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2–4Final · Aug 27, 2003
CHC 2 STL 4 Final
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CHC68-63000001010280
STL69-6300000004470

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-441200000.283.337.431
Ramon Martinez2B2-441200000.286.338.390
Sammy SosaRF2-440220010.292.376.564
Moises AlouLF0-440000010.285.357.477
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eric Karros1B0-220000100.296.357.461
Randall Simon1B0-110000000.281.311.433
Aramis Ramirez3B0-440000020.274.324.462
Alex GonzalezSS1-440100000.232.290.409
Damian MillerC1-330100000.236.320.362
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000000.211.272.316
Kerry WoodP0-330000020.118.135.235
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tom GoodwinLF0-000000000.302.336.374
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kerry WoodP7.04004110125-763.63125
Antonio AlfonsecaP0.01110001-15.631
Mark GuthrieP0.01110006-32.146
Kyle FarnsworthP0.112220017-83.4717
Mike RemlingerP0.00001005-14.195
Joe BorowskiP0.20000008-53.028

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kerry RobinsonRF1-440100010.266.294.318
Eduardo PérezPH0-110010000.277.363.459
Jason IsringhausenP0-000000000.500.5001.500
Bo Hart2B1-550100020.281.327.398
Albert Pujols1B2-221200100.365.435.679
Jim EdmondsCF1-331100110.286.396.629
Scott Rolen3B0-331000120.291.390.540
Tino Martinez1B1-220120210.282.355.446
Miguel CairoLF0-001000000.264.308.406
Edgar RenteriaSS0-330000110.329.382.481
Mike MathenyC0-330000020.245.311.337
Woody WilliamsP1-220100010.237.292.373
So TaguchiPH0-110000000.455.500.636
Mike DeJeanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Steve KlineP0-000000000.500.5001.000
Orlando PalmeiroRF0-000000100.275.344.340
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Woody WilliamsP7.0511160114-743.51114
Mike DeJeanP0.221100012-55.0812
Steve KlineP0.10000002-24.332
Jason IsringhausenP1.010000011-82.2811

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Kerry Robinson RF
  2. 2 Bo Hart 2B
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Edgar Renteria SS
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Woody Williams P

CHC

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

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