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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros logo Houston Astros

5–3Final · Jul 25, 2003
CHC 5 HOU 3 Final
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CHC51-51000001220591
HOU56-47300000000350

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-551100010.270.324.423
Mark Grudzielanek2B0-331000210.310.366.409
Sammy SosaRF0-330000130.306.401.574
Moises AlouLF3-441331000.302.367.495
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440100000.276.326.439
Eric Karros1B1-440100000.330.392.505
Alex GonzalezSS0-440000000.243.301.428
Paul BakoC2-331200010.204.275.287
Carlos ZambranoRP1-331121020.244.261.467
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoRP8.1530170118-753.26118
Joe BorowskiP0.20000008-62.918

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-441200000.273.349.420
Geoff Blum3B1-441100010.267.305.407
Jeff Bagwell1B0-440000030.275.369.491
Jeff Kent2B0-440000010.303.360.512
Lance BerkmanLF1-441100000.287.407.536
Richard HidalgoRF0-330000100.321.389.571
Brad AusmusC1-330120010.209.275.260
Adam EverettSS0-330000000.244.298.378
Wade MillerRP0-220000010.132.175.158
Eric BruntlettRP0-110000000.270.263.432
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike GalloRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ricky StoneP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerRP7.063326196-614.5696
Octavio DotelRP1.022211128-182.8328
Mike GalloRP0.210001011-80.0011
Ricky StoneP0.10000005-33.265

Starting lineups

HOU

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

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