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9–4Final · May 27, 2003
PIT 9 CHC 4 Final
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PIT22-291031211009140
CHC28-23000200020471

Play-by-play

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

Box score

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF3-553310000.312.375.455
Jeff Reboulet2B1-330110000.333.400.444
Brian GilesRP2-332210200.268.437.454
Adam HyzduLF0-000000000.100.250.300
Aramis Ramirez3B4-551410000.288.340.387
Randall SimonRP2-440220000.301.327.444
Kevin Young1B0-000000100.222.319.365
Jason KendallC0-441010010.270.373.379
Rob MackowiakRF0-551000020.192.289.274
Abraham NunezSS2-551220010.217.283.229
Kris BensonRP0-330000000.000.042.000
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Craig WilsonRP0-110000000.200.338.367
Salomon TorresP0-000000000.000.133.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kris BensonRP7.2744142116-733.73116
Joe Ronald BeimelRP0.10000002-12.382
Salomon TorresP1.000011012-84.1412

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B0-440000020.313.359.401
Alex GonzalezRP1-330100000.256.321.385
Ramon MartinezSS0-110000000.279.350.382
Corey PattersonCF1-441121000.318.337.559
Moises AlouLF1-330100100.305.379.468
Lenny Harris3B1-441100000.219.286.297
Eric Karros1B1-441121000.291.371.481
Troy O'LearyRF1-440100000.192.250.308
Damian MillerRP0-330000010.218.331.370
Phil NortonRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Hee Seop ChoiPH0-000000100.243.404.541
Matt ClementRP0-110000010.176.176.176
Tom GoodwinRP0-110000000.184.200.265
Juan CruzRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Paul BakoC1-221100010.245.333.306
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt ClementRP5.097722084-554.9984
Juan CruzRP2.042102036-247.1536
Phil NortonRP2.010010026-165.4026

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez RP
  3. 3 Corey Patterson CF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Lenny Harris 3B
  6. 6 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Troy O'Leary RF
  8. 8 Damian Miller RP
  9. 9 Matt Clement RP

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Jeff Reboulet 2B
  3. 3 Brian Giles RP
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Randall Simon RP
  6. 6 Jason Kendall C
  7. 7 Rob Mackowiak RF
  8. 8 Abraham Nunez SS
  9. 9 Kris Benson RP

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