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5–6Final · May 1, 2003
NYM 5 STL 6 Final
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NYM11-1710000013005110
STL14-1200002300016120

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYM

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roger CedenoRP2-551200000.218.256.282
Armando BenitezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Vance WilsonRP0-110000010.276.313.552
Scott StricklandP0-000000000.000.000.000
Timo PerezRP0-220000000.222.259.278
Raul GonzalezRF0-220000000.261.346.478
Cliff FloydLF1-440110100.238.330.381
Mike PiazzaC---------------------------
Mo Vaughn1B0-330000210.197.326.342
Ty WiggintonRP0-330000010.258.358.409
David WeathersRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tony ClarkRP1-111100000.281.281.688
Tsuyoshi ShinjoCF0-110000000.161.182.161
Rey SanchezSS4-552400000.178.211.205
Joe McEwing3B1-550120000.150.190.200
Steve TrachselRP0-220000000.125.125.250
Jay BellRP1-110110000.207.385.207
Roberto Alomar2B0-000010100.240.353.350
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Steve TrachselRP5.085502089-605.4589
David WeathersRP2.020001023-142.3723
Armando BenitezRP2.010000020-146.3220
Scott StricklandP0.111100111-72.1611

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B1-550100010.211.265.322
Orlando PalmeiroLF1-441100000.281.351.391
Albert Pujols1B2-551200000.384.466.671
Jim EdmondsCF1-442111000.382.489.763
Scott Rolen3B1-440130000.250.415.510
Edgar RenteriaSS4-441400000.366.402.589
Eli MarreroRF0-440000000.222.275.397
Mike MathenyC1-441100000.310.340.400
Brett TomkoRP1-330120020.250.357.333
Steve KlineRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dustin HermansonRP0-000000000.0001.000.000
Miguel CairoRP0-110000000.261.300.478
Cal EldredP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoRP6.1622320104-634.20104
Steve KlineRP1.043300019-135.1119
Dustin HermansonRP1.200010024-143.0724
Cal EldredP1.010011022-124.6322

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Orlando Palmeiro LF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Eli Marrero RF
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Brett Tomko RP

NYM

  1. 1 Roger Cedeno RP
  2. 2 Timo Perez RP
  3. 3 Cliff Floyd LF
  4. 4 Mike Piazza C
  5. 5 Mo Vaughn 1B
  6. 6 Ty Wigginton RP
  7. 7 Rey Sanchez SS
  8. 8 Joe McEwing 3B
  9. 9 Steve Trachsel RP

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