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2–1Final · Apr 5, 2003
HOU 2 STL 1 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 (looking)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  8. Top 1 C Biggio struck out swinging.
  9. Top 1 G Blum batting
  10. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  11. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  12. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  13. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  14. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
  15. Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
  16. Top 1 G Blum walked.
  17. Top 1 J Bagwell batting
  18. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  19. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  20. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  21. Top 1 J Bagwell grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, G Blum out at second.
  22. Bot 1 F Vina batting
  23. Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
  24. Bot 1 F Vina fouled out to left.
  25. Bot 1 E Renteria batting
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  28. Bot 1 E Renteria grounded out to pitcher.
  29. Bot 1 O Palmeiro batting
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 7: foul
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 8: foul
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 9: in play
  39. Bot 1 O Palmeiro singled to center.
  40. Bot 1 M Cairo batting
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  44. Bot 1 M Cairo flied out to shallow right center.
  45. Top 2 L Berkman batting
  46. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  47. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  48. Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
  49. Top 2 L Berkman singled to left center.
  50. Top 2 J Kent batting
  51. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  52. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  53. Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
  54. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  55. Top 2 J Kent struck out swinging.
  56. Top 2 R Hidalgo batting
  57. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  58. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  59. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  60. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  61. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  62. Top 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  63. Top 2 R Hidalgo struck out swinging. L Berkman caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  64. Bot 2 S Rolen batting
  65. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  66. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  67. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  68. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  69. Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  70. Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
  71. Bot 2 S Rolen grounded out to shortstop.
  72. Bot 2 T Martinez batting
  73. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  74. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  75. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  76. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  78. Bot 2 T Martinez struck out swinging.
  79. Bot 2 M Matheny batting
  80. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  81. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  82. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  83. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  84. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  85. Bot 2 M Matheny singled to left.
  86. Bot 2 K Robinson batting
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  89. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  90. Bot 2 K Robinson grounded out to second.
  91. Top 3 B Ausmus batting
  92. Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
  93. Top 3 B Ausmus lined out to left.
  94. Top 3 J Lugo batting
  95. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  96. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  97. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  98. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  99. Top 3 J Lugo grounded out to shortstop.
  100. Top 3 T Redding batting
  101. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  102. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  103. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  104. Top 3 T Redding struck out swinging.
  105. Bot 3 M Morris batting
  106. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  107. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  108. Bot 3 M Morris grounded out to second.
  109. Bot 3 F Vina batting
  110. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  111. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  112. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  113. Bot 3 F Vina flied out to right.
  114. Bot 3 E Renteria batting
  115. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  116. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  117. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  118. Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
  119. Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
  120. Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
  121. Bot 3 Pitch 7: in play
  122. Bot 3 E Renteria grounded out to shortstop.
  123. Top 4 C Biggio batting
  124. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  125. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  126. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  127. Top 4 C Biggio grounded out to third.
  128. Top 4 G Blum batting
  129. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  130. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  131. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  132. Top 4 G Blum struck out swinging.
  133. Top 4 J Bagwell batting
  134. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  135. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  136. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  137. Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
  138. Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  139. Top 4 J Bagwell struck out looking.
  140. Bot 4 O Palmeiro batting
  141. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  142. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  143. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  144. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  145. Bot 4 O Palmeiro flied out to shallow center.
  146. Bot 4 M Cairo batting
  147. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  148. Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
  149. Bot 4 M Cairo flied out to center.
  150. Bot 4 S Rolen batting
  151. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  152. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  153. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  154. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  155. Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
  156. Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
  157. Bot 4 S Rolen singled to right.
  158. Bot 4 T Martinez batting
  159. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  160. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  161. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  162. Bot 4 T Martinez flied out to deep right.
  163. Top 5 L Berkman batting
  164. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  165. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  166. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  167. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  168. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  169. Top 5 L Berkman hit by pitch.
  170. Top 5 J Kent batting
  171. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  172. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  173. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  174. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  175. Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  176. Top 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
  177. Top 5 J Kent struck out looking.
  178. Top 5 R Hidalgo batting
  179. Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
  180. Top 5 R Hidalgo grounded out to third, L Berkman to second.
  181. Top 5 B Ausmus batting
  182. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  183. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  184. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  185. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  186. Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
  187. Top 5 B Ausmus walked.
  188. Top 5 J Lugo batting
  189. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  190. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  191. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  192. Top 5 J Lugo grounded out to second.
