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9–5Final · Jun 21, 2003
HOU 9 TEX 5 Final
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HOU40-341123110009121
TEX27-45100000130570

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioRP1-332111010.277.348.440
Brian L. HunterCF0-000000000.260.309.329
Jose Vizcaino2B1-551110000.242.268.341
Jeff Bagwell1B3-552331000.278.356.467
Lance BerkmanLF0-550000020.285.399.484
Richard HidalgoRF3-553321010.310.394.555
Morgan Ensberg3B1-550100010.319.415.652
Orlando MercedDH0-330000100.260.313.397
Brad AusmusC1-330120000.212.269.283
Adam EverettSS2-441200000.252.296.394
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Rodrigo RosarioRP6.042124085-531.5085
Ricky StoneRP1.023301220-123.2420
Brad LidgeRP1.000000012-81.4012
Billy WagnerP1.010002019-121.9119

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Carl EverettRF0-441000120.280.360.560
Hank Blalock3B3-551311010.340.396.567
Alex RodriguezSS0-331010000.297.382.556
Rafael PalmeiroDH1-441121000.267.383.508
Kevin MenchLF0-330000110.292.346.431
Mark Teixeira1B1-441100020.245.333.450
Michael Young2B0-440000000.318.355.448
Einar DiazC0-440000010.249.293.343
Doug GlanvilleCF2-440200000.202.231.269
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ismael ValdezRP4.0108801265-465.4365
Jay PowellRP2.021113131-1810.3831
Francisco CorderoRP1.000000011-84.1011
Erasmo RamirezRP1.000000016-126.5216
Ugueth UrbinaP1.00000109-63.079

Starting lineups

TEX

  1. 1 Carl Everett RF
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
  5. 5 Kevin Mench LF
  6. 6 Mark Teixeira 1B
  7. 7 Michael Young 2B
  8. 8 Einar Diaz C
  9. 9 Doug Glanville CF

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio RP
  2. 2 Jose Vizcaino 2B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Lance Berkman LF
  5. 5 Richard Hidalgo RF
  6. 6 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  7. 7 Orlando Merced DH
  8. 8 Brad Ausmus C
  9. 9 Adam Everett SS

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