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8–5Final · Apr 16, 2003
HOU 8 SF 5 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-661231000.239.271.433
Morgan EnsbergRP1-331100000.100.167.100
Geoff Blum3B2-331200000.286.364.408
Jeff Bagwell1B2-441200100.389.484.741
Lance BerkmanLF1-551100000.229.362.313
Jeff Kent2B1-440120100.283.350.472
Richard HidalgoRF2-331210100.283.370.370
Brad AusmusC1-330110200.256.348.487
Julio LugoRP2-331200000.237.293.263
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP1-110110000.267.267.533
Octavio DotelRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian MoehlerRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Raul ChavezRP0-0010001001.0001.0004.000
Jose VizcainoSS0-330000000.105.150.105
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian MoehlerRP4.085533078-467.9078
Brad LidgeRP2.020013035-230.9035
Octavio DotelRP2.010002030-211.1330
Billy WagnerP1.000000010-51.0010

SF

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ray DurhamRP1-331100010.289.389.467
Neifi Perez2B1-220100010.167.200.167
Edgardo AlfonzoRP1-440110000.174.328.261
Chad ZerbeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Rich AuriliaSS1-551100020.254.318.458
Jose L Cruz Jr.RF0-331000220.321.451.661
Benito SantiagoC2-552210000.356.420.622
J.T. Snow1B2-550230010.362.464.574
Marquis GrissomCF2-440200000.246.271.386
Marvin BenardLF1-220100200.286.444.429
Kirk RueterRP0-110000000.222.222.222
Jim BrowerRP0-0000000001.0001.0001.000
Scott EyreRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jesse FoppertRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Pedro Feliz3B0-110000010.308.308.308
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kirk RueterRP4.185521189-482.7489
Jim BrowerRP2.031130045-262.7045
Scott EyreRP0.210000011-62.5711
Jesse FoppertRP1.032211018-96.0018
Chad ZerbeP1.00000007-47.717

Starting lineups

SF

  1. 1 Ray Durham RP
  2. 2 Edgardo Alfonzo RP
  3. 3 Rich Aurilia SS
  4. 4 Jose L Cruz Jr. RF
  5. 5 Benito Santiago C
  6. 6 J.T. Snow 1B
  7. 7 Marquis Grissom CF
  8. 8 Marvin Benard LF
  9. 9 Kirk Rueter RP

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Morgan Ensberg 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 RP
  9. 9 Brian Moehler RP

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