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3–4Final · Jul 5, 2003
HOU 3 PIT 4 Final
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PIT37-4630010000491

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-330000100.265.346.419
Geoff BlumSS3-552311000.272.315.447
Morgan Ensberg3B2-551200010.304.412.614
Lance BerkmanLF1-330120100.273.395.479
Richard HidalgoRF0-550000000.312.389.552
Orlando Merced1B2-440200000.253.302.390
Brad AusmusC1-440100000.208.279.271
Adam EverettRP0-220000010.250.303.384
Mike GalloRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.253.293.325
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff BagwellRP0-110000000.270.354.464
David Matranga2B0-000000000.500.5002.000
Kirk SaarloosRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eric BruntlettRP1-220100000.188.188.188
Gregg ZaunRP0-110000010.227.293.295
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kirk SaarloosRP3.264403072-446.6772
Mike GalloRP1.110000017-130.0017
Ricky StoneRP2.020001032-183.8832
Brad LidgeP1.000012020-122.6620

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-441200000.279.338.434
Jason KendallC1-441100000.302.389.403
Brian GilesLF1-441120010.309.449.516
Aramis Ramirez3B2-330210100.283.339.425
Matt StairsRP0-440000020.273.350.517
Mike WilliamsP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie SandersRF0-440000010.262.313.494
Jack WilsonSS1-440100010.253.295.351
Jeff Reboulet2B1-221100000.280.366.374
Jeff SuppanRP1-220110010.300.344.333
Mike LincolnRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Carlos Rivera1B0-000000000.167.250.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff SuppanRP7.0822110111-773.70111
Mike LincolnRP1.010001010-83.3810
Mike WilliamsP1.011111116-86.2916

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 RP
  6. 6 Reggie Sanders RF
  7. 7 Jack Wilson SS
  8. 8 Jeff Reboulet 2B
  9. 9 Jeff Suppan RP

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum SS
  3. 3 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  4. 4 Lance Berkman LF
  5. 5 Richard Hidalgo RF
  6. 6 Orlando Merced 1B
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett RP
  9. 9 Kirk Saarloos RP

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