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7–4Final · May 27, 2003
HOU 7 STL 4 Final
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HOU27-250001021127111
STL26-240201000104110

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF3-551310020.282.349.441
Morgan Ensberg3B0-441010010.278.383.519
Jeff Bagwell1B4-551410000.289.364.485
Jeff Kent2B3-552321010.333.394.566
Lance BerkmanLF1-440110010.261.385.429
Orlando MercedRF0-330010100.257.309.405
Gregg ZaunRP0-440000010.269.350.385
Brad AusmusC0-000000000.203.265.291
Adam EverettSS0-222000110.278.333.403
Jeriome RobertsonRP0-220000010.133.133.133
Tripp CromerRP0-110000000.250.250.750
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoRP0-000000000.224.258.306
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeriome RobertsonRP6.0733250107-656.46107
Brad LidgeRP1.010010018-101.2118
Octavio DotelRP1.021101021-151.6321
Billy WagnerP1.010001019-151.8619

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Miguel CairoLF2-550200010.275.306.425
Jim EdmondsCF0-550000030.299.388.604
Albert Pujols1B2-551200000.351.415.678
Scott Rolen3B2-441200000.301.421.602
Eduardo PérezRF1-441110020.328.408.537
Edgar RenteriaSS2-331210110.339.387.521
Chris WidgerRP1-330110000.071.071.071
Wilson Delgado2B0-000000000.176.237.176
So TaguchiRP0-110000100.000.500.000
Orlando PalmeiroRP0-110000100.258.349.344
Esteban YanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brett TomkoRP1-220110000.300.364.350
J.D. DrewRP0-110000000.320.354.573
Kiko CaleroRP0-000000000.500.500.500
Mike MathenyC0-110000000.278.326.367
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoRP7.0844260111-754.43111
Kiko CaleroRP1.011101116-103.3216
Esteban YanP1.022201013-107.4013

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Miguel Cairo LF
  2. 2 Jim Edmonds CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Scott Rolen 3B
  5. 5 Eduardo Pérez RF
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Chris Widger RP
  8. 8 So Taguchi RP
  9. 9 Brett Tomko RP

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 Gregg Zaun RP
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Jeriome Robertson RP

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