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4–6Final · Aug 13, 2003
HOU 4 CHC 6 Final
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HOU64-56011020000482
CHC62-5703003000681

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-441000120.257.342.398
Morgan Ensberg3B2-442200110.290.380.538
Jeff Bagwell1B1-330100220.271.369.508
Jeff Kent2B1-550110000.294.346.497
Richard HidalgoRF1-331121110.309.380.566
Lance BerkmanLF0-330010000.290.404.526
Gregg ZaunC1-440100010.204.292.283
Adam EverettSS1-440100010.238.296.373
Jeriome RobertsonP0-220000010.150.171.150
Dan MiceliP0-000000000.000.000.000
Colin PorterPH1-110100000.250.280.250
Mike GalloP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ricky StoneP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000010.242.293.390
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeriome RobertsonP4.065513070-474.9270
Dan MiceliP1.021101120-143.4020
Mike GalloP1.000002017-103.7517
Ricky StoneP2.000012032-193.1232

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-331100000.283.336.439
Alex GonzalezSS1-441100000.225.281.397
Sammy SosaRF0-440000030.299.385.583
Moises AlouLF2-442231010.292.358.490
Eric Karros1B0-331000100.302.361.472
Aramis Ramirez3B2-441210000.272.317.436
Damian MillerC2-330220100.237.322.362
Augie Ojeda2B0-440000010.000.067.000
Shawn EstesP0-220000020.143.167.257
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Hee Seop ChoiPH0-110000010.229.361.441
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000000.212.272.322
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shawn EstesP4.154254193-495.4893
Mark GuthrieP0.200000010-71.8010
Antonio AlfonsecaP1.010001016-115.0116
Kyle FarnsworthP1.000002014-113.0414
Mike RemlingerP1.000002014-113.8114
Joe BorowskiP1.020001015-103.2315

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Eric Karros 1B
  6. 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  7. 7 Damian Miller C
  8. 8 Augie Ojeda 2B
  9. 9 Shawn Estes P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Richard Hidalgo RF
  6. 6 Lance Berkman LF
  7. 7 Gregg Zaun C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Jeriome Robertson P

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