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4–9Final · Apr 9, 2003
STL 4 COL 9 Final
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STL4-3000100300480
COL5-3405000009100

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B0-441000110.212.289.303
Edgar RenteriaSS2-440230000.353.405.559
Jim EdmondsRP0-110000000.529.5791.294
Kerry RobinsonRP1-220100000.333.375.333
Jeff FasseroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kiko CaleroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Albert PujolsRP0-330000000.292.414.667
Eduardo PérezLF0-000000100.273.385.364
Scott Rolen3B1-441111000.333.471.630
Tino Martinez1B0-331000000.207.303.379
Orlando PalmeiroCF1-441100000.462.533.615
Mike MathenyC1-440100020.467.484.633
Brett TomkoRP1-220100000.250.250.250
Miguel CairoRF1-220100000.100.100.200
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoRP6.099914289-596.7589
Jeff FasseroRP1.10000007-710.807
Kiko CaleroP0.210012017-76.2317

COL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ronnie Belliard2B1-440100010.292.320.292
Jay PaytonLF1-442100000.364.417.576
Todd Helton1B1-332110100.419.525.774
Larry WalkerRF2-442230000.212.297.424
Preston WilsonCF3-442331000.353.405.647
Jose HernandezSS1-440100010.303.361.394
Bobby EstalellaC---------------------------
Chris Stynes3B0-440000010.250.351.469
Nelson CruzRP0-330000020.000.000.000
Brian FuentesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Steve ReedP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Nelson CruzRP6.052200182-513.2782
Brian FuentesRP1.022211024-137.3624
Steve ReedP2.010012035-251.5035

Starting lineups

COL

  1. 1 Ronnie Belliard 2B
  2. 2 Jay Payton LF
  3. 3 Todd Helton 1B
  4. 4 Larry Walker RF
  5. 5 Preston Wilson CF
  6. 6 Jose Hernandez SS
  7. 7 Bobby Estalella C
  8. 8 Chris Stynes 3B
  9. 9 Nelson Cruz RP

STL

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

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