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2–4Final · Jul 11, 2003
PIT 2 HOU 4 Final
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HOU49-4310002100400

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

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-440100010.281.336.448
Jason KendallC1-441100010.305.386.403
Brian GilesLF1-330100110.304.444.517
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440100000.277.330.428
Matt StairsRP0-220000020.276.351.526
Craig WilsonRF0-220000010.250.355.417
Carlos Rivera1B1-220110000.174.231.304
Jack WilsonSS0-330000000.244.289.345
Abraham Nunez2B1-331111000.214.270.279
Jeff C. D'AmicoP0-220000010.138.167.138
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff C. D'AmicoP6.2944021107-713.97107

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-550210000.275.353.429
Geoff Blum2B1-440100000.280.318.436
Jeff Bagwell1B2-441211000.269.358.461
Lance BerkmanLF0-330000100.279.403.502
Richard HidalgoRF1-441100020.317.389.565
Morgan Ensberg3B3-440310000.316.419.627
Brad AusmusC0-331000000.206.278.265
Adam EverettSS1-441110000.247.303.390
Wade MillerRP0-220000000.147.194.176
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian L. HunterPH0-110000010.250.289.341
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-000000100.252.302.387
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerRP6.041115090-614.6690
Brad LidgeRP1.01000107-72.617
Octavio DotelRP1.011101119-152.0919
Billy WagnerP1.000001013-92.3113

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 2B
  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 Wade Miller RP

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 Carlos Rivera 1B
  7. 7 Jack Wilson SS
  8. 8 Abraham Nunez 2B
  9. 9 Jeff C. D'Amico P

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