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6–8Final · May 8, 2003
STL 6 CIN 8 Final
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STL17-163000111006141
CIN17-18111004108122

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Orlando PalmeiroLF2-550210000.267.345.360
Miguel Cairo2B3-442300100.283.328.509
Albert Pujols1B1-551121020.350.427.670
J.D. DrewRF3-552310010.297.333.486
Eduardo PérezRP1-330100120.297.435.595
Steve KlineRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tino MartinezRP0-110000000.302.350.462
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Edgar RenteriaSS1-551100000.353.395.571
Eli MarreroC3-550320020.227.280.373
Wilson DelgadoRP0-330000000.207.226.207
Jim EdmondsCF0-220000010.356.449.693
Garrett StephensonRP0-330000010.133.188.133
Mike CrudaleRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott Rolen3B0-000000000.282.429.564
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Garrett StephensonRP5.185522380-444.6880
Mike CrudaleRP0.112010020-120.0020
Steve KlineRP1.121111124-135.2724
Jeff FasseroP1.010002013-117.1513

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinRP1-332100100.250.318.450
Felipe LopezSS1-110100000.239.328.354
Jose GuillenRP1-440100000.317.345.622
Brian ReithRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ruben MateoRP0-110000010.196.260.283
Scott WilliamsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Sean Casey1B2-441221120.296.367.452
Austin KearnsRF1-440110010.292.422.575
Aaron Boone3B3-443333000.288.349.568
Adam DunnLF0-331000100.228.333.526
Juan Castro2B1-440100010.286.322.446
Kelly StinnettC2-331200100.371.410.629
Paul WilsonRP0-110000000.000.077.000
Wily Mo PenaRP0-110000000.067.067.067
Scott SullivanRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorCF0-110010000.209.261.326
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Paul WilsonRP5.0104425199-605.4599
Scott SullivanRP1.021102022-163.9822
Brian ReithRP1.121101018-124.1518
Kent MerckerRP0.20000005-31.595
Scott WilliamsonP1.00000107-61.847

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Barry Larkin RP
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RP
  3. 3 Sean Casey 1B
  4. 4 Austin Kearns RF
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Adam Dunn LF
  7. 7 Juan Castro 2B
  8. 8 Kelly Stinnett C
  9. 9 Paul Wilson RP

STL

  1. 1 Orlando Palmeiro LF
  2. 2 Miguel Cairo 2B
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 J.D. Drew RF
  5. 5 Eduardo Pérez RP
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Eli Marrero C
  8. 8 Wilson Delgado RP
  9. 9 Garrett Stephenson RP

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