  144. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  145. Top 4 L Berkman doubled to deep right, O Merced scored, J Kent to third.
  146. Top 4 C Porter batting
  147. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  148. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  149. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  150. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  151. Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  152. Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
  153. Top 4 C Porter walked.
  154. Top 4 J Vizcaino batting
  155. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  156. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  157. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  158. Top 4 J Vizcaino singled to right center, J Kent scored, L Berkman to third, C Porter to second.
  159. Top 4 G Zaun batting
  160. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  161. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  162. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  163. Top 4 G Zaun singled to center, L Berkman and C Porter scored, J Vizcaino to second.
  164. Top 4 J Robertson batting
  165. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  166. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  167. Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
  168. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
  169. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  170. Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  171. Top 4 J Robertson struck out swinging.
  172. Bot 4 C Patterson batting
  173. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  174. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  175. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  176. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  177. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  178. Bot 4 C Patterson hit by pitch.
  179. Bot 4 S Sosa batting
  180. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  181. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  182. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  183. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  185. Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
  186. Bot 4 S Sosa popped out to shallow right center.
  187. Bot 4 M Alou batting
  188. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  189. Bot 4 M Alou grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, C Patterson out at second.
  190. Top 5 O Merced batting
  191. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  192. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  193. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
  194. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  195. Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  196. Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
  197. Top 5 O Merced singled to right.
  198. Top 5 G Blum batting
  199. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  200. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  201. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
  202. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  203. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  204. Top 5 G Blum fouled out to first.
  205. Top 5 J Bagwell batting
  206. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  207. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  208. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  209. Top 5 J Bagwell struck out swinging.
  210. Top 5 J Kent batting
  211. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  212. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  213. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  214. Top 5 J Kent singled to center, O Merced to third.
  215. Top 5 L Berkman batting
  216. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  217. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  218. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
  219. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 4
  220. Top 5 L Berkman walked, J Kent to second.
  221. Top 5 C Porter batting
  222. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  223. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  224. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  225. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  226. Top 5 O Merced scored, J Kent to third, L Berkman to second on wild pitch by K Wood.
  227. Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
  228. Top 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
  229. Top 5 C Porter struck out looking.
  230. Bot 5 E Karros batting
  231. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  232. Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
  233. Bot 5 E Karros flied out to center.
  234. Bot 5 R Martinez batting
  235. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  236. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  237. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  238. Bot 5 R Martinez grounded out to shortstop.
  239. Bot 5 D Miller batting
  240. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  241. Bot 5 D Miller grounded out to third.
  242. Top 6 J Vizcaino batting
  243. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  244. Top 6 J Vizcaino grounded out to first.
  245. Top 6 G Zaun batting
  246. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  247. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  248. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  249. Top 6 G Zaun popped out to third.
  250. Top 6 J Robertson batting
  251. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  252. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  253. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  254. Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
  255. Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
  256. Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  257. Top 6 J Robertson struck out swinging.
  258. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  259. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  260. Bot 6 T Goodwin hit for K Wood.
  261. Bot 6 T Goodwin batting
  262. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  263. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  264. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  265. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  266. Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
  267. Bot 6 T Goodwin singled to right.
  268. Bot 6 M Grudzielanek batting
  269. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  270. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  271. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  272. Bot 6 M Grudzielanek struck out swinging.
  273. Bot 6 A Gonzalez batting
  274. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  275. Bot 6 T Goodwin to second on balk by J Robertson.
  276. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2 (balked ball)
  277. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  278. Bot 6 T Goodwin stole third.
  279. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  280. Bot 6 A Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop, T Goodwin scored.
  281. Bot 6 C Patterson batting
  282. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  283. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  284. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  285. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  286. Bot 6 C Patterson struck out swinging.
  287. Top 7 Lineup Change
  288. Top 7 Lineup Change
  289. Top 7 K Farnsworth relieved K Wood.
  290. Top 7 O Merced batting
  291. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  292. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  293. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  294. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  295. Top 7 Pitch 5: foul
  296. Top 7 Pitch 6: ball 3
  297. Top 7 Pitch 7: in play
  298. Top 7 O Merced flied out to left.
  299. Top 7 G Blum batting
  300. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  301. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  302. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  303. Top 7 G Blum fouled out to catcher.
  304. Top 7 J Bagwell batting
  305. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  306. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  307. Top 7 J Bagwell flied out to deep right.
  308. Bot 7 S Sosa batting
  309. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  310. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  311. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  312. Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
  313. Bot 7 S Sosa doubled to left center.
  314. Bot 7 M Alou batting
  315. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  316. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  317. Bot 7 R Stone relieved J Robertson.
  318. Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
  319. Bot 7 M Alou grounded out to shortstop.
  320. Bot 7 E Karros batting
  321. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  322. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  323. Bot 7 E Karros homered to left, S Sosa scored.
  324. Bot 7 R Martinez batting
  325. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  326. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  327. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  328. Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
  329. Bot 7 R Martinez singled to center.
  330. Bot 7 D Miller batting
  331. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  332. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  333. Bot 7 K Saarloos relieved R Stone.
  334. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  335. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  336. Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
  337. Bot 7 D Miller grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, R Martinez out at second.
  338. Top 8 J Kent batting
  339. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  340. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  341. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  342. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
  343. Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  344. Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
  345. Top 8 J Kent singled to center.
  346. Top 8 L Berkman batting
  347. Top 8 Lineup Change
  348. Top 8 Lineup Change
  349. Top 8 Lineup Change
  350. Top 8 M Remlinger relieved K Farnsworth.
  351. Top 8 Lineup Change
  352. Top 8 L Harris at third base.
  353. Top 8 Lineup Change
  354. Top 8 Lineup Change
  355. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  356. Top 8 J Kent stole second.
  357. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  358. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  359. Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
  360. Top 8 L Berkman homered to left, J Kent scored.
  361. Top 8 B Hunter batting
  362. Top 8 Lineup Change
  363. Top 8 Lineup Change
  364. Top 8 B Hunter hit for C Porter.
  365. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  366. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  367. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  368. Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  369. Top 8 B Hunter struck out looking.
  370. Top 8 J Vizcaino batting
  371. Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
  372. Top 8 J Vizcaino reached on infield single to shortstop, J Vizcaino to second on throwing error by shortstop A Gonzalez.
  373. Top 8 G Zaun batting
  374. Top 8 Lineup Change
  375. Top 8 Lineup Change
  376. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  377. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  378. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  379. Top 8 G Zaun grounded out to second, A Everett to third.
  380. Top 8 Lineup Change
  381. Top 8 Lineup Change
  382. Top 8 M Ensberg hit for K Saarloos.
  383. Top 8 M Ensberg batting
  384. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  385. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  386. Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
  387. Top 8 M Ensberg homered to left center, A Everett scored.
  388. Top 8 O Merced batting
  389. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  390. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  391. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  392. Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  393. Top 8 O Merced struck out looking.
  394. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  395. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  396. Bot 8 B Hunter in center field.
  397. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  398. Bot 8 A Everett at shortstop.
  399. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  400. Bot 8 O Dotel relieved K Saarloos.

