For people who go to games
I'm here for Commercial Consumer
Sign in Get the app
Sign in Get the app

Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros logo Houston Astros

8–12Final · Aug 19, 2003
CHC 8 HOU 12 Final
123456789THE
CHC64-603020003008110
HOU66-594013040012151

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-331100000.283.337.434
Alex GonzalezSS2-442221010.232.292.416
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Doug GlanvillePH0-110000010.260.284.340
Sammy SosaRF0-550000000.293.377.564
Moises AlouLF1-332121110.291.363.489
Aramis Ramirez3B2-331231100.274.321.453
Eric Karros1B0-330000000.297.355.465
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tony Womack2B0-110000000.224.251.304
Ramon MartinezSS2-441200000.286.343.396
Damian MillerC0-330000110.235.320.356
Matt ClementP0-110000010.152.152.196
Tom GoodwinPH1-110100000.296.331.370
Dave VeresP0-000000000.000.000.000
Randall Simon1B2-221210000.278.309.422
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt ClementP4.0888431102-564.29102
Dave VeresP1.043310026-164.3226
Kyle FarnsworthP1.031102019-133.0219
Antonio AlfonsecaP2.000003019-134.7019

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-550000010.254.338.396
Lance BerkmanLF3-443300110.288.407.525
Jeff Bagwell1B1-223100300.273.377.509
Jeff Kent2B3-553361010.297.346.520
Richard HidalgoRF1-442110110.301.372.549
Geoff Blum3B2-551220020.259.293.395
Gregg ZaunC2-550210010.217.299.300
Adam EverettSS2-440210000.237.294.363
Jeriome RobertsonP0-110000010.146.167.146
Jason LanePH0-110000000.000.000.000
Dan MiceliP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eric BruntlettPH1-110100000.255.250.383
Rick WhiteP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000000.237.290.384
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Octavio DotelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeriome RobertsonP3.055511248-305.1648
Dan MiceliP2.010001023-163.1523
Rick WhiteP1.010001012-86.5712
Brad LidgeP1.033301122-163.3322
Octavio DotelP1.000010017-92.8617
Billy WagnerP1.010011023-151.8523

Starting lineups

HOU

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

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Alex Gonzalez SS
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Ramon Martinez SS
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Matt Clement P

Watching this game live?

Buzz scoring moments from your seat — faster correct buzzes earn more, and consensus verifies every report before it counts.

Buzz it in the app →