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4–8Final · Apr 15, 2003
HOU 4 SF 8 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-551100010.230.266.393
Geoff Blum3B0-330000220.261.346.391
Jeff Bagwell1B2-550200010.380.475.740
Lance BerkmanLF1-440110110.233.377.326
Jeff Kent2B0-440000000.286.345.469
Orlando MercedRP1-331111000.214.214.500
Brian L. HunterRF1-110100000.286.286.286
Gregg ZaunC1-440100000.357.375.500
Julio LugoRP1-331100010.200.263.229
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Richard HidalgoRP0-110000010.256.347.326
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeriome RobertsonRP1-110100000.200.200.200
Raul ChavezRP1-1111210001.0001.0004.000
Bruce ChenRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoSS0-220000000.125.176.125
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeriome RobertsonRP4.056344078-467.0478
Bruce ChenRP1.021110024-136.7524
Pete MunroRP2.010001021-131.8621
Billy WagnerP1.011002023-171.1323

SF

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Marquis GrissomCF2-552210010.226.255.358
Edgardo Alfonzo3B1-550100000.167.340.262
Rich AuriliaSS1-551110020.259.328.481
Barry BondsLF0-221000210.293.500.707
Jose L Cruz Jr.RP1-442110000.340.455.698
Felix RodriguezP0-0000000001.0001.0001.000
Benito SantiagoC1-330100100.350.422.650
J.T. Snow1B1-440110010.357.471.548
Neifi Perez2B2-222200100.136.174.136
Kurt AinsworthRP0-110000010.167.167.167
Andres GalarragaRP0-000000100.273.385.273
Joe NathanRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott EyreRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ruben RiveraRF0-110000010.143.143.214
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kurt AinsworthRP5.074414279-533.7979
Joe NathanRP1.210011030-160.0030
Scott EyreRP0.220001017-112.8417
Felix RodriguezP1.200011025-153.8625

Starting lineups

SF

  1. 1 Marquis Grissom CF
  2. 2 Edgardo Alfonzo 3B
  3. 3 Rich Aurilia SS
  4. 4 Barry Bonds LF
  5. 5 Jose L Cruz Jr. RP
  6. 6 Benito Santiago C
  7. 7 J.T. Snow 1B
  8. 8 Neifi Perez 2B
  9. 9 Kurt Ainsworth RP

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 Orlando Merced RP
  7. 7 Gregg Zaun C
  8. 8 Julio Lugo RP
  9. 9 Jeriome Robertson RP

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