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Orlando MercedRF1-442100110.244.302.372
Geoff Blum3B0-440000110.259.302.404
Jeff Bagwell1B0-550000030.278.351.462
Jeff Kent2B3-442300100.329.393.551
Lance BerkmanLF2-442231120.273.394.459
Colin PorterRP0-221000120.167.286.167
Brian L. HunterCF0-110000010.224.270.276
Jose VizcainoRP2-440210010.245.282.316
Adam EverettSS0-001000000.247.304.365
Gregg ZaunC1-440120000.263.338.368
Jeriome RobertsonRP0-330000030.111.111.111
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kirk SaarloosRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan EnsbergRP1-111121000.302.408.593
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Pete MunroP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeriome RobertsonRP6.042203077-476.0877
Ricky StoneRP0.12110017-62.147
Kirk SaarloosRP0.20000003-27.433
Octavio DotelRP1.000010016-91.4216
Pete MunroP1.020001022-135.8822

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-440100010.295.342.376
Alex GonzalezSS1-440110000.250.313.387
Corey PattersonCF0-330000020.313.336.550
Sammy SosaRF1-441100000.285.417.504
Moises AlouLF0-440000000.292.363.446
Eric Karros1B2-441221000.298.372.512
Ramon MartinezRP1-330100000.289.360.382
Mike RemlingerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark BellhornPH1-110100000.221.357.336
Damian MillerC0-440000010.212.316.371
Kerry WoodRP0-110000000.167.167.292
Tom GoodwinRP1-111100000.185.214.259
Kyle FarnsworthRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Lenny Harris3B0-000000100.209.293.284
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kerry WoodRP6.06553110109-713.14109
Kyle FarnsworthRP1.011100018-112.4518
Mike RemlingerRP2.033323234-193.3834

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Corey Patterson CF
  4. 4 Sammy Sosa RF
  5. 5 Moises Alou LF
  6. 6 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Ramon Martinez RP
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Kerry Wood RP

HOU

  1. 1 Orlando Merced RF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Colin Porter RP
  7. 7 Jose Vizcaino RP
  8. 8 Gregg Zaun C
  9. 9 Jeriome Robertson RP

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