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2–6Final · May 8, 2003
PIT 2 HOU 6 Final
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Pokey Reese2B1-441100110.222.269.273
Jack WilsonSS1-551100000.267.302.358
Brian GilesLF2-440220010.243.429.351
Randall SimonRP1-440100000.293.330.424
Brian BoehringerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Aramis Ramirez3B0-330000100.227.294.336
Matt StairsRF0-330000120.194.270.269
Craig WilsonC0-440000020.214.333.357
Rob MackowiakCF0-220000200.176.263.294
Jeff SuppanRP1-110100000.214.267.214
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kevin Young1B0-110000010.208.250.321
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff SuppanRP6.2744220112-702.54112
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0.00001006-22.406
Brian BoehringerP1.132200027-1910.3827

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-331110100.255.318.426
Geoff Blum3B3-331310100.304.350.420
Jeff Bagwell1B1-440110010.321.400.599
Jeff Kent2B1-441100010.325.387.548
Lance BerkmanLF1-331100100.250.367.410
Richard HidalgoRF0-440000000.298.400.509
Jose VizcainoRP2-331200000.167.224.204
Adam EverettSS1-111120000.238.304.476
Brad AusmusC0-330000000.219.265.324
Tim ReddingRP0-110000000.111.200.222
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.219.235.250
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Nate BlandRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-110000000.318.362.500
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan EnsbergRP0-110000000.308.391.538
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingRP5.0521520112-723.13112
Ricky StoneRP1.010000018-121.4218
Nate BlandRP0.20000107-50.007
Pete MunroRP0.10000006-43.806
Octavio DotelRP1.000002012-91.9312
Billy WagnerP1.00000209-82.259

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 RP
  8. 8 Brad Ausmus C
  9. 9 Tim Redding RP

PIT

  1. 1 Pokey Reese 2B
  2. 2 Jack Wilson SS
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Randall Simon RP
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Matt Stairs RF
  7. 7 Craig Wilson C
  8. 8 Rob Mackowiak CF
  9. 9 Jeff Suppan RP

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