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7–4Final · May 21, 2003
STL 7 HOU 4 Final
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STL23-213021001007133
HOU24-22010100110490

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B2-441200100.252.308.400
J.D. DrewRF3-552300010.306.338.532
Albert PujolsLF2-442241010.336.409.671
Jim EdmondsCF2-550210020.303.384.579
Scott Rolen3B0-330000210.281.419.562
Edgar RenteriaSS3-551311010.357.399.550
Tino Martinez1B0-330000100.254.314.377
Mike MathenyC0-440000020.270.318.362
Woody WilliamsRP1-441100000.286.400.333
Mike CrudaleRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff FasseroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Cal EldredP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Woody WilliamsRP7.0542261123-762.25123
Mike CrudaleRP0.110001010-60.0010
Jeff FasseroRP0.10000109-66.919
Cal EldredP1.130011024-153.5024

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-550100000.271.336.432
Morgan Ensberg3B2-551211020.305.391.610
Jeff Bagwell1B0-550000020.294.377.517
Jeff Kent2B2-332200010.315.376.542
Lance BerkmanLF1-330100120.257.382.429
Richard HidalgoRF0-220000200.293.402.487
Brad AusmusC0-441010010.209.270.295
Adam EverettSS3-440300000.310.344.414
Pete MunroRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brandon PufferRP0-110000010.000.000.000
Brian L. HunterRP0-110000000.216.231.243
Nate BlandRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedRP0-000010000.276.328.431
Kirk SaarloosRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000000.213.253.267
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Pete MunroRP2.065511150-275.2250
Brandon PufferRP3.031132046-213.6346
Nate BlandRP2.021101133-205.1933
Kirk SaarloosRP1.010002020-1213.5020
Brad LidgeRP1.010002013-101.3213

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 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Pete Munro RP

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 J.D. Drew RF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Tino Martinez 1B
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Woody Williams RP

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