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2–4Final · Apr 23, 2003
STL 2 ATL 4 Final
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ATL12-920000002471

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B0-330000000.228.308.281
Kerry RobinsonRP0-330000010.214.241.214
Albert PujolsRP0-110000000.353.452.549
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Edgar RenteriaSS1-331100100.358.416.605
Jim EdmondsCF1-441121000.396.500.792
Scott Rolen3B1-440100000.257.416.571
Tino Martinez1B1-440100000.306.367.500
Eli MarreroRF0-330000100.135.200.189
Mike MathenyRP1-330100010.342.377.452
J.D. DrewPH0-110000000.143.250.143
Matt MorrisRP0-110000000.364.417.727
Orlando PalmeiroLF1-220100000.277.357.404
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt MorrisRP7.052213273-492.4573
Jeff FasseroP1.022211013-96.4813

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS0-331000100.297.340.429
Marcus Giles2B2-441221000.354.434.585
Gary SheffieldRF2-331221000.360.443.693
Chipper JonesLF0-330000110.239.338.388
Andruw JonesCF1-330100010.289.368.553
Matt Franco1B0-330000000.333.385.458
Vinny Castilla3B1-330100010.282.333.449
Henry BlancoC1-330100000.227.261.273
Greg MadduxRP0-220000010.091.091.182
Roberto HernandezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark DeRosaRP0-111000000.091.091.091
Darren HolmesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
John SmoltzP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Greg MadduxRP7.030001076-545.9476
Roberto HernandezRP1.01000109-73.759
Darren HolmesRP0.01221016-27.116
John SmoltzP1.010010014-90.0014

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 Matt Franco 1B
  7. 7 Vinny Castilla 3B
  8. 8 Henry Blanco C
  9. 9 Greg Maddux RP

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Kerry Robinson RP
  3. 3 Edgar Renteria SS
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Eli Marrero RF
  8. 8 Mike Matheny RP
  9. 9 Matt Morris RP

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