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

3–6Final · May 18, 2003
CHC 3 STL 6 Final
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CHC25-18010000200352
STL21-2030000030670

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B0-330000000.302.351.383
Alex GonzalezSS0-440000000.263.333.401
Corey PattersonCF1-441100010.319.341.556
Moises AlouLF1-441110000.292.361.460
Troy O'LearyRF2-331200100.237.294.390
Hee Seop ChoiRP1-220110100.266.425.596
Eric KarrosPH0-110000000.323.413.508
Ramon MartinezRP0-330000000.250.314.367
Antonio AlfonsecaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark BellhornPH0-110000010.213.355.324
Damian MillerC0-330000010.231.350.404
Shawn EstesRP0-110000000.176.176.176
Tom GoodwinRP0-110000010.156.156.156
Juan CruzRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Phil NortonRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Lenny Harris3B0-110000000.214.283.310
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shawn EstesRP5.0533330105-605.11105
Juan CruzRP1.101110016-105.6616
Phil NortonRP0.10000003-30.003
Antonio AlfonsecaRP1.122201127-183.0027

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Miguel CairoLF2-331200000.279.318.475
Jim EdmondsCF0-440000010.303.391.591
Albert Pujols1B1-222110200.328.404.626
Scott Rolen3B2-442241000.294.427.594
Eduardo PérezRP1-330100010.326.436.630
Orlando PalmeiroRP0-110000000.256.333.337
Jeff FasseroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Cal EldredP0-000000000.000.000.000
Edgar RenteriaSS0-330000100.348.393.534
Mike MathenyC1-440110010.272.313.368
Wilson DelgadoRP0-330000000.188.206.188
Dustin HermansonRP0-000000000.0001.000.000
Kerry RobinsonRF0-110000000.189.231.189
Jason SimontacchiRP0-220000010.063.063.063
Fernando Vina2B0-001000100.245.301.392
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jason SimontacchiRP6.043323073-436.9873
Dustin HermansonRP1.200000013-92.7913
Jeff FasseroRP0.21000007-57.077
Cal EldredP0.20000105-53.785

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Miguel Cairo LF
  2. 2 Jim Edmonds CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Scott Rolen 3B
  5. 5 Eduardo Pérez RP
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Mike Matheny C
  8. 8 Wilson Delgado RP
  9. 9 Jason Simontacchi RP

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Corey Patterson CF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Troy O'Leary RF
  6. 6 Hee Seop Choi RP
  7. 7 Ramon Martinez RP
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Shawn Estes RP

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