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7–8Final · May 25, 2003
STL 7 PIT 8 Final
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STL25-233000300017102
PIT20-29002004208101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando VinaRP2-331200000.262.316.430
Miguel Cairo2B1-220110010.257.293.429
Eduardo PérezRF2-552200010.339.423.565
Albert PujolsLF0-550000000.344.408.681
Jim EdmondsCF1-222131200.310.399.626
Scott Rolen3B2-441231010.284.413.580
Edgar RenteriaSS0-440000000.332.376.508
Tino Martinez1B0-440000000.245.301.377
Chris WidgerRP0-330000000.000.000.000
Orlando PalmeiroPH0-001000100.261.340.348
Garrett StephensonRP1-330100010.143.217.143
Steve KlineRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dustin HermansonRP0-000000000.0001.000.000
Mike CrudaleRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gabe MolinaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
J.D. DrewPH1-110100000.329.356.557
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Garrett StephensonRP5.064242091-544.1891
Steve KlineRP0.00201009-34.199
Dustin HermansonRP1.032210018-93.2718
Mike CrudaleRP1.010001016-90.0016
Gabe MolinaRP1.00000007-54.507

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-442110100.302.369.447
Jack WilsonSS0-331000100.249.293.356
Brian GilesLF0-330000100.250.405.446
Aramis Ramirez3B3-550330000.269.322.374
Randall Simon1B3-551310000.291.318.432
Jason KendallC2-551200000.281.379.395
Reggie SandersRF0-221000200.252.321.476
Abraham Nunez2B1-331110010.219.293.219
Brian MeadowsRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Julian TavarezRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Rob MackowiakRP0-000000000.219.315.313
Kevin YoungRP0-001000100.217.288.367
Brian BoehringerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Craig WilsonRP0-110000010.207.347.379
Scott SauerbeckRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike WilliamsP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brian MeadowsRP5.086611274-475.6474
Julian TavarezRP1.000000010-76.2310
Brian BoehringerRP1.000001013-99.8213
Scott SauerbeckRP1.000011013-83.9213
Mike WilliamsP1.021111023-136.6423

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Jack Wilson SS
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  5. 5 Randall Simon 1B
  6. 6 Jason Kendall C
  7. 7 Reggie Sanders RF
  8. 8 Abraham Nunez 2B
  9. 9 Brian Meadows RP

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina RP
  2. 2 Eduardo Pérez 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 Chris Widger RP
  9. 9 Garrett Stephenson RP

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