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4–7Final · Jul 31, 2003
HOU 4 ATL 7 Final
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HOU58-50000103000461
ATL71-37600100007120

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-442200010.271.347.416
Morgan Ensberg3B0-440000000.286.387.563
Jeff Bagwell1B2-441241000.278.372.506
Jeff Kent2B0-440000010.294.351.494
Richard HidalgoRF0-440000000.315.384.564
Orlando MercedLF0-220000000.243.297.367
Dan MiceliP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eric BruntlettSS0-110000000.282.275.436
Brad AusmusC1-330100000.210.275.262
Adam EverettSS1-331100000.249.299.373
Kirk SaarloosP0-000000000.000.167.000
Wade MillerP0-110000000.128.171.154
Pete MunroP0-000000000.000.500.000
Colin PorterLF0-220000010.200.273.200
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerP2.066521168-434.8368
Pete MunroP2.031110031-194.6731
Dan MiceliP2.020011030-213.8330
Kirk SaarloosP2.010002025-176.4525

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS0-441000100.279.343.452
Marcus Giles2B2-442200100.319.388.516
Gary SheffieldRF2-331210200.327.427.590
Chipper JonesLF2-551210010.290.389.485
Andruw JonesCF1-441120010.298.367.546
Robert Fick1B0-440000010.302.367.488
Javy LopezC2-441231000.324.367.676
Vinny Castilla3B2-440200010.283.318.480
Shane ReynoldsP0-000000000.105.105.105
Matt FrancoPH1-110100000.315.365.427
Darren HolmesP0-000000000.000.000.000
John SmoltzP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shane ReynoldsP7.064402176-545.6176
Darren HolmesP1.000001010-73.8210
John SmoltzP1.00000004-30.814

Starting lineups

ATL

  1. 1 Rafael Furcal SS
  2. 2 Marcus Giles 2B
  3. 3 Gary Sheffield RF
  4. 4 Chipper Jones LF
  5. 5 Andruw Jones CF
  6. 6 Robert Fick 1B
  7. 7 Javy Lopez C
  8. 8 Vinny Castilla 3B
  9. 9 Shane Reynolds P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Richard Hidalgo RF
  6. 6 Orlando Merced LF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Wade Miller P

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