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9–10Final · Apr 4, 2003
CHC 9 CIN 10 Final
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CHC2-20002401209130
CIN1-30161001110110

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B2-551200010.636.692.727
Alex GonzalezSS2-441210100.438.526.688
Sammy SosaRF1-441111020.364.611.636
Moises AlouLF3-441300100.533.611.733
Hee Seop Choi1B1-442131110.250.455.750
Corey PattersonCF1-551100000.368.368.684
Mark BellhornRP0-220000110.083.294.250
Juan CruzRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tom GoodwinRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Dave VeresRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark GuthrieRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000010.000.000.000
Damian MillerC2-551220010.143.143.214
Shawn EstesRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Lenny Harris3B1-221121000.500.5001.250
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shawn EstesRP4.088431268-389.0068
Juan CruzRP3.021103139-261.8039
Dave VeresRP0.211100014-716.2014
Mark GuthrieRP0.10000001-10.001

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinSS3-441310100.357.438.500
Aaron Boone2B1-552121010.222.222.611
Ken Griffey Jr.CF1-441100100.267.353.600
Austin KearnsRF3-442321010.462.563.923
Sean Casey1B0-441000000.125.125.313
Brandon LarsonRP0-220010010.083.143.083
Scott SullivanRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gabe WhiteRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorLF1-110100000.667.667.667
Adam DunnRP1-332111110.143.250.357
John RiedlingRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott WilliamsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jason LaRueC1-331130000.214.313.357
Danny GravesRP0-220000000.000.000.000
Felipe Lopez3B0-110000000.000.167.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Danny GravesRP5.086623189-5510.8089
Scott SullivanRP1.121102131-222.0831
Gabe WhiteRP0.20000003-33.383
John RiedlingRP0.132210124-1215.4324
Scott WilliamsonP1.200013025-130.0025

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 Sean Casey 1B
  6. 6 Brandon Larson RP
  7. 7 Adam Dunn RP
  8. 8 Jason LaRue C
  9. 9 Danny Graves 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 1B
  6. 6 Corey Patterson CF
  7. 7 Mark Bellhorn RP
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Shawn Estes RP

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