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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros logo Houston Astros

3–9Final · Aug 21, 2003
CHC 3 HOU 9 Final
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CHC65-61000010002372
HOU67-60021230019160

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Doug GlanvilleCF0-330010000.260.282.338
Alex GonzalezSS1-331100010.230.291.412
Sammy SosaRF1-441100020.294.376.558
Moises AlouLF2-440220000.292.364.489
Aramis Ramirez3B0-330000100.272.322.456
Eric Karros1B1-331100100.296.355.462
Ramon Martinez2B2-440200000.293.348.401
Damian MillerC0-220000110.234.320.354
Randall SimonPH0-110000000.280.310.431
Kerry WoodP0-110000010.125.143.250
Tom GoodwinPH0-110000010.299.333.372
Dave VeresP0-000000000.000.000.000
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000000.209.273.318
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kerry WoodP4.065525171-443.7871
Dave VeresP1.063300033-195.1933
Antonio AlfonsecaP1.010011022-114.6122
Mark GuthrieP1.010010024-131.9324
Mike RemlingerP1.021102015-94.3315

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-551221010.253.336.399
Lance BerkmanLF1-551100000.285.404.523
Jeff Bagwell1B3-550310000.276.378.507
Jeff Kent2B1-331100200.294.346.513
Geoff Blum3B3-553300000.262.296.396
Richard HidalgoRF2-442210110.302.374.550
Brad AusmusC2-440220020.223.295.285
Adam EverettSS1-440110120.238.296.365
Ron VilloneP1-221100010.179.207.321
Jason LanePH0-110000000.000.000.000
Rick WhiteP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000000.243.272.368
Dan MiceliP0-110000010.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ron VilloneP5.031135078-413.1078
Rick WhiteP2.010000017-156.3217
Dan MiceliP2.032201033-213.3633

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 Ron Villone P

CHC

  1. 1 Doug Glanville 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 2B
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Kerry Wood P

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