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4–3Final · Aug 22, 2003
CIN 4 HOU 3 Final
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CIN57-70100000201482
HOU67-61001010001390

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Reggie TaylorCF0-440000000.213.263.345
Barry LarkinSS1-221100010.282.345.382
Ray OlmedoSS1-220100010.285.321.315
D'Angelo Jimenez2B2-440200010.272.348.405
Sean Casey1B1-331110010.292.351.403
Ruben MateoRF1-441100000.247.303.340
Dernell StensonLF0-330010000.316.381.579
Ryan FreelLF1-111111000.294.357.431
Juan Castro3B0-330010030.250.276.403
Corky MillerC0-330000010.000.000.000
Ryan WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kelly StinnettPH0-110000000.243.303.373
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.125.125.125
Seth EthertonP1-220100000.500.500.500
Jason LaRueC0-110000000.232.322.451
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Seth EthertonP6.052224089-555.7389
Ryan WagnerP2.010012037-232.1237
Chris ReitsmaP1.031100017-123.9317

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF4-551410000.259.340.407
Lance BerkmanLF1-551110020.284.402.521
Jeff Bagwell1B1-550100020.275.376.504
Jeff Kent2B1-550110000.293.344.509
Geoff Blum3B1-440100010.262.296.394
Jason LaneRF0-110000000.000.000.000
Richard HidalgoRF0-220000200.301.375.548
Raul ChavezC0-0000000001.0001.0004.000
Brad AusmusC0-220000100.222.295.284
Orlando MercedPH0-110000010.234.287.380
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Adam EverettSS1-441100000.238.295.367
Wade MillerP0-110000000.143.176.163
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000000.241.270.366
Octavio DotelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan Ensberg3B0-110000000.288.376.522
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Wade MillerP7.0533070106-734.40106
Octavio DotelP1.020000017-132.8217
Billy WagnerP1.011101117-121.9617

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 Geoff Blum 3B
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Wade Miller P

CIN

  1. 1 Reggie Taylor CF
  2. 2 Barry Larkin SS
  3. 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  4. 4 Sean Casey 1B
  5. 5 Ruben Mateo RF
  6. 6 Dernell Stenson LF
  7. 7 Juan Castro 3B
  8. 8 Corky Miller C
  9. 9 Seth Etherton P

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