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6–8Final · May 17, 2003
CIN 6 MIL 8 Final
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CIN21-220002020206120
MIL15-28003200003880

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Barry LarkinRP1-440100120.264.381.415
Scott WilliamsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose GuillenRF0-550000010.318.351.589
Sean Casey1B2-550200010.305.365.445
Austin KearnsCF1-551100020.302.416.604
Aaron Boone3B2-443221100.274.348.548
Adam DunnLF1-441121010.243.339.614
Jason LaRueC2-441200010.240.360.423
Felipe LopezSS3-440320010.231.317.343
Jeff AustinRP0-110000000.125.125.125
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Wily Mo PenaRP0-110000000.056.056.056
Chris ReitsmaRP0-000000000.167.167.167
Ken Griffey Jr.RP0-110000010.286.375.571
Felix HerediaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorRP0-110000000.259.298.407
Juan Castro2B0-000000000.253.291.387
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff AustinRP3.145562082-405.5382
Kent MerckerRP0.210010011-51.7611
Chris ReitsmaRP1.000001011-78.1011
Felix HerediaRP2.020010026-152.4526
Scott WilliamsonP1.213333133-173.6333

MIL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Eric O Young Sr.2B1-221100300.273.372.477
Scott PodsednikCF2-551220000.273.385.416
Richie Sexson1B0-222000310.265.379.554
Geoff JenkinsLF0-550000010.269.340.490
John Vander WalRF2-331230210.247.348.464
Wes Helms3B1-440100120.234.314.409
Eddie PerezC1-441131100.260.300.423
Royce ClaytonSS0-331000110.219.310.363
Glendon RuschRP1-111100000.200.294.200
Brooks KieschnickRP0-000000000.429.429.857
Keith GinterRP0-110000000.253.354.289
Curtis LeskanicRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Luis VizcainoRP0-000000000.000.000.000
John FosterRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Alex SanchezRP0-110000000.281.316.381
Mike DeJeanP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Glendon RuschRP5.2844152107-657.26107
Brooks KieschnickRP0.10000104-36.524
Curtis LeskanicRP1.010002018-142.5018
Luis VizcainoRP0.122210018-1010.3418
John FosterRP0.200000012-64.2412
Mike DeJeanP1.010002014-93.8614

Starting lineups

MIL

  1. 1 Eric O Young Sr. 2B
  2. 2 Scott Podsednik CF
  3. 3 Richie Sexson 1B
  4. 4 Geoff Jenkins LF
  5. 5 John Vander Wal RF
  6. 6 Wes Helms 3B
  7. 7 Eddie Perez C
  8. 8 Royce Clayton SS
  9. 9 Glendon Rusch RP

CIN

  1. 1 Barry Larkin RP
  2. 2 Jose Guillen RF
  3. 3 Sean Casey 1B
  4. 4 Austin Kearns CF
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Adam Dunn LF
  7. 7 Jason LaRue C
  8. 8 Felipe Lopez SS
  9. 9 Jeff Austin RP

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