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8–5Final · Jun 29, 2003
TEX 8 HOU 5 Final
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TEX31-49000020132880
HOU42-39300000002550

Play-by-play

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

Box score

TEX

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael Young2B3-552300000.315.354.437
Hank Blalock3B0-332000220.331.388.539
Alex RodriguezSS1-441120100.295.382.552
Juan Alberto GonzalezRF---------------------------
Rafael Palmeiro1B1-441111100.263.381.527
Kevin MenchRP2-441231000.303.361.455
Francisco CorderoRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ugueth UrbinaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Todd GreeneC0-440000020.212.239.388
Donnie SadlerRP0-220000110.241.308.362
Rosman GarciaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Doug GlanvilleCF0-110000000.193.226.252
Mario RamosRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Victor SantosRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Carl EverettLF0-110000100.274.355.549
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mario RamosRP3.123371075-306.2375
Victor SantosRP2.200012032-175.8532
Rosman GarciaRP1.000002012-74.9712
Francisco CorderoRP1.232203026-203.9226
Ugueth UrbinaP0.10000105-34.365

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-440100120.271.345.431
Eric BruntlettRP0-220000000.000.000.000
Geoff Blum2B1-221100000.261.305.404
Jeff Bagwell1B1-441120110.275.353.468
Richard HidalgoRF1-441100120.317.401.551
Morgan Ensberg3B0-331000100.309.414.625
Lance BerkmanLF0-220010100.281.403.494
Brad AusmusC0-220010210.204.274.271
Adam EverettSS0-330010110.258.307.404
Ron VilloneRP0-330000020.000.143.000
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kirk SaarloosRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH1-111100000.250.301.379
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ron VilloneRP6.033327284-552.4584
Pete MunroRP1.000010016-84.9916
Octavio DotelRP1.033321040-272.1140
Kirk SaarloosRP0.112220014-56.2914
Ricky StoneRP0.210000012-93.8312

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Eric Bruntlett RP
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Richard Hidalgo RF
  5. 5 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  6. 6 Lance Berkman LF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Ron Villone RP

TEX

  1. 1 Michael Young 2B
  2. 2 Hank Blalock 3B
  3. 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
  4. 4 Juan Alberto Gonzalez RF
  5. 5 Rafael Palmeiro 1B
  6. 6 Kevin Mench RP
  7. 7 Todd Greene C
  8. 8 Donnie Sadler RP
  9. 9 Mario Ramos RP

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