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3–4Final · Apr 9, 2003
CIN 3 HOU 4 Final
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CIN3-5000030000300
HOU5-200030010400

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinSS1-441100000.219.286.281
Aaron Boone2B1-440110000.229.250.514
Adam DunnLF0-440000040.138.219.448
Austin KearnsRF0-330000000.308.438.654
Sean Casey1B3-440300000.290.313.548
Brandon LarsonRP0-330000010.095.200.095
Josias ManzanilloRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gabe WhiteRP0-000000000.000.000.000
John RiedlingRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose GuillenPH0-000000100.000.500.000
Reggie TaylorRP1-330100020.308.308.462
Ruben MateoPH0-000000100.000.333.000
Jason LaRueC0-331000000.231.355.423
Jimmy AndersonRP0-111000100.000.500.000
Felipe Lopez3B0-220000010.083.214.167
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jimmy AndersonRP5.053341086-438.4486
Josias ManzanilloRP1.031100021-136.2321
Gabe WhiteRP0.10000104-32.084
John RiedlingRP1.200011021-129.6421

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-551200010.303.361.424
Jose VizcainoSS1-440100000.222.300.222
Jeff Bagwell1B1-440100000.345.406.552
Lance BerkmanLF0-221000210.182.419.182
Jeff Kent2B1-330110000.321.355.464
Richard HidalgoRF1-441100010.346.433.423
Brad AusmusC1-331110100.364.423.773
Morgan EnsbergRP0-110010100.000.167.000
Orlando MercedRP0-110000000.333.333.500
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Wade MillerRP1-220100000.250.250.250
Gregg ZaunRP0-110000000.400.333.800
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Geoff Blum3B0-000000100.208.296.375
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerRP6.063116091-565.7991
Brad LidgeRP2.000001024-160.0024
Billy WagnerP1.000021020-110.0020

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Jose Vizcaino SS
  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 Morgan Ensberg RP
  9. 9 Wade Miller RP

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 RP
  8. 8 Jason LaRue C
  9. 9 Jimmy Anderson RP

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