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4–2Final · Aug 16, 2003
HOU 4 CIN 2 Final
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HOU65-5801030000440
CIN54-6800000100250

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-330000100.256.341.400
Morgan Ensberg3B2-551200000.291.378.529
Jeff Bagwell1B0-221010200.269.370.501
Jeff Kent2B1-441111000.293.344.511
Lance BerkmanLF1-221131200.286.407.526
Richard HidalgoRF0-440000010.305.376.555
Brad AusmusC1-440100020.220.293.281
Adam EverettSS0-440000030.232.290.361
Wade MillerP1-331100000.146.180.167
Rick WhiteP0-000000000.000.000.000
Octavio DotelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000000.238.288.386
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerP6.0111440100-564.43100
Rick WhiteP1.021100022-136.7022
Octavio DotelP1.010001012-92.9012
Billy WagnerP1.010001016-101.8816

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ray OlmedoSS0-330000110.282.323.316
Reggie TaylorCF1-330110100.211.257.329
D'Angelo Jimenez2B0-440000000.278.350.415
Sean Casey1B0-440000010.292.351.407
Ruben MateoRF0-440000010.246.309.343
Dernell StensonLF3-441300010.500.571.833
Kelly StinnettC0-331000110.247.305.377
Brandon Larson3B0-330000110.101.212.146
Seth EthertonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Corky MillerPH0-110000000.000.000.000
Brian ReithP0-000000000.000.000.000
Wily Mo PenaPH1-110110000.175.200.222
Scott SullivanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Juan CastroPH0-110000000.250.276.397
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Seth EthertonP5.065522284-529.0084
Brian ReithP2.000011019-133.7919
Scott SullivanP2.000023041-223.6241

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Ray Olmedo SS
  2. 2 Reggie Taylor CF
  3. 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  4. 4 Sean Casey 1B
  5. 5 Ruben Mateo RF
  6. 6 Dernell Stenson LF
  7. 7 Kelly Stinnett C
  8. 8 Brandon Larson 3B
  9. 9 Seth Etherton P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Wade Miller P

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