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9–8Final · Jul 19, 2003
HOU 9 CIN 8 Final
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HOU53-445100120009100
CIN43-530001000258142

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioRP2-443200100.275.354.423
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike GalloRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-000000100.252.310.387
Kirk SaarloosRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Octavio DotelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Geoff Blum2B1-551110100.273.313.420
Jeff Bagwell1B0-221000200.274.368.474
Lance BerkmanLF2-332252210.282.405.526
Richard HidalgoRF2-551211020.333.401.598
Morgan Ensberg3B1-441121110.310.417.621
Brad AusmusC1-550100010.201.272.256
Eric BruntlettSS1-550100000.276.276.483
Ron VilloneRP0-330000010.071.133.071
Brian L. HunterCF0-220000010.239.284.326
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ron VilloneRP6.061127096-612.5096
Pete MunroRP1.242201035-235.0535
Mike GalloRP0.100011011-50.0011
Kirk SaarloosRP0.134410020-107.3920
Octavio DotelP0.211112119-92.6019

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
D'Angelo Jimenez2B2-660200030.265.343.411
Barry LarkinRP0-330000110.275.338.376
Juan CastroSS0-110000000.245.271.375
Jose GuillenRF2-552200020.335.384.607
Sean Casey1B3-553310000.301.353.430
Aaron Boone3B2-441200100.265.330.464
Ruben MateoLF2-441230020.236.295.364
Adam DunnRP1-220100110.203.345.483
Ryan WagnerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Felix HerediaRP0-000000000.333.333.333
Russell BranyanRP0-110000000.224.377.408
Jose AcevedoRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jason LaRuePH1-111131000.241.332.472
Kelly StinnettC1-330110110.257.301.412
Jimmy HaynesRP0-000000000.250.250.300
John RiedlingRP0-110000000.235.235.235
Brandon LarsonRP0-110000000.080.186.080
Brian ReithRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorCF0-110000110.224.265.374
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jimmy HaynesRP1.166611342-255.8642
John RiedlingRP2.200003037-245.9237
Brian ReithRP1.123331133-174.2033
Kent MerckerRP0.200021019-112.2219
Ryan WagnerRP1.200001016-130.0016
Felix HerediaRP0.110010014-72.9314
Jose AcevedoRP1.010010021-100.0021

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  2. 2 Barry Larkin RP
  3. 3 Jose Guillen RF
  4. 4 Sean Casey 1B
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Ruben Mateo LF
  7. 7 Adam Dunn RP
  8. 8 Kelly Stinnett C
  9. 9 Jimmy Haynes RP

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio RP
  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 Eric Bruntlett SS
  9. 9 Ron Villone RP

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