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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros logo Houston Astros

5–7Final · May 23, 2003
CHC 5 HOU 7 Final
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CHC26-212002000015121
HOU26-2260000010770

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B2-551210000.309.359.393
Ramon MartinezSS4-441410100.297.360.406
Corey PattersonCF2-551221010.316.337.559
Moises AlouLF2-440210000.290.357.455
Troy O'LearyRP0-330000110.203.266.333
Alex GonzalezPH0-110000010.250.317.383
Eric Karros1B0-440000000.297.381.459
Mark Bellhorn3B1-331100110.217.361.330
Damian MillerRP0-221000120.227.346.391
Lenny HarrisRP0-110000000.220.291.320
Paul BakoC0-000000000.227.314.295
Mark PriorRP1-330100000.345.345.552
Antonio AlfonsecaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tom GoodwinPH0-110000000.200.200.275
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark PriorRP6.2776361112-692.61112
Antonio AlfonsecaRP1.100000010-72.6110

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-331100100.266.336.422
Morgan Ensberg3B2-332200100.318.410.591
Jeff Bagwell1B0-440000010.287.368.500
Jeff Kent2B1-441120010.320.381.549
Lance BerkmanLF0-331000120.253.382.418
Orlando MercedRF1-441120000.274.324.419
Jose VizcainoRP1-441131000.215.253.304
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad AusmusC1-440100010.210.269.301
Scott LinebrinkRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Kirk SaarloosRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Adam EverettSS0-000000000.306.338.452
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Scott LinebrinkRP5.084422195-554.2695
Kirk SaarloosRP1.01000107-711.887
Brad LidgeRP1.000010011-61.2611
Octavio DotelRP1.000011017-91.3517
Billy WagnerP1.031102013-111.9313

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Orlando Merced RF
  7. 7 Jose Vizcaino RP
  8. 8 Brad Ausmus C
  9. 9 Scott Linebrink RP

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Ramon Martinez SS
  3. 3 Corey Patterson CF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Troy O'Leary RP
  6. 6 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Mark Bellhorn 3B
  8. 8 Damian Miller RP
  9. 9 Mark Prior RP

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