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2–4Final · May 7, 2003
STL 2 CIN 4 Final
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STL17-15000010100261
CIN16-1801010200450

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B0-440000000.219.274.351
Eli MarreroRP0-220000100.200.260.357
J.D. DrewRP0-110000000.250.294.438
Mike CrudaleRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Albert PujolsLF0-330000100.358.438.663
Jim EdmondsCF0-440000010.364.457.707
Scott Rolen3B3-442311000.282.425.564
Tino Martinez1B1-440100000.305.353.467
Edgar RenteriaSS2-330210100.359.401.586
Mike MathenyC0-440000000.291.325.402
Jason SimontacchiRP0-220000010.071.071.071
Cal EldredRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando PalmeiroRF0-000000100.257.341.357
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jason SimontacchiRP6.0443292107-745.85107
Cal EldredRP1.000001014-114.2614
Mike CrudaleRP0.210001013-70.0013
Jeff FasseroP0.10000003-27.843

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Felipe LopezSS0-330000110.232.323.348
Jose GuillenRF0-440000030.321.349.628
Sean Casey1B0-440000010.290.359.427
Austin KearnsCF1-440100020.293.427.578
Aaron Boone3B1-223111100.274.338.496
Adam DunnLF2-331221010.234.336.541
Jason LaRueC1-330110010.220.356.402
Juan Castro2B0-330000020.288.327.462
Danny GravesRP0-330000000.125.125.125
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott WilliamsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Danny GravesRP7.252231189-545.5389
Kent MerckerRP0.10000106-31.696
Scott WilliamsonP1.010010017-101.9817

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Felipe Lopez SS
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RF
  3. 3 Sean Casey 1B
  4. 4 Austin Kearns CF
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Adam Dunn LF
  7. 7 Jason LaRue C
  8. 8 Juan Castro 2B
  9. 9 Danny Graves RP

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Eli Marrero RP
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Edgar Renteria SS
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Jason Simontacchi RP

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