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3–1Final · Aug 23, 2003
CIN 3 HOU 1 Final
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CIN58-70020010000360
HOU67-62000000100150

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Reggie TaylorCF2-551200030.218.267.352
Ray OlmedoSS0-440000110.276.317.306
D'Angelo Jimenez2B1-330110100.273.349.404
Sean Casey1B1-440100000.292.350.402
Ruben MateoRF0-331000010.242.302.333
Dernell StensonLF0-331000120.273.360.500
Felix HerediaP0-000000000.333.333.333
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.125.125.125
Juan Castro3B2-440220000.254.279.409
Jason LaRueC0-330000020.230.322.446
Paul WilsonP0-220000110.125.157.146
Ryan FreelLF0-110000000.288.351.423
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Paul WilsonP7.051113083-564.7483
Felix HerediaP1.00000107-63.007
Chris ReitsmaP1.000000010-63.8810

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-440000010.256.338.404
Lance BerkmanLF0-440000000.281.399.516
Jeff Bagwell1B0-440000010.273.373.500
Jeff Kent2B0-440000000.290.341.504
Morgan Ensberg3B1-440100010.288.374.522
Richard HidalgoRF2-331200000.304.377.551
Brad AusmusC2-330210000.226.298.287
Adam EverettSS0-220000000.237.293.364
Jose VizcainoSS0-110000000.240.268.363
Tim ReddingP0-110000010.179.220.231
Geoff BlumPH0-000000100.262.297.394
Mike GalloP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000000.233.286.378
Rick WhiteP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingP6.043347093-543.7093
Mike GalloP1.010001012-92.7012
Brad LidgeP1.000001012-73.2812
Rick WhiteP1.010001021-136.2021

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 Morgan Ensberg 3B
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Tim Redding P

CIN

  1. 1 Reggie Taylor CF
  2. 2 Ray Olmedo 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 Jason LaRue C
  9. 9 Paul Wilson P

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