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7–8Final · Jul 3, 2003
CIN 7 PIT 8 Final
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CIN40-430110021027111
PIT35-46112130008121

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinSS2-552200000.277.347.385
Jose GuillenRF2-551210010.350.405.636
Ken Griffey Jr.CF1-331100200.246.368.507
Adam DunnLF2-441200100.212.359.520
Aaron Boone3B2-442240100.268.332.474
Russell Branyan1B1-330110220.263.417.500
Kelly StinnettC0-440000110.263.304.421
Ray Olmedo2B0-440010000.323.323.371
Ryan DempsterRP0-220000010.042.080.042
John RiedlingRP0-000000000.250.250.250
Reggie TaylorRP0-110000000.222.255.356
Todd Van PoppelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Austin KearnsRP1-110100000.273.375.475
Brian ReithP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ryan DempsterRP4.097702275-476.6575
John RiedlingRP1.021100113-106.6313
Todd Van PoppelRP2.000001020-167.3620
Brian ReithP1.010010018-83.9218

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jason KendallC2-331200000.302.389.402
Jeff Reboulet2B1-550120000.287.371.376
Brian GilesCF1-441100010.313.451.521
Aramis Ramirez3B1-441100000.283.338.424
Matt StairsRF2-442242010.283.357.536
Reggie SandersLF2-441211000.262.316.489
Carlos Rivera1B0-441000010.167.250.333
Jack WilsonSS2-441200000.249.292.349
Josh FoggRP1-110100000.250.294.250
Mike LincolnRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Salomon TorresRP0-000000000.000.167.000
Abraham NunezRP0-000000100.211.269.248
Mike WilliamsP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Josh FoggRP5.054342092-554.4392
Mike LincolnRP1.111100016-105.4016
Scott SauerbeckRP0.110021020-84.5020
Salomon TorresRP1.110001010-74.5210
Mike WilliamsP1.032211017-86.4017

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Jason Kendall C
  2. 2 Jeff Reboulet 2B
  3. 3 Brian Giles CF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Matt Stairs RF
  6. 6 Reggie Sanders LF
  7. 7 Carlos Rivera 1B
  8. 8 Jack Wilson SS
  9. 9 Josh Fogg RP

CIN

  1. 1 Barry Larkin SS
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RF
  3. 3 Ken Griffey Jr. CF
  4. 4 Adam Dunn LF
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Russell Branyan 1B
  7. 7 Kelly Stinnett C
  8. 8 Ray Olmedo 2B
  9. 9 Ryan Dempster RP

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