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8–7Final · May 1, 2003
ATL 8 HOU 7 Final
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ATL18-100013101028112
HOU11-163010011017140

Play-by-play

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

Box score

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS2-551210000.331.377.446
Marcus Giles2B0-440000010.344.415.591
Gary SheffieldRF3-552321000.353.442.667
Chipper JonesLF0-440000020.281.361.458
Andruw JonesCF1-441121010.279.353.510
Julio Franco1B1-441100020.362.455.447
Vinny Castilla3B2-441210020.265.312.392
Javy LopezRP1-330100100.254.293.465
Darren BraggRP0-001000000.160.222.160
Henry BlancoC0-000000000.192.222.231
Shane ReynoldsRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Kevin GryboskiRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ray KingRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Darren HolmesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Roberto HernandezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark DeRosaRP1-111121000.172.172.276
John SmoltzP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shane ReynoldsRP5.1855151101-626.43101
Kevin GryboskiRP0.00000001-14.911
Ray KingRP0.210010021-122.4521
Darren HolmesRP0.02110004-46.234
Roberto HernandezRP2.010011024-142.8124
John SmoltzP1.021110018-90.6118

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-550000020.233.294.405
Geoff Blum3B2-552200000.267.327.356
Jeff Bagwell1B3-552300000.327.398.645
Jeff Kent2B3-442310100.317.368.548
Lance BerkmanLF4-551461000.247.363.403
Richard HidalgoRF0-440000120.281.369.490
Jose VizcainoSS1-440100100.136.208.159
Gregg ZaunRP1-330100000.280.345.360
Brad AusmusC0-110000010.244.300.378
Jeriome RobertsonRP0-110000010.250.250.250
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan EnsbergRP0-000000100.250.324.438
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-110000000.314.368.543
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeriome RobertsonRP4.175501175-518.3675
Pete MunroRP1.210014033-212.7933
Octavio DotelRP2.011103129-192.4029
Billy WagnerP1.022201125-172.8125

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Jose Vizcaino SS
  8. 8 Gregg Zaun RP
  9. 9 Jeriome Robertson RP

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 1B
  7. 7 Vinny Castilla 3B
  8. 8 Javy Lopez RP
  9. 9 Shane Reynolds RP

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