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8–7Final · Jun 12, 2003
STL 8 BOS 7 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Miguel Cairo2B2-661200010.255.295.372
Orlando PalmeiroCF2-770200000.285.367.362
Albert Pujols1B0-551010200.382.444.711
Jim EdmondsLF3-772342010.316.408.660
Scott Rolen3B0-660000130.296.403.545
Edgar RenteriaSS5-662500000.346.393.508
Eduardo PérezRP0-220000100.310.402.476
Jason IsringhausenRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Cal EldredRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Steve KlineRP0-000000000.000.000.000
J.D. DrewRP1-111121000.333.372.614
Jeff FasseroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Wilson DelgadoRP0-110000000.167.234.167
Esteban YanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike MathenyC0-550000120.270.327.355
Kerry RobinsonRF1-661100020.184.216.184
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Garrett StephensonRP7.0300660122-644.39122
Jason IsringhausenRP1.020000014-100.0014
Cal EldredRP0.133330134-174.4434
Steve KlineRP0.20000009-63.469
Jeff FasseroRP2.032221040-225.5640
Esteban YanP2.022230039-198.0439

BOS

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Johnny DamonCF1-881100020.245.311.397
Todd WalkerRP2-550200000.316.359.433
Damian JacksonRP0-001000000.267.320.289
David OrtizRP1-110110000.311.378.515
Freddy Sanchez2B0-111000000.375.375.500
Nomar GarciaparraSS3-770320010.328.359.586
Manny RamirezDH1-221100510.326.426.581
Kevin Millar1B1-331100400.303.366.528
Trot NixonRF2-770210010.304.388.527
Bill Mueller3B0-660000100.348.406.556
Jeremy GiambiLF0-551000220.176.333.373
Doug MirabelliRP1-220100100.259.282.395
Jason VaritekC1-331121100.294.360.547
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim WakefieldRP6.062124094-665.0494
Alan EmbreeRP1.011100110-75.9510
Mike TimlinRP1.010001017-113.7517
Hector AlmonteRP1.010012024-149.6424
Brandon LyonRP2.022202126-203.9826
Ramiro MendozaP2.033320134-186.8134

Starting lineups

BOS

  1. 1 Johnny Damon CF
  2. 2 Todd Walker RP
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
  4. 4 Manny Ramirez DH
  5. 5 Kevin Millar 1B
  6. 6 Trot Nixon RF
  7. 7 Bill Mueller 3B
  8. 8 Jeremy Giambi LF
  9. 9 Doug Mirabelli RP

STL

  1. 1 Miguel Cairo 2B
  2. 2 Orlando Palmeiro CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds LF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Eduardo Pérez RP
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Kerry Robinson RF

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