Houston Astros @
St. Louis Cardinals
1–3Final · May 28, 2003
HOU 1 STL 3 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU27-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| STL27-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 C Biggio batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 C Biggio struck out swinging.
- Top 1 G Blum batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 G Blum fouled out to first.
- Top 1 J Bagwell batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 J Bagwell grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 M Cairo batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 M Cairo lined out to left.
- Bot 1 J Drew batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 J Drew grounded out to first.
- Bot 1 A Pujols batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 A Pujols flied out to center.
- Top 2 L Berkman batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 L Berkman grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 B Hunter batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 B Hunter grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 J Vizcaino singled to left.
- Top 2 B Ausmus batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 B Ausmus flied out to shallow center.
- Bot 2 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 2 Lineup Change
- Bot 2 Lineup Change
- Bot 2 O Palmeiro hit for J Edmonds.
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 O Palmeiro grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 S Rolen batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 S Rolen grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 E Renteria batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 2 E Renteria walked.
- Bot 2 T Martinez batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 T Martinez popped out to shallow left.
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 O Palmeiro in center field.
- Top 3 A Everett batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 A Everett grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 3 J Johnson batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Johnson grounded out to second.
- Top 3 C Biggio batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 C Biggio singled to right.
- Top 3 G Blum batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 G Blum popped out to shallow right.
- Bot 3 M Matheny batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 M Matheny popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 3 J Simontacchi batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 3 J Simontacchi struck out looking.
- Bot 3 M Cairo batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 M Cairo lined out to shortstop.
- Top 4 J Bagwell batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 J Bagwell flied out to center.
- Top 4 L Berkman batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 L Berkman homered to right center.
- Top 4 B Hunter batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 B Hunter struck out swinging.
- Top 4 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 J Vizcaino grounded out to first.
- Bot 4 J Drew batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 J Drew singled to center.
- Bot 4 A Pujols batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 A Pujols flied out to left center.
- Bot 4 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 4 O Palmeiro singled to right, J Drew to third.
- Bot 4 S Rolen batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 S Rolen singled to right, J Drew scored, O Palmeiro to second.
- Bot 4 E Renteria batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 E Renteria grounded into double play, second to first, S Rolen out at second.
- Top 5 B Ausmus batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 B Ausmus grounded out to first.
- Top 5 A Everett batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 A Everett doubled to left.
- Top 5 J Johnson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 J Johnson struck out swinging.
- Top 5 C Biggio batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 C Biggio hit by pitch.
- Top 5 G Blum batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 G Blum grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 T Martinez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 T Martinez struck out looking.
- Bot 5 M Matheny batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 M Matheny singled to left.
- Bot 5 J Simontacchi batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 J Simontacchi bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, M Matheny out at second.
- Bot 5 M Cairo batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 M Cairo doubled to deep right, J Simontacchi scored.
- Bot 5 J Drew batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 J Drew doubled to deep left center, M Cairo scored.
- Bot 5 A Pujols batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Bot 5 A Pujols intentionally walked.
- Bot 5 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 O Palmeiro lined out to shortstop.
- Top 6 J Bagwell batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 J Bagwell singled to left.
- Top 6 L Berkman batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 L Berkman grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Bagwell out at second.
- Top 6 B Hunter batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 B Hunter doubled to left center.
- Top 6 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 J Vizcaino grounded out to third.
- Bot 6 S Rolen batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 S Rolen singled to right.
- Bot 6 E Renteria batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 E Renteria popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 T Martinez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 T Martinez popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 6 M Matheny batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 M Matheny singled to shallow center, S Rolen to third.
- Bot 6 J Simontacchi batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 R Stone relieved J Johnson.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 G Blum at second base.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 M Ensberg at third base.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 J Simontacchi grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Matheny out at second.
- Top 7 B Ausmus batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 B Ausmus flied out to left center.
- Top 7 A Everett batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 A Everett grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 7 M Ensberg batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 M Ensberg grounded out to third.
- Bot 7 M Cairo batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 M Cairo hit by pitch.
- Bot 7 J Drew batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 J Drew grounded into fielder's choice to first, M Cairo out at second.
- Bot 7 A Pujols batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 7 A Pujols walked, J Drew to second.
- Bot 7 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 O Palmeiro sacrificed to catcher, J Drew to third, A Pujols to second.
- Bot 7 S Rolen batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 S Rolen grounded out to third.
- Top 8 C Biggio batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 C Biggio grounded out to first.
- Top 8 G Blum batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 8 G Blum flied out to center.
- Top 8 J Bagwell batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 J Bagwell struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 E Renteria batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 E Renteria grounded out to second.
- Bot 8 T Martinez batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 T Martinez doubled to deep left.
- Bot 8 M Matheny batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 M Matheny grounded out to third.
- Bot 8 J Simontacchi batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 8 J Simontacchi flied out to right.
- Top 9 L Berkman batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 9 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 9 L Berkman struck out swinging.
- Top 9 B Hunter batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 9 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 9 B Hunter grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 9 O Merced batting
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 O Merced hit for R Stone.
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 9 O Merced flied out to deep left.
Box score
HOU
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig BiggioCF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .351 | .440 |
| Geoff Blum2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .317 | .414 |
| Jeff Bagwell1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .288 | .362 | .481 |
| Lance BerkmanLF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .382 | .442 |
| Brian L. HunterRF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .220 | .259 | .260 |
| Jose VizcainoRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .307 |
| Ricky StoneRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Orlando MercedPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .305 | .400 |
| Brad AusmusC | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .199 | .261 | .285 |
| Adam EverettSS | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .333 | .413 |
| Jonathan JohnsonRP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Morgan Ensberg3B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .379 | .513 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan JohnsonRP | 5.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 96-60 | 4.76 | 96 |
| Ricky StoneRP | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26-19 | 1.97 | 26 |
STL
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Cairo2B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .315 | .434 |
| J.D. DrewRF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .329 | .361 | .582 |
| Albert PujolsLF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .347 | .416 | .671 |
| Jim EdmondsRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .388 | .604 |
| Orlando PalmeiroCF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .348 | .344 |
| Scott Rolen3B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .423 | .600 |
| Edgar RenteriaSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .384 | .513 |
| Tino Martinez1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .299 | .396 |
| Mike MathenyC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .330 | .370 |
| Jason SimontacchiP | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason SimontacchiP | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 106-69 | 6.45 | 106 |
Starting lineups
STL
- 1 Miguel Cairo 2B
- 2 J.D. Drew RF
- 3 Albert Pujols LF
- 4 Jim Edmonds RP
- 5 Scott Rolen 3B
- 6 Edgar Renteria SS
- 7 Tino Martinez 1B
- 8 Mike Matheny C
- 9 Jason Simontacchi P
HOU
- 1 Craig Biggio CF
- 2 Geoff Blum 2B
- 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
- 4 Lance Berkman LF
- 5 Brian L. Hunter RF
- 6 Jose Vizcaino RP
- 7 Brad Ausmus C
- 8 Adam Everett SS
- 9 Jonathan Johnson RP
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