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3–8Final · Jul 6, 2003
HOU 3 PIT 8 Final
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HOU44-43000100101340
PIT38-46022003018142

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-440100010.265.345.417
Geoff Blum2B1-441100000.272.314.444
Jeff Bagwell1B0-440000000.266.350.458
Lance BerkmanLF1-332121100.273.396.488
Morgan Ensberg3B0-330000000.299.409.603
Orlando MercedRF1-440110000.253.301.387
Brad AusmusC0-330000010.206.276.267
Adam EverettSS0-330000000.246.298.377
Wade MillerRP0-220000010.156.206.188
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.250.290.321
Brandon PufferP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerRP5.21177243115-664.83115
Pete MunroRP1.110000018-104.7018
Brandon PufferP1.021100023-155.1423

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-442200100.282.342.442
Jason KendallC1-551100000.300.386.399
Brian GilesLF2-551211010.311.448.532
Aramis Ramirez3B2-551241010.285.340.433
Matt StairsRF1-441100110.272.352.510
Craig WilsonRP2-331211000.256.359.438
Carlos Rivera1B0-000000000.167.250.333
Jack WilsonSS1-331100000.254.298.351
Abraham Nunez2B1-440120000.212.268.255
Jeff C. D'AmicoP2-440200010.148.179.148
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff C. D'AmicoP9.043213190-623.8790

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Jason Kendall C
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Matt Stairs RF
  6. 6 Craig Wilson RP
  7. 7 Jack Wilson SS
  8. 8 Abraham Nunez 2B
  9. 9 Jeff C. D'Amico P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 2B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Lance Berkman LF
  5. 5 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  6. 6 Orlando Merced RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Wade Miller RP

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