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7–2Final · Aug 8, 2003
ATL 7 STL 2 Final
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ATL76-391021000307100
STL59-56000200000250

Play-by-play

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

Box score

ATL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Mark DeRosaSS2-551210000.244.296.366
Marcus Giles2B2-551221010.316.384.524
Gary SheffieldRF1-332111110.327.427.593
Andruw JonesCF1-441121000.298.364.563
Javy LopezC2-442211000.323.368.671
Julio Franco1B0-330000100.295.376.436
Vinny Castilla3B2-440200010.283.319.480
Darren BraggLF0-440000010.229.300.263
Russ OrtizP0-330000110.231.286.423
Kevin GryboskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Russ OrtizP8.0522460119-723.44119
Kevin GryboskiP1.00000106-64.196

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bo Hart2B0-440000020.299.343.418
Jim EdmondsCF0-440000010.290.391.636
Albert PujolsLF1-440100000.370.438.676
Tino Martinez1B1-331100100.283.353.431
Scott Rolen3B1-221100210.290.393.546
Edgar RenteriaSS1-330120100.329.381.489
J.D. DrewRF0-440000000.281.349.502
Mike MathenyC0-330000020.255.319.347
Kerry RobinsonPH0-110000010.233.250.286
Jeff FasseroP0-110000000.000.000.000
Jason SimontacchiP0-110000000.143.143.171
Orlando PalmeiroPH1-110100000.270.336.326
Esteban YanP0-0000000001.0001.0001.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff FasseroP3.254422265-406.0065
Jason SimontacchiP3.130000025-175.9825
Esteban YanP2.023313239-246.2239

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Bo Hart 2B
  2. 2 Jim Edmonds CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 Tino Martinez 1B
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 J.D. Drew RF
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Jeff Fassero P

ATL

  1. 1 Mark DeRosa SS
  2. 2 Marcus Giles 2B
  3. 3 Gary Sheffield RF
  4. 4 Andruw Jones CF
  5. 5 Javy Lopez C
  6. 6 Julio Franco 1B
  7. 7 Vinny Castilla 3B
  8. 8 Darren Bragg LF
  9. 9 Russ Ortiz P

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