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4–13Final · May 7, 2003
PIT 4 HOU 13 Final
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PIT14-19002000200490
HOU17-160002024513130

Play-by-play

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

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-441200110.258.321.358
Reggie SandersRF1-550100020.262.330.476
Jason KendallC1-442100100.295.403.429
Brian GilesLF0-221000200.212.422.303
Randall Simon1B1-440120010.295.333.432
Aramis Ramirez3B1-330120110.232.295.344
Pokey ReeseRP1-330100000.221.262.274
Matt StairsRP0-110000010.203.271.281
Abraham NunezSS0-000000000.205.279.205
Jack WilsonRP2-440200010.270.306.365
Dennys ReyesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe Ronald BeimelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Salomon TorresRP0-330000010.000.182.000
Julian TavarezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Rob Mackowiak2B0-110000000.184.245.306
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Salomon TorresRP5.154423190-553.3490
Julian TavarezRP1.054400019-117.9019
Dennys ReyesRP1.025530033-147.4533
Joe Ronald BeimelP0.21000109-62.409

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-442100110.254.313.420
Morgan EnsbergRP1-222100100.316.400.553
Geoff Blum3B2-222230000.284.328.394
Jeff Bagwell1B2-443210110.323.404.609
Jeff Kent2B4-551451000.328.391.557
Lance BerkmanLF1-330140110.247.362.412
Richard HidalgoRP0-330000000.309.412.527
Octavio DotelRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Brandon PufferP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad AusmusC0-440000000.225.273.333
Adam EverettSS0-331000100.200.273.400
Scott LinebrinkRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoRP0-110000000.137.200.157
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP1-111100000.326.370.512
Brian L. HunterRF1-111100000.226.242.258
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Scott LinebrinkRP5.072224091-514.0091
Ricky StoneRP1.00000109-71.509
Brad LidgeRP0.122231027-121.8027
Octavio DotelRP1.200002012-92.0412
Brandon PufferP1.00000006-65.406

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Morgan Ensberg RP
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RP
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Scott Linebrink RP

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Reggie Sanders RF
  3. 3 Jason Kendall C
  4. 4 Brian Giles LF
  5. 5 Randall Simon 1B
  6. 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  7. 7 Pokey Reese RP
  8. 8 Jack Wilson RP
  9. 9 Salomon Torres RP

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