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5–2Final · Jul 12, 2003
PIT 5 HOU 2 Final
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PIT41-494000000105100
HOU49-44000200000262

Play-by-play

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

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonRP1-110100000.283.338.450
Craig WilsonRP0-441000010.243.346.404
Adam HyzduCF0-000000000.196.339.348
Jason KendallC2-551200000.306.387.403
Brian GilesLF2-551220000.306.443.514
Aramis Ramirez3B1-441121020.277.329.434
Reggie SandersRF1-441100010.264.321.504
Carlos Rivera1B2-440210000.222.267.333
Jack WilsonSS0-440000020.241.286.341
Abraham Nunez2B1-220100200.218.282.282
Kip WellsRP0-330000020.189.189.324
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Matt StairsRP0-110000000.274.349.522
Julian TavarezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike WilliamsP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kip WellsRP6.152231186-513.7686
Scott SauerbeckRP0.20001008-24.268
Julian TavarezRP1.00000006-44.386
Mike WilliamsP1.010002015-106.4415

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-440000000.272.351.424
Geoff BlumRP1-330100000.281.318.434
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.247.286.337
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kirk SaarloosRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gregg ZaunPH0-110000010.228.298.326
Jeff Bagwell1B1-221111200.271.362.470
Lance BerkmanLF1-441100000.278.402.505
Richard HidalgoRF0-440010000.313.384.556
Morgan Ensberg3B0-330000100.311.416.617
Brad AusmusC0-440000010.203.274.261
Adam EverettSS2-440200010.253.307.392
Roy OswaltRP0-110000000.222.250.259
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-000000100.252.306.387
Eric Bruntlett2B1-110100000.273.273.500
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roy OswaltRP6.0844161103-713.15103
Brad LidgeRP1.000000014-92.5614
Octavio DotelRP1.021112021-142.2221
Kirk SaarloosRP1.00000009-56.329

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum RP
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Lance Berkman LF
  5. 5 Richard Hidalgo RF
  6. 6 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Roy Oswalt RP

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton RP
  2. 2 Jason Kendall C
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Reggie Sanders RF
  6. 6 Carlos Rivera 1B
  7. 7 Jack Wilson SS
  8. 8 Abraham Nunez 2B
  9. 9 Kip Wells RP

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