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3–0Final · Apr 12, 2003
STL 3 HOU 0 Final
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STL5-50000110013100
HOU7-3000000000060

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Orlando PalmeiroRF0-330000110.350.480.450
Wilson Delgado2B1-550100010.143.143.143
Jim EdmondsCF1-330110200.500.5941.115
Albert PujolsLF2-551200010.297.395.541
Scott Rolen3B0-111000400.353.542.647
Tino Martinez1B1-550100010.256.319.395
Edgar RenteriaSS1-440110110.326.392.478
Mike MathenyC2-551200000.405.432.548
Woody WilliamsRP2-330200000.400.400.400
Russ SpringerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff FasseroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dustin HermansonP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Woody WilliamsRP6.060022095-550.0095
Russ SpringerRP1.200000021-123.3821
Jeff FasseroRP0.10000002-29.822
Dustin HermansonP1.000000011-62.0811

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-440000000.239.286.391
Geoff Blum3B2-440200000.270.325.405
Jeff Bagwell1B2-330200000.333.422.590
Lance BerkmanLF1-440100000.176.349.176
Jeff Kent2B1-330100100.308.349.513
Richard HidalgoRP0-330000000.286.375.343
Bruce ChenRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000000.200.273.200
Brad AusmusC0-440000000.276.333.586
Julio LugoSS0-220000110.207.281.207
Tim ReddingRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRF0-110000000.222.222.333
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingRP5.0522440104-622.25104
Ricky StoneRP1.020000013-90.0013
Bruce ChenRP2.010031034-176.3534
Brad LidgeRP1.021110019-131.1319

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 3B
  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 SS
  9. 9 Tim Redding RP

STL

  1. 1 Orlando Palmeiro RF
  2. 2 Wilson Delgado 2B
  3. 3 Jim Edmonds CF
  4. 4 Albert Pujols LF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Edgar Renteria SS
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Woody Williams RP

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