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2–3Final · May 27, 2003
CIN 2 ATL 3 Final
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CIN25-271010000000240
ATL35-1700110000013101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ryan Freel2B1-551100010.268.348.293
Jose GuillenLF1-440100010.341.367.636
Ken Griffey Jr.CF0-221000300.263.391.561
Austin KearnsRF1-330110210.304.411.564
Aaron Boone3B1-440110000.254.341.518
Sean Casey1B0-550000000.295.352.410
Kelly StinnettC0-440000000.310.359.483
Felipe LopezSS0-220000210.231.321.329
Jimmy HaynesRP0-000000000.400.400.600
Kent MerckerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Wily Mo PenaRP0-110000000.080.080.120
Brian ReithRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gabe WhiteRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Reggie TaylorRP0-110000000.246.281.410
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.143.143.143
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jimmy HaynesRP5.0722131102-6110.72102
Kent MerckerRP1.01000108-72.378
Brian ReithRP1.000020021-83.8621
Gabe WhiteRP1.000002010-72.5510
Chris ReitsmaP1.021101118-127.3318

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Rafael FurcalSS1-330100200.333.398.534
Marcus GilesRP1-220100000.326.403.556
Mark DeRosa2B1-110100100.200.269.267
Gary SheffieldRF0-550000010.344.423.623
Chipper JonesLF1-551111000.288.395.489
Andruw JonesCF1-440100010.292.364.525
Robert Fick1B1-441100010.286.331.466
Javy LopezC1-440100010.285.322.618
Vinny Castilla3B2-441211010.288.335.492
Shane ReynoldsRP1-220110000.045.045.045
Julio FrancoRP0-110000010.270.365.351
Ray KingRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Darren HolmesRP0-000000000.000.000.000
John SmoltzRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Matt FrancoRP0-110000010.283.313.348
Trey HodgesP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shane ReynoldsRP6.042252090-484.8290
Ray KingRP1.100000011-62.4511
Darren HolmesRP0.20001009-44.269
John SmoltzRP1.000001011-80.9611
Trey HodgesP1.000011019-102.1319

Starting lineups

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 Javy Lopez C
  8. 8 Vinny Castilla 3B
  9. 9 Shane Reynolds RP

CIN

  1. 1 Ryan Freel 2B
  2. 2 Jose Guillen LF
  3. 3 Ken Griffey Jr. CF
  4. 4 Austin Kearns RF
  5. 5 Aaron Boone 3B
  6. 6 Sean Casey 1B
  7. 7 Kelly Stinnett C
  8. 8 Felipe Lopez SS
  9. 9 Jimmy Haynes RP

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