Chicago Cubs @
Cincinnati Reds
4–1Final · Jun 18, 2003
CHC 4 CIN 1 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC39-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| CIN35-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 T Goodwin batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 T Goodwin singled to left.
- Top 1 M Grudzielanek batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 T Goodwin caught stealing second, catcher to second.
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 M Grudzielanek flied out to right center.
- Top 1 S Sosa batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 S Sosa singled to right center.
- Top 1 M Alou batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 M Alou singled to right center, S Sosa to second.
- Top 1 E Karros batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 1 E Karros flied out to deep left.
- Bot 1 B Larkin batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 B Larkin grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 J Guillen batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 J Guillen grounded out to second.
- Bot 1 S Casey batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 S Casey grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 M Bellhorn batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 9: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 10: ball 4
- Top 2 M Bellhorn walked.
- Top 2 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 A Gonzalez singled to left, M Bellhorn to second.
- Top 2 P Bako batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 P Bako grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, A Gonzalez out at second, M Bellhorn to third.
- Top 2 K Wood batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 2 K Wood grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 A Kearns batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 A Kearns struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 A Boone batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 A Boone struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 A Dunn batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 A Dunn flied out to shallow right center.
- Top 3 T Goodwin batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 T Goodwin grounded out to second.
- Top 3 M Grudzielanek batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 M Grudzielanek doubled to right.
- Top 3 S Sosa batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 S Sosa grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 M Alou batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 M Alou flied out to right.
- Bot 3 K Stinnett batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 K Stinnett flied out to center.
- Bot 3 J Castro batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 J Castro grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 3 J Haynes batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 J Haynes popped out to second.
- Top 4 E Karros batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 E Karros flied out to deep left.
- Top 4 M Bellhorn batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 M Bellhorn grounded out to second.
- Top 4 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 A Gonzalez grounded out to third.
- Bot 4 B Larkin batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 B Larkin grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 4 J Guillen batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 J Guillen struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 S Casey batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 S Casey struck out swinging.
- Top 5 P Bako batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 P Bako popped out to shallow left.
- Top 5 K Wood batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 K Wood grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 5 T Goodwin batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 T Goodwin singled to right center.
- Top 5 M Grudzielanek batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 T Goodwin stole second.
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 M Grudzielanek singled to right, T Goodwin scored, M Grudzielanek to second advancing on throw.
- Top 5 S Sosa batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 S Sosa homered to center, M Grudzielanek scored.
- Top 5 M Alou batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 M Alou flied out to shallow center.
- Bot 5 A Kearns batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 A Kearns grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 A Boone batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 A Boone flied out to center.
- Bot 5 A Dunn batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 A Dunn struck out looking.
- Top 6 E Karros batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 E Karros reached on infield single to third.
- Top 6 M Bellhorn batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 M Bellhorn doubled to deep left center, E Karros to third.
- Top 6 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 6 A Gonzalez flied out to shallow left.
- Top 6 P Bako batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Top 6 P Bako intentionally walked.
- Top 6 K Wood batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 K Wood grounded out to second, E Karros scored, M Bellhorn to third, P Bako to second.
- Top 6 T Goodwin batting
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 K Mercker relieved J Haynes.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 6 T Goodwin struck out looking.
- Bot 6 K Stinnett batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 K Stinnett struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 J Castro batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Castro flied out to shallow left.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 R Taylor hit for K Mercker.
- Bot 6 R Taylor batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 R Taylor singled to center.
- Bot 6 B Larkin batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 B Larkin grounded out to second.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 S Sullivan relieved K Mercker.
- Top 7 M Grudzielanek batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 M Grudzielanek doubled to deep center.
- Top 7 S Sosa batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 S Sosa flied out to shallow center.
- Top 7 M Alou batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 M Alou flied out to center.
- Top 7 E Karros batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 E Karros grounded out to third.
- Bot 7 J Guillen batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 J Guillen homered to right.
- Bot 7 S Casey batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 S Casey singled to center.
- Bot 7 A Kearns batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 A Kearns grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, S Casey out at second.
- Bot 7 A Boone batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 A Boone lined out to left.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 F Heredia relieved S Sullivan.
- Top 8 M Bellhorn batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 M Bellhorn struck out swinging.
- Top 8 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 A Gonzalez grounded out to third.
- Top 8 P Bako batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 P Bako grounded out to second.
- Bot 8 A Dunn batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 8 A Dunn struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 K Stinnett batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 8 K Stinnett struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 J Castro batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 J Castro grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 9 K Wood batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 9 K Wood struck out swinging.
- Top 9 T Goodwin batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 9 T Goodwin flied out to right center.
- Top 9 M Grudzielanek batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 9 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 9 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 9 M Grudzielanek struck out swinging.
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 R Branyan hit for F Heredia.
- Bot 9 R Branyan batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 9 R Branyan flied out to right.
- Bot 9 B Larkin batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 9 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 9 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 9 B Larkin lined out to right.
- Bot 9 J Guillen batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 9 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 9 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 9 J Guillen struck out swinging.
Box score
CHC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom GoodwinCF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .220 | .247 | .280 |
| Mark Grudzielanek2B | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 | .333 | .368 |
| Sammy SosaRF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .409 | .500 |
| Moises AlouLF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .368 | .461 |
| Eric Karros1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .355 | .500 |
| Mark Bellhorn3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .341 | .317 |
| Alex GonzalezSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .313 | .401 |
| Paul BakoC | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .291 | .261 |
| Kerry WoodP | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .233 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry WoodP | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 108-70 | 3.06 | 108 |
CIN
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry LarkinSS | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .345 | .360 |
| Jose GuillenRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .331 | .385 | .614 |
| Sean Casey1B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 | .342 | .410 |
| Austin KearnsCF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .291 | .394 | .514 |
| Aaron Boone3B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 | .349 | .521 |
| Adam DunnLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .199 | .331 | .516 |
| Kelly StinnettC | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .282 | .325 | .479 |
| Juan Castro2B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .273 | .369 |
| Jimmy HaynesRP | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .417 |
| Kent MerckerRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Reggie TaylorRP | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .260 | .378 |
| Scott SullivanRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Felix HerediaRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| Russell BranyanPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .357 | .333 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy HaynesRP | 5.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104-59 | 7.16 | 104 |
| Kent MerckerRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-3 | 1.78 | 4 |
| Scott SullivanRP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-7 | 4.89 | 8 |
| Felix HerediaRP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21-14 | 2.55 | 21 |
Starting lineups
CIN
- 1 Barry Larkin SS
- 2 Jose Guillen RF
- 3 Sean Casey 1B
- 4 Austin Kearns CF
- 5 Aaron Boone 3B
- 6 Adam Dunn LF
- 7 Kelly Stinnett C
- 8 Juan Castro 2B
- 9 Jimmy Haynes RP
CHC
- 1 Tom Goodwin CF
- 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
- 3 Sammy Sosa RF
- 4 Moises Alou LF
- 5 Eric Karros 1B
- 6 Mark Bellhorn 3B
- 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
- 8 Paul Bako C
- 9 Kerry Wood P
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