For people who go to games
I'm here for Commercial Consumer
Sign in Get the app
Sign in Get the app

Houston Astros logo Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs

0–1Final · May 31, 2003
HOU 0 CHC 1 Final
12345678910111213141516THE
HOU29-270000000000000000061
CHC30-2400000000000000011100

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-550100110.278.349.430
Geoff Blum3B0-660000020.265.305.414
Lance BerkmanLF1-550100220.268.389.436
Jeff Kent2B0-770000030.320.384.547
Orlando Merced1B1-550100110.244.297.378
Colin PorterRP1-330100010.250.250.250
Morgan EnsbergRP1-110100000.294.402.553
Brian L. HunterRF0-110000100.228.274.281
Brad AusmusC0-550000100.193.263.280
Adam EverettSS0-550000120.247.304.365
Roy OswaltRP0-220000010.250.250.292
Jose VizcainoRP1-110100000.234.273.309
Octavio DotelRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jeff BagwellRP0-110000000.284.358.472
Brad LidgeRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Gregg ZaunRP0-110000000.264.344.377
Billy WagnerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Wade MillerRP0-110000010.200.200.240
Ricky StoneP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roy OswaltRP7.050008095-673.2995
Octavio DotelRP2.000024032-181.4732
Brad LidgeRP3.030016054-331.6054
Billy WagnerRP2.000004022-161.6922
Ricky StoneP1.121011026-171.8926

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-770100030.296.344.379
Alex GonzalezSS1-661100130.250.314.389
Corey PattersonCF3-660300120.317.338.558
Sammy SosaRF1-770110050.286.421.504
Moises AlouLF1-660100010.298.369.455
Hee Seop ChoiRP1-660100040.236.386.504
Todd WellemeyerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ramon Martinez3B2-550200100.288.360.384
Paul BakoRP0-220000000.235.322.294
Tom GoodwinRP0-000000100.170.200.245
Mike RemlingerRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Antonio AlfonsecaRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyRP0-110000010.193.247.313
Joe BorowskiRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark BellhornRP0-110000000.215.353.322
Kyle FarnsworthRP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eric Karros1B0-110000000.288.367.475
Carlos ZambranoRP0-220000010.154.154.346
Lenny HarrisRP0-000000000.209.284.284
Damian MillerC0-330000030.219.324.383
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoRP8.0300340102-572.69102
Mike RemlingerRP0.200011017-82.4517
Antonio AlfonsecaRP1.110010015-73.6815
Joe BorowskiRP2.010002022-151.7322
Kyle FarnsworthRP2.010023046-252.1946
Todd WellemeyerP2.000004031-190.0031

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Corey Patterson CF
  4. 4 Sammy Sosa RF
  5. 5 Moises Alou LF
  6. 6 Hee Seop Choi RP
  7. 7 Ramon Martinez 3B
  8. 8 Paul Bako RP
  9. 9 Carlos Zambrano RP

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 3B
  3. 3 Lance Berkman LF
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Orlando Merced 1B
  6. 6 Colin Porter RP
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Roy Oswalt RP

Watching this game live?

Buzz scoring moments from your seat — faster correct buzzes earn more, and consensus verifies every report before it counts.

Buzz it in the app →