  193. Bot 5 M Matheny batting
  194. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  195. Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
  196. Bot 5 M Matheny grounded out to pitcher.
  197. Bot 5 K Robinson batting
  198. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  199. Bot 5 K Robinson bunt singled to right.
  200. Bot 5 M Morris batting
  201. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  202. Bot 5 M Morris sacrificed to pitcher, K Robinson to second.
  203. Bot 5 F Vina batting
  204. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  205. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  206. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  207. Bot 5 F Vina flied out to right.
  208. Top 6 T Redding batting
  209. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  210. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  211. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  212. Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
  213. Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
  214. Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  215. Top 6 T Redding struck out swinging.
  216. Top 6 C Biggio batting
  217. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  218. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  219. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  220. Top 6 C Biggio flied out to shallow right.
  221. Top 6 G Blum batting
  222. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  223. Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
  224. Top 6 G Blum grounded out to first.
  225. Bot 6 E Renteria batting
  226. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  227. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  228. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  229. Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
  230. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  231. Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
  232. Bot 6 E Renteria doubled to deep right.
  233. Bot 6 O Palmeiro batting
  234. Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
  235. Bot 6 O Palmeiro sacrificed to third, E Renteria to third.
  236. Bot 6 M Cairo batting
  237. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  238. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  239. Bot 6 M Cairo grounded out to pitcher.
  240. Bot 6 S Rolen batting
  241. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  242. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  243. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  244. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  245. Bot 6 S Rolen flied out to left.
  246. Top 7 J Bagwell batting
  247. Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
  248. Top 7 J Bagwell singled to left.
  249. Top 7 L Berkman batting
  250. Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
  251. Top 7 L Berkman singled to center, J Bagwell to second.
  252. Top 7 J Kent batting
  253. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  254. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  255. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  256. Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
  257. Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
  258. Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  259. Top 7 J Kent struck out swinging.
  260. Top 7 R Hidalgo batting
  261. Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
  262. Top 7 R Hidalgo grounded into fielder's choice to first, L Berkman out at second, J Bagwell to third.
  263. Top 7 B Ausmus batting
  264. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  265. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  266. Top 7 B Ausmus lined out to second.
  267. Bot 7 T Martinez batting
  268. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  269. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  270. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  271. Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  272. Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  273. Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
  274. Bot 7 T Martinez flied out to right.
  275. Bot 7 M Matheny batting
  276. Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
  277. Bot 7 M Matheny doubled to left.
  278. Bot 7 K Robinson batting
  279. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  280. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  281. Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
  282. Bot 7 K Robinson singled to center, M Matheny scored.
  283. Bot 7 M Morris batting
  284. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  285. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  286. Bot 7 K Robinson caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  287. Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
  288. Bot 7 M Morris grounded out to shortstop.
  289. Top 8 J Lugo batting
  290. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  291. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  292. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
  293. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
  294. Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
  295. Top 8 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
  296. Top 8 J Lugo struck out looking.
  297. Top 8 Lineup Change
  298. Top 8 Lineup Change
  299. Top 8 O Merced hit for T Redding.
  300. Top 8 O Merced batting
  301. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  302. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  303. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  304. Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
  305. Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
  306. Top 8 O Merced grounded out to second.
  307. Top 8 C Biggio batting
  308. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  309. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  310. Top 8 Pitch 3: foul
  311. Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
  312. Top 8 C Biggio grounded out to third.
  313. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  314. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  315. Bot 8 B Chen relieved T Redding.
  316. Bot 8 F Vina batting
  317. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  318. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  319. Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  320. Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
  321. Bot 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
  322. Bot 8 Pitch 6: in play
  323. Bot 8 F Vina grounded out to first.
  324. Bot 8 E Renteria batting
  325. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  326. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
  327. Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
  328. Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  329. Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  330. Bot 8 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
  331. Bot 8 E Renteria struck out looking.
  332. Bot 8 A Pujols batting
  333. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  334. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  335. Bot 8 A Pujols hit for O Palmeiro.
  336. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  337. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  338. Bot 8 P Munro relieved B Chen.
  339. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  340. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  341. Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
  342. Bot 8 A Pujols grounded out to shortstop.
  343. Top 9 Lineup Change
  344. Top 9 Lineup Change
  345. Top 9 Lineup Change
  346. Top 9 K Robinson in right field.
  347. Top 9 Lineup Change
  348. Top 9 J Fassero relieved M Morris.
  349. Top 9 Lineup Change
  350. Top 9 J Edmonds in center field.
  351. Top 9 Lineup Change
  352. Top 9 Lineup Change
  353. Top 9 B Hunter hit for G Blum.
  354. Top 9 B Hunter batting
  355. Top 9 Lineup Change
  356. Top 9 Lineup Change
  357. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  358. Top 9 Pitch 2: in play
  359. Top 9 B Hunter popped out to third.
  360. Top 9 J Bagwell batting
  361. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  362. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  363. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  364. Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 2
  365. Top 9 Pitch 5: in play
  366. Top 9 J Bagwell singled to right center.
  367. Top 9 L Berkman batting
  368. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  369. Top 9 Pitch 2: in play
  370. Top 9 L Berkman grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Bagwell out at second.
  371. Top 9 J Kent batting
  372. Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
  373. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
  374. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  375. Top 9 Pitch 4: in play
  376. Top 9 J Kent singled to center, L Berkman to second.
  377. Top 9 R Hidalgo batting
  378. Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
  379. Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  380. Top 9 Pitch 3: in play
  381. Top 9 R Hidalgo hit a ground rule double to right center, L Berkman scored, J Kent to third.
  382. Top 9 B Ausmus batting
  383. Top 9 Lineup Change
  384. Top 9 Lineup Change
  385. Top 9 D Hermanson relieved J Fassero.
  386. Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  387. Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
  388. Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  389. Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 2
  390. Top 9 Pitch 5: in play
  391. Top 9 B Ausmus singled to center, J Kent scored, R Hidalgo thrown out at home.
  392. Bot 9 Lineup Change
  393. Bot 9 Lineup Change
  394. Bot 9 Lineup Change
  395. Bot 9 B Wagner relieved P Munro.
  396. Bot 9 Lineup Change
  397. Bot 9 M Ensberg at third base.
  398. Bot 9 M Cairo batting
  399. Bot 9 Lineup Change
  400. Bot 9 Lineup Change

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-440000010.261.346.435
Geoff BlumRP0-220000110.200.273.400
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Morgan Ensberg3B0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff Bagwell1B2-440200010.364.417.636
Lance BerkmanLF2-331200000.235.435.235
Jeff Kent2B1-441100030.333.391.524
Richard HidalgoRF1-440110010.368.455.474
Brad AusmusC1-330110100.467.500.933
Julio LugoSS0-330000010.158.158.158
Tim ReddingRP0-220000020.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-110000000.500.500.750
Bruce ChenRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingRP7.071101094-571.2994
Bruce ChenRP0.200001012-69.8212
Pete MunroRP0.10000003-32.703
Billy WagnerP1.000002016-90.0016

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B0-440000000.227.280.318
Edgar RenteriaSS1-440100010.348.400.609
Orlando PalmeiroRP1-220100000.625.700.875
Albert PujolsRP0-110000000.333.429.778
Jeff FasseroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dustin HermansonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Miguel CairoLF0-440000000.000.000.000
Scott Rolen3B1-440100010.353.522.588
Tino Martinez1B0-440000020.238.273.476
Mike MathenyC2-331200000.500.500.550
Kerry RobinsonRF2-330210000.364.417.364
Matt MorrisRP0-220000000.250.250.500
Jim EdmondsCF0-000000000.500.5001.300
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt MorrisRP8.03002100103-713.00103
Jeff FasseroRP0.232200016-119.0016
Dustin HermansonP0.11000005-30.005

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Edgar Renteria SS
  3. 3 Orlando Palmeiro RP
  4. 4 Miguel Cairo LF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Mike Matheny C
  8. 8 Kerry Robinson RF
  9. 9 Matt Morris 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 RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Julio Lugo SS
  9. 9 Tim Redding RP

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