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3–5Final · Apr 22, 2003
STL 3 ATL 5 Final
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STL9-9001000110380
ATL11-900301100561

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B3-441300000.241.311.296
Orlando PalmeiroRF0-330020000.267.352.400
Edgar RenteriaSS2-440200000.359.412.615
Jim EdmondsCF0-440000030.408.517.776
Scott Rolen3B0-440000030.258.424.576
Tino Martinez1B1-441111020.309.373.515
J.D. DrewRP1-330100000.167.286.167
Russ SpringerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Albert PujolsPH1-110100000.360.459.560
Mike MathenyC0-331000110.343.378.457
Garrett StephensonRP0-110000010.143.250.143
Kiko CaleroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kerry RobinsonLF0-110000000.240.269.240
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Garrett StephensonRP4.254453199-486.4399
Kiko CaleroRP1.211122035-203.8635
Russ SpringerRP1.200000014-124.6614

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS1-441100100.307.344.443
Marcus Giles2B0-111010210.344.431.541
Gary SheffieldRF2-442231000.347.440.653
Chipper JonesLF0-110000300.250.342.406
Andruw JonesCF0-330000110.288.369.562
Julio FrancoRP1-440110020.314.368.371
John SmoltzP0-000000000.000.000.000
Vinny Castilla3B1-441100010.280.333.453
Johnny EstradaC1-330100000.143.333.143
Russ OrtizRP0-220000000.091.091.364
Kevin GryboskiRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Roberto HernandezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Matt Franco1B0-110000000.381.435.524
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Russ OrtizRP6.1522171108-634.40108
Kevin GryboskiRP0.20000004-34.824
Roberto HernandezRP0.221000014-104.0914
John SmoltzP1.110003017-120.0017

Starting lineups

ATL

  1. 1 Rafael Furcal SS
  2. 2 Marcus Giles 2B
  3. 3 Gary Sheffield RF
  4. 4 Chipper Jones LF
  5. 5 Andruw Jones CF
  6. 6 Julio Franco RP
  7. 7 Vinny Castilla 3B
  8. 8 Johnny Estrada C
  9. 9 Russ Ortiz RP

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Orlando Palmeiro RF
  3. 3 Edgar Renteria SS
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 J.D. Drew RP
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Garrett Stephenson RP

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