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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros logo Houston Astros

1–3Final · Jul 26, 2003
CHC 1 HOU 3 Final
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CHC51-52000010000120
HOU57-4720000100351

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF0-440000000.267.321.419
Mark Grudzielanek2B0-440000010.307.363.405
Sammy SosaRF0-440000010.302.397.566
Moises AlouLF0-440000010.298.363.490
Aramis Ramirez3B2-331200000.279.328.446
Eric Karros1B0-330000010.326.387.498
Alex GonzalezSS0-330000000.241.299.424
Paul BakoRP0-220000000.200.270.282
Lenny HarrisRP0-110000010.180.254.227
Damian MillerC0-000000000.228.312.359
Juan CruzRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Kyle FarnsworthRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyRP0-000000100.220.279.326
Mark GuthrieRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Juan CruzRP6.043335189-516.4789
Kyle FarnsworthRP1.000002010-83.3510
Mark GuthrieRP0.10000002-22.102
Antonio AlfonsecaP0.21000004-45.224

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-441100020.273.349.418
Geoff Blum2B0-330000100.264.305.403
Jeff Bagwell1B1-442111000.275.368.496
Jeff KentRP0-330010020.300.356.507
Morgan Ensberg3B1-110100000.295.398.589
Lance BerkmanLF1-220110100.288.410.539
Richard HidalgoRF1-330100000.321.389.571
Brad AusmusC0-330000010.207.272.258
Adam EverettSS0-330000010.240.294.373
Tim ReddingRP0-110000110.161.212.226
Orlando MercedRP0-110000000.250.307.381
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingRP7.0210040101-643.88101
Brad LidgeRP0.200011011-52.2811
Billy WagnerP1.100001014-102.1414

Starting lineups

HOU

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

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako RP
  9. 9 Juan Cruz RP

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