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7–4Final · Aug 26, 2003
CHC 7 STL 4 Final
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CHC68-62006100000771
STL68-63000001003452

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-551210000.282.336.428
Tony Womack2B---------------------------
Sammy SosaRF0-221000200.290.375.562
Moises AlouLF0-440000000.287.359.481
Randall Simon1B1-441131000.281.312.434
Aramis Ramirez3B1-441111000.276.327.466
Alex GonzalezSS1-440100010.231.291.410
Paul BakoC1-332100110.216.304.288
Mark PriorP0-220000000.228.254.333
Doug GlanvillePH0-110000000.261.283.338
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark PriorP8.0311161116-762.47116
Kyle FarnsworthP0.113211112-73.1912
Mike RemlingerP0.210000010-84.1910

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kerry RobinsonRF0-440000000.266.295.320
Bo Hart2B1-440100020.283.330.402
Albert PujolsLF1-222111200.362.431.676
Jim EdmondsCF2-441221010.286.395.631
Scott Rolen3B0-441000010.293.391.544
Tino Martinez1B1-440100000.281.351.446
Miguel CairoSS0-330010010.264.308.406
Chris WidgerC0-440000010.145.200.188
Garrett StephensonP0-000000000.190.261.190
Brett TomkoPH0-110000000.265.321.286
Sterling HitchcockP0-110000000.000.000.000
Eduardo PérezPH0-110000010.279.364.461
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Garrett StephensonP3.056611265-434.6665
Sterling HitchcockP5.031121067-415.0167
Jeff FasseroP1.000000011-65.9311

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Kerry Robinson RF
  2. 2 Bo Hart 2B
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Miguel Cairo SS
  8. 8 Chris Widger C
  9. 9 Garrett Stephenson P

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Tony Womack 2B
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Randall Simon 1B
  6. 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Mark Prior P

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