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11–8Final · Apr 13, 2003
STL 11 HOU 8 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Orlando PalmeiroLF2-442200100.375.500.458
Eli MarreroRF1-551110020.100.182.100
Scott Rolen3B1-551110010.333.509.615
Cal EldredRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eduardo PérezRP0-110000000.231.333.308
Dustin HermansonRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tino Martinez1B1-551110010.250.308.396
Edgar RenteriaSS2-442252110.340.411.600
Kerry RobinsonCF1-440100000.316.350.316
Miguel Cairo2B2-332221010.222.211.444
Jason SimontacchiRP0-220000010.250.250.250
Kiko CaleroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jim EdmondsRP0-110000010.481.5761.074
Mike MathenyC0-110000000.395.422.535
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jason SimontacchiRP4.066643376-4714.1476
Kiko CaleroRP2.000002015-134.2615
Cal EldredRP2.020000024-168.4424
Dustin HermansonRP0.222201124-145.4024
Jeff FasseroP0.10000001-19.001

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-552211010.255.296.451
Geoff Blum3B1-441100100.268.333.390
Jeff Bagwell1B2-333232200.357.460.738
Lance BerkmanLF3-552321000.231.375.308
Jeff Kent2B1-440120010.302.340.512
Richard HidalgoRF1-440100010.282.364.359
Brad AusmusC0-330000100.250.324.531
Jose VizcainoSS0-440000010.143.200.143
Roy OswaltRP0-330000010.250.250.250
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000010.200.200.300
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roy OswaltRP6.29105382104-752.91104
Pete MunroRP2.121101138-272.3538

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 RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Jose Vizcaino SS
  9. 9 Roy Oswalt RP

STL

  1. 1 Orlando Palmeiro LF
  2. 2 Eli Marrero RF
  3. 3 Scott Rolen 3B
  4. 5 Tino Martinez 1B
  5. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  6. 7 Kerry Robinson CF
  7. 8 Miguel Cairo 2B
  8. 9 Jason Simontacchi RP

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