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6–4Final · May 16, 2003
ATL 6 SD 4 Final
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ATL29-131110100206111
SD13-29004000000493

Play-by-play

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

Box score

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS3-552311000.339.396.508
Marcus Giles2B1-331110100.336.416.587
Gary SheffieldRF1-330110100.348.443.630
Chipper JonesLF1-440100120.287.399.503
Andruw JonesCF1-441100010.294.357.521
Robert FickRP1-440110010.302.361.490
Darren BraggRP0-001000000.122.200.122
Roberto HernandezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
John SmoltzP0-000000000.000.000.000
Javy LopezC2-441211000.259.291.527
Vinny Castilla3B1-440100000.252.307.367
Mike HamptonRP0-330000030.200.273.300
Kevin GryboskiRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Julio Franco1B0-110000000.297.400.391
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mike HamptonRP6.0844261111-703.25111
Kevin GryboskiRP1.010001015-106.1915
Roberto HernandezRP1.00000009-62.959
John SmoltzP1.000002010-71.1310

SD

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Loretta2B1-441100110.279.348.407
Mark KotsayCF1-331100100.254.349.315
Rondell WhiteLF2-440210010.276.331.483
Brian Buchanan1B0-440000030.286.339.429
Xavier NadyRF3-441310000.298.361.437
Sean Burroughs3B1-441121000.248.321.385
Lou MerloniRP1-330100000.314.435.392
Charles NagyRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Keith LockhartRP0-110000000.261.320.348
Matt HergesP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RiveraRP0-330000020.170.250.255
Dave HansenPH0-110000000.200.368.200
Jake PeavyRP0-220000010.111.158.111
Ramon VazquezSS0-220000010.255.359.366
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jake PeavyRP6.0744252110-744.45110
Charles NagyRP2.042111034-184.5034
Matt HergesP1.000001010-61.2910

Starting lineups

SD

  1. 1 Mark Loretta 2B
  2. 2 Mark Kotsay CF
  3. 3 Rondell White LF
  4. 4 Brian Buchanan 1B
  5. 5 Xavier Nady RF
  6. 6 Sean Burroughs 3B
  7. 7 Lou Merloni RP
  8. 8 Mike Rivera RP
  9. 9 Jake Peavy RP

ATL

  1. 1 Rafael Furcal SS
  2. 2 Marcus Giles 2B
  3. 3 Gary Sheffield RF
  4. 4 Chipper Jones LF
  5. 5 Andruw Jones CF
  6. 6 Robert Fick RP
  7. 7 Javy Lopez C
  8. 8 Vinny Castilla 3B
  9. 9 Mike Hampton RP

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