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9–5Final · Aug 9, 2003
CIN 9 SD 5 Final
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CIN52-640001031409140
SD44-730010020205100

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
D'Angelo Jimenez2B2-443200100.273.349.418
Barry LarkinSS3-441300000.283.344.385
Reggie TaylorLF1-111141000.197.240.331
Sean Casey1B3-551310010.297.358.418
Brandon Larson3B2-441220120.123.224.178
Jason LaRueC1-550110030.239.334.470
Ruben MateoRF0-330010020.233.295.345
Ryan WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Scott SullivanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Felix HerediaP0-000000000.333.333.333
Russell BranyanPH0-110000000.243.376.529
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.125.125.125
Juan CastroSS1-551100020.257.283.410
Wily Mo PenaCF1-550100030.172.186.224
Aaron HarangP0-330000020.000.000.000
Kent MerckerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Adam DunnRF0-001000100.214.353.464
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Aaron HarangP5.253316093-615.2593
Kent MerckerP0.110010011-42.4311
Ryan WagnerP1.112231032-163.2732
Scott SullivanP0.11000005-33.805
Felix HerediaP0.10000004-22.544
Chris ReitsmaP1.020000017-124.0417

SD

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Gary Matthews Jr.LF1-440110110.242.304.342
Mark KotsayCF2-551200000.261.341.352
Mark Loretta2B2-442200100.321.384.448
Phil NevinRF0-550000020.237.286.390
Ryan Klesko1B0-221000210.250.356.476
Sean Burroughs3B2-440230000.283.346.399
Miguel OjedaC1-440100010.257.347.394
Ramon VazquezSS1-221100000.263.349.347
Lou MerloniSS0-000010100.266.363.339
Oliver PerezP1-220100010.241.258.241
Scott LinebrinkP0-000000000.091.091.091
Rondell WhitePH0-110000010.270.325.453
Jaret WrightP0-000000000.333.333.667
Mike MatthewsP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe RoaP0-000000000.286.286.286
Dave HansenPH0-000000000.239.357.303
Brian BuchananPH0-110000000.270.348.485
Luther HackmanP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Oliver PerezP6.08441110102-705.05102
Scott LinebrinkP1.031102027-183.3327
Jaret WrightP0.113321024-108.0624
Mike MatthewsP0.121100113-75.0213
Joe RoaP0.10000104-35.914
Luther HackmanP1.000000013-103.7113

Starting lineups

SD

  1. 1 Gary Matthews Jr. LF
  2. 2 Mark Kotsay CF
  3. 3 Mark Loretta 2B
  4. 4 Phil Nevin RF
  5. 5 Ryan Klesko 1B
  6. 6 Sean Burroughs 3B
  7. 7 Miguel Ojeda C
  8. 8 Ramon Vazquez SS
  9. 9 Oliver Perez P

CIN

  1. 1 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  2. 2 Barry Larkin SS
  3. 3 Sean Casey 1B
  4. 4 Brandon Larson 3B
  5. 5 Jason LaRue C
  6. 6 Ruben Mateo RF
  7. 7 Juan Castro SS
  8. 8 Wily Mo Pena CF
  9. 9 Aaron Harang P

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