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1–3Final · May 28, 2003
HOU 1 STL 3 Final
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HOU27-26000100000160
STL27-2400012000390

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-330100010.282.351.440
Geoff Blum2B0-440000000.276.317.414
Jeff Bagwell1B1-440100010.288.362.481
Lance BerkmanLF1-441111010.261.382.442
Brian L. HunterRF1-440100010.220.259.260
Jose VizcainoRP1-330100000.227.261.307
Ricky StoneRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000000.253.305.400
Brad AusmusC0-330000000.199.261.285
Adam EverettSS1-330100000.280.333.413
Jonathan JohnsonRP0-220000010.000.000.000
Morgan Ensberg3B0-110000000.275.379.513
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jonathan JohnsonRP5.283322096-604.7696
Ricky StoneRP2.110010026-191.9726

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Miguel Cairo2B1-331110000.277.315.434
J.D. DrewRF2-441210000.329.361.582
Albert PujolsLF0-220000200.347.416.671
Jim EdmondsRP0-000000000.299.388.604
Orlando PalmeiroCF1-330100000.260.348.344
Scott Rolen3B2-440210000.306.423.600
Edgar RenteriaSS0-330000100.333.384.513
Tino Martinez1B1-440100010.245.299.396
Mike MathenyC2-440200000.284.330.370
Jason SimontacchiP0-441000010.048.048.048
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jason SimontacchiP9.0611051106-696.45106

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Miguel Cairo 2B
  2. 2 J.D. Drew RF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds RP
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Tino Martinez 1B
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Jason Simontacchi P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 2B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Lance Berkman LF
  5. 5 Brian L. Hunter RF
  6. 6 Jose Vizcaino RP
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Jonathan Johnson RP

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