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3–5Final · Jul 21, 2003
HOU 3 PIT 5 Final
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HOU54-45010002000390
PIT44-52311000005101

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-550100010.274.351.424
Geoff BlumSS0-550000000.268.308.412
Jeff Bagwell1B1-331111100.278.370.499
Jeff Kent2B1-441111000.310.367.527
Lance BerkmanLF2-441200000.285.406.533
Richard HidalgoRF1-440100010.329.397.587
Morgan Ensberg3B0-440000000.303.408.602
Brad AusmusC3-440310000.210.278.263
Tim ReddingRP0-110000000.167.194.233
Pete MunroRP0-000000100.000.500.000
Orlando MercedRP0-110000000.248.306.382
Mike GalloRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gregg ZaunPH0-110000000.223.312.319
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingRP2.175521159-354.1359
Pete MunroRP2.210001024-164.7824
Mike GalloRP2.010021034-200.0034
Ricky StoneRP1.010010019-103.3819

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-441100100.278.334.439
Jason KendallC2-441210100.312.390.404
Brian GilesLF1-441110020.305.440.504
Aramis Ramirez3B0-331000100.283.333.453
Matt StairsRP2-331221000.287.357.545
Reggie SandersRF0-000000100.261.319.510
Randall SimonRP0-330000000.272.298.407
Julian TavarezRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike LincolnP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jack WilsonSS2-330210100.246.293.339
Abraham Nunez2B1-330100010.220.285.280
Josh FoggRP1-220100000.273.304.273
Carlos Rivera1B0-110000000.194.235.290
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Josh FoggRP5.163322278-424.7178
Julian TavarezRP1.210000024-164.3324
Scott SauerbeckRP1.00000004-24.054
Mike LincolnP1.02000007-71.597

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 Randall Simon RP
  7. 7 Jack Wilson SS
  8. 8 Abraham Nunez 2B
  9. 9 Josh Fogg RP

HOU

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

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