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7–4Final · Apr 2, 2003
PIT 7 CIN 4 Final
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PIT2-03000000407101
CIN0-2201001000492

Play-by-play

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

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-551100010.333.400.667
Jason KendallC3-441321100.444.5001.111
Brian GilesLF1-441100100.250.400.375
Aramis Ramirez3B0-441000110.222.300.222
Randall SimonRP1-331131000.429.4291.143
Reggie SandersRP0-110000010.500.5001.000
Salomon TorresRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian BoehringerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Rob MackowiakRF0-110000000.000.000.000
Matt StairsRP2-441200100.500.600.500
Mike WilliamsP0-000000000.000.000.000
Pokey Reese2B0-440000000.143.222.143
Jack WilsonSS0-440000000.000.125.000
Kip WellsRP1-220100000.500.500.500
Abraham NunezRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Kevin Young1B1-111121000.500.5002.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kip WellsRP6.084414286-576.0086
Salomon TorresRP1.010010016-80.0016
Scott SauerbeckRP0.200011013-80.0013
Brian BoehringerRP0.10000001-10.001
Mike WilliamsP1.000001010-60.0010

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinSS2-551200000.250.333.375
Aaron Boone2B1-550100010.111.111.222
Ken Griffey Jr.CF1-331111100.286.375.857
Austin KearnsRF2-332221100.333.500.833
Adam DunnLF0-440000020.000.000.000
Sean Casey1B0-440000000.125.125.125
Brandon LarsonRP1-330110110.143.250.143
John RiedlingP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jason LaRueC2-440200000.286.375.429
Ryan DempsterRP0-220000020.000.000.000
Gabe WhiteRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorRP0-110000000.500.500.500
Josias ManzanilloRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Felipe Lopez3B0-110000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ryan DempsterRP6.273342188-514.0588
Gabe WhiteRP0.10000104-36.754
Josias ManzanilloRP0.234200224-1327.0024
Kent MerckerRP0.10000004-30.004
John RiedlingP1.00000005-49.005

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Barry Larkin SS
  2. 2 Aaron Boone 2B
  3. 3 Ken Griffey Jr. CF
  4. 4 Austin Kearns RF
  5. 5 Adam Dunn LF
  6. 6 Sean Casey 1B
  7. 7 Brandon Larson RP
  8. 8 Jason LaRue C
  9. 9 Ryan Dempster RP

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Jason Kendall C
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Randall Simon RP
  6. 6 Matt Stairs RP
  7. 7 Pokey Reese 2B
  8. 8 Jack Wilson SS
  9. 9 Kip Wells RP

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