Cincinnati Reds @
St. Louis Cardinals
