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8–9Final · May 20, 2003
ATL 8 CIN 9 Final
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ATL31-140011001418100
CIN23-22230200029101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS2-551221000.339.394.542
Marcus GilesRP0-110000000.336.416.572
Mark DeRosa2B1-221100100.176.246.255
Gary SheffieldRF1-550100010.355.440.638
Chipper JonesLF1-551100010.293.399.510
Andruw JonesCF1-441111110.286.355.514
Robert Fick1B0-441010000.296.350.463
Vinny Castilla3B2-442242000.283.331.487
Henry BlancoC1-441100010.233.267.302
Greg MadduxRP0-110000000.095.095.190
Darren BraggRP1-110100000.140.213.140
Trey HodgesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Matt FrancoRP0-110000000.286.318.357
Jung Keun BongRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Roberto HernandezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Julio FrancoPH0-110000000.288.390.379
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Greg MadduxRP4.097717179-505.5479
Trey HodgesRP2.000004027-202.5327
Jung Keun BongRP1.000010013-82.4513
Roberto HernandezRP1.012211122-133.8622

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Felipe LopezSS2-442210010.237.318.349
Sean Casey1B2-222200200.310.374.444
Ken Griffey Jr.CF1-441121020.243.317.541
Austin KearnsRF2-440240010.306.417.592
Aaron Boone3B0-331000110.273.347.568
Adam DunnLF0-440000030.231.333.585
Jason LaRueC2-442221020.255.376.473
Juan Castro2B0-440000010.253.287.373
Danny GravesRP1-331100010.136.136.136
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott SullivanRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorRP0-110000000.250.288.393
Scott WilliamsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Danny GravesRP7.1766112104-674.91104
Kent MerckerRP0.10000003-31.723
Scott SullivanRP0.11110116-55.116
Scott WilliamsonP1.021112125-163.7225

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Felipe Lopez SS
  2. 2 Sean Casey 1B
  3. 3 Ken Griffey Jr. CF
  4. 4 Austin Kearns RF
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Adam Dunn LF
  7. 7 Jason LaRue C
  8. 8 Juan Castro 2B
  9. 9 Danny Graves RP

ATL

  1. 1 Rafael Furcal SS
  2. 2 Marcus Giles RP
  3. 3 Gary Sheffield RF
  4. 4 Chipper Jones LF
  5. 5 Andruw Jones CF
  6. 6 Robert Fick 1B
  7. 7 Vinny Castilla 3B
  8. 8 Henry Blanco C
  9. 9 Greg Maddux RP

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