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Houston Astros logo Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs

1–7Final · Aug 14, 2003
HOU 1 CHC 7 Final
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HOU64-57000001000151
CHC63-5720021002761

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-550000010.254.338.394
Orlando MercedRF1-550100010.241.291.390
Jeff Bagwell1B1-331100200.271.371.507
Jeff Kent2B1-550100010.292.344.496
Lance BerkmanLF0-440000140.287.402.521
Geoff Blum3B1-330100020.258.294.392
Gregg ZaunPH1-110100000.211.298.298
Eric Bruntlett3B0-000000000.239.234.370
Brad AusmusC0-220000200.220.292.282
Adam EverettSS0-220010100.236.296.370
Jared FernandezP0-110000010.000.000.000
Colin PorterPH0-110000010.240.269.240
Rick WhiteP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan EnsbergPH0-110000000.289.379.536
Dan MiceliP0-000000000.000.000.000
Richard HidalgoPH0-110000010.309.379.565
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jared FernandezP4.054434078-525.2778
Rick WhiteP1.001122035-196.6635
Dan MiceliP2.000001019-133.2719
Brad LidgeP1.012232137-202.7437

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-332110100.283.337.438
Alex GonzalezSS3-442331100.230.287.410
Sammy SosaRF0-440000120.295.383.577
Moises AlouLF0-221000200.291.361.487
Hee Seop Choi1B1-440120120.229.362.443
Aramis Ramirez3B0-330000000.270.317.433
Augie Ojeda2B0-331000010.000.105.000
Paul BakoC1-221110200.211.300.285
Matt ClementP0-330000030.156.156.200
Dave VeresP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000010.211.270.320
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt ClementP5.231048097-623.9397
Dave VeresP1.100001019-123.5219
Mark GuthrieP0.11000109-61.789
Kyle FarnsworthP0.200011015-113.0015
Joe BorowskiP1.010011021-153.1721

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 Hee Seop Choi 1B
  6. 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  7. 7 Augie Ojeda 2B
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Matt Clement P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Orlando Merced RF
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Geoff Blum 3B
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Jared Fernandez P

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