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St. Louis Cardinals logo St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs

6–3Final · May 9, 2003
STL 6 CHC 3 Final
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STL18-160400000206100
CHC19-160111000003100

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B1-551141030.218.271.370
J.D. DrewRF1-551111020.286.318.524
Albert PujolsRP1-550100000.343.418.648
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jim EdmondsCF2-441200020.362.451.695
Scott Rolen3B1-440110000.281.424.562
Tino Martinez1B0-330000100.294.347.450
Edgar RenteriaSS2-331200100.360.404.574
Mike MathenyC0-331000110.283.323.392
Matt MorrisRP1-331100000.263.333.474
Orlando PalmeiroLF1-110100000.276.352.368
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt MorrisRP8.01033292111-772.56111
Jeff FasseroP1.00000108-76.578

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-550100020.267.314.344
Alex GonzalezSS0-440000010.278.353.421
Sammy SosaRF1-440100010.303.444.541
Moises AlouLF2-331211110.268.355.407
Hee Seop Choi1B1-440100020.260.438.589
Corey PattersonCF3-441311010.310.333.556
Lenny Harris3B1-440100000.242.265.364
Paul BakoRP0-220000110.233.333.300
Ramon MartinezPH0-110000000.286.365.429
Carlos ZambranoRP1-331100010.235.235.529
Antonio AlfonsecaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark GuthrieRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kyle FarnsworthRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark BellhornPH0-110000000.212.369.306
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoRP7.186626297-633.6597
Antonio AlfonsecaRP0.220010012-50.0012
Mark GuthrieRP0.200002010-63.0010
Kyle FarnsworthRP0.10000003-33.003

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Hee Seop Choi 1B
  6. 6 Corey Patterson CF
  7. 7 Lenny Harris 3B
  8. 8 Paul Bako RP
  9. 9 Carlos Zambrano RP

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 J.D. Drew RF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols RP
  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 Matt Morris RP

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