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7–3Final · May 25, 2003
CHC 7 HOU 3 Final
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CHC28-210210202007110
HOU26-24100000200361

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tom GoodwinRF1-442100100.205.222.295
Mark Grudzielanek2B2-552200000.319.366.410
Corey PattersonCF2-551200010.321.340.556
Moises AlouLF3-441330100.304.374.473
Hee Seop Choi1B0-441000120.248.401.550
Alex GonzalezSS1-440120010.250.317.383
Lenny HarrisRP1-330120110.228.302.316
Kyle FarnsworthRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Paul BakoC1-330100110.234.327.298
Carlos ZambranoRP0-220000010.167.167.375
Ramon Martinez3B0-110000000.292.355.400
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoRP6.1533550107-623.02107
Kyle FarnsworthRP1.200001014-102.4914
Mike RemlingerP1.010002019-142.5719

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Brian L. HunterCF1-331110110.222.250.244
Morgan Ensberg3B0-440000000.310.405.577
Jeff Bagwell1B0-440000010.281.359.485
Jeff Kent2B2-330210110.330.390.555
Lance BerkmanLF1-220100200.257.387.414
Orlando MercedRP0-330000010.258.306.394
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000010.217.253.301
Brad AusmusRP0-000000000.208.272.299
Gregg ZaunC1-440100000.292.375.417
Adam EverettSS0-331000110.279.319.412
Wade MillerRP0-110000010.250.250.300
Tripp CromerRP0-110000000.000.000.000
Nate BlandRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Geoff BlumRF1-221110010.288.329.432
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerRP5.085535098-635.3798
Nate BlandRP1.022211019-106.3019
Ricky StoneRP3.010011042-242.1242

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Brian L. Hunter 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 RP
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus RP
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Wade Miller RP

CHC

  1. 1 Tom Goodwin RF
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  3. 3 Corey Patterson CF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Hee Seop Choi 1B
  6. 6 Alex Gonzalez SS
  7. 7 Lenny Harris RP
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Carlos Zambrano RP

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