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7–2Final · Apr 18, 2003
CHC 7 PIT 2 Final
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PIT8-8010000001231

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B3-552310000.364.400.500
Alex GonzalezSS3-551320000.353.405.471
Sammy SosaRF1-551110000.333.526.667
Moises AlouLF0-331000210.328.412.500
Hee Seop Choi1B2-440220010.306.519.694
Corey PattersonCF0-330010010.308.333.492
Mark Bellhorn3B1-331100110.224.375.367
Damian MillerC0-220000100.255.327.532
Matt ClementRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Kyle FarnsworthRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Lenny HarrisRP0-001000100.267.313.467
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt ClementRP7.02113100115-682.59115
Kyle FarnsworthRP1.000010011-72.4511
Joe BorowskiP1.011102117-110.9317

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF0-330000100.210.269.290
Jason KendallC0-330000100.281.379.456
Aramis Ramirez3B0-330000110.228.308.351
Matt Stairs1B0-330000110.214.267.214
Reggie SandersLF2-332211010.333.412.711
Rob MackowiakRF0-440000020.231.310.308
Pokey Reese2B0-440000040.220.241.300
Jack WilsonSS1-440110020.160.192.180
Kris BensonRP0-220000000.000.111.000
Abraham NunezRP0-110000010.188.278.188
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Julian TavarezP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kris BensonRP7.0744440118-701.98118
Joe Ronald BeimelRP1.000001011-73.8611
Julian TavarezP1.033310021-137.2721

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Jason Kendall C
  3. 3 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  4. 4 Matt Stairs 1B
  5. 5 Reggie Sanders LF
  6. 6 Rob Mackowiak RF
  7. 7 Pokey Reese 2B
  8. 8 Jack Wilson SS
  9. 9 Kris Benson RP

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Hee Seop Choi 1B
  6. 6 Corey Patterson CF
  7. 7 Mark Bellhorn 3B
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Matt Clement RP

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