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4–5Final · Apr 6, 2003
CHC 4 CIN 5 Final
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CHC3-3400000000400
CIN2-401010201500

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B2-551200000.500.542.591
Alex GonzalezSS1-441100010.480.552.760
Sammy SosaRF0-331000200.294.586.471
Moises AlouLF0-440000000.360.429.480
Hee Seop ChoiRP1-220100100.333.529.667
Eric Karros1B0-110000000.100.250.100
Corey PattersonCF2-441210000.370.393.630
Lenny Harris3B1-440110000.375.375.750
Damian MillerC2-440200000.222.222.389
Kerry WoodRP1-220100000.400.400.400
Mark BellhornRP0-110000000.063.304.188
Mark GuthrieRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kerry WoodRP7.0744181111-734.50111
Mark GuthrieRP0.211101114-82.7014
Joe BorowskiP0.10000002-20.002

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinSS0-440000010.261.320.348
Aaron Boone2B1-441100000.222.222.593
Adam DunnLF0-331000110.190.292.619
Austin KearnsRF2-442211000.400.500.850
Sean Casey1B3-441331000.261.292.565
Brandon LarsonRP1-330110020.125.167.125
Gabe WhiteRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ruben MateoRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Scott WilliamsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorCF0-330000030.286.286.286
Jason LaRueC0-330000010.158.304.263
Paul WilsonRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Felipe Lopez3B1-110100000.111.273.222
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Paul WilsonRP6.284130085-551.3585
Gabe WhiteRP1.11000007-72.257
Scott WilliamsonP1.010001010-80.0010

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Barry Larkin SS
  2. 2 Aaron Boone 2B
  3. 3 Adam Dunn LF
  4. 4 Austin Kearns RF
  5. 5 Sean Casey 1B
  6. 6 Brandon Larson RP
  7. 7 Reggie Taylor CF
  8. 8 Jason LaRue C
  9. 9 Paul Wilson RP

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Hee Seop Choi RP
  6. 6 Corey Patterson CF
  7. 7 Lenny Harris 3B
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Kerry Wood RP

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