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9–4Final · May 12, 2003
HOU 9 PIT 4 Final
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HOU20-180101100249120
PIT15-230000110024121

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF3-441300010.272.339.443
Morgan EnsbergRP1-331111010.271.345.521
Geoff Blum3B0-220000000.293.336.423
Jeff Bagwell1B3-551300010.315.393.570
Jeff Kent2B1-442111100.310.369.535
Lance BerkmanLF3-443331110.268.394.482
Richard HidalgoRF1-441100010.302.405.488
Brad AusmusC0-330000200.207.268.302
Adam EverettRP0-330000010.303.361.485
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-000000000.313.377.479
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.235.250.265
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gregg ZaunRP0-000000100.303.385.394
Nate BlandP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott LinebrinkRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Jeriome RobertsonRP0-110000010.222.222.222
Jose VizcainoSS0-330000010.167.219.200
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Scott LinebrinkRP3.240043089-433.3289
Jeriome RobertsonRP1.242231047-258.4947
Ricky StoneRP1.200002021-151.1921
Octavio DotelRP1.010010015-91.6615
Nate BlandP1.032200116-93.3816

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-440100110.270.329.365
Jason KendallC2-551200000.279.382.403
Brian GilesLF1-220100300.245.431.449
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440110010.223.288.324
Randall SimonRP1-330110100.295.333.438
Kevin YoungPH1-110100000.218.259.327
Reggie SandersRF1-440100110.243.313.443
Jack WilsonSS2-551200010.259.291.348
Pokey ReeseRP0-220000110.215.271.262
Brian MeadowsRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Matt StairsRP0-110000000.194.266.264
Julian TavarezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dennys ReyesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Craig WilsonPH1-111121000.233.346.442
Salomon TorresRP0-110000010.000.167.000
Abraham Nunez2B1-221100100.222.300.222
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Salomon TorresRP5.063315375-483.6375
Brian MeadowsRP2.020003038-241.5938
Julian TavarezRP0.212010017-107.5317
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0.100000012-82.1212
Dennys ReyesRP0.234430033-1510.4533
Scott SauerbeckRP0.10000104-34.914

Starting lineups

PIT

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

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 RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett RP
  9. 9 Scott Linebrink RP

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