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6–5Final · Apr 4, 2003
HOU 6 STL 5 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-661200010.316.409.526
Geoff BlumRP0-440000010.222.263.444
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoSS0-220000000.250.400.250
Jeff Bagwell1B1-551110000.333.400.667
Lance BerkmanLF0-331000210.143.368.143
Jeff Kent2B0-440000110.353.421.588
Richard HidalgoRP1-441100100.400.500.467
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad AusmusC3-552352000.500.5001.083
Julio LugoRP0-440000010.188.188.188
Billy WagnerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian L. HunterRF0-110000000.000.000.000
Brian MoehlerRP0-220000000.000.000.000
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan Ensberg3B0-330000010.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian MoehlerRP4.285522389-519.6489
Pete MunroRP1.100000011-73.0011
Octavio DotelRP2.010012026-140.0026
Billy WagnerRP2.020000018-120.0018
Ricky StoneRP1.020000012-70.0012
Brad LidgeP1.000011017-70.0017

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B2-551200000.278.333.389
Edgar RenteriaSS0-661000010.368.429.632
Jim EdmondsRP4-442442000.500.5001.300
Orlando PalmeiroRF1-110100100.667.7501.000
Albert PujolsLF1-551111110.353.450.824
Scott Rolen3B1-330100210.385.579.692
Tino Martinez1B1-550100010.294.333.588
Eli MarreroCF1-550100010.111.200.111
Mike MathenyC2-550200000.471.471.471
Brett TomkoRP0-220000000.000.000.000
Kerry RobinsonRP0-110000000.250.333.250
Lance PainterRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kiko CaleroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Miguel CairoRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Steve KlineRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eduardo PérezRP0-110000000.400.400.600
Russ SpringerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoRP6.0550331103-660.00103
Lance PainterRP1.000002013-80.0013
Kiko CaleroRP2.000001023-120.0023
Steve KlineRP2.000010026-150.0026
Russ SpringerP1.021100115-106.0015

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Edgar Renteria SS
  3. 3 Jim Edmonds RP
  4. 4 Albert Pujols LF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Eli Marrero CF
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Brett Tomko RP

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum RP
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Lance Berkman LF
  5. 5 Jeff Kent 2B
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RP
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Julio Lugo RP
  9. 9 Brian Moehler RP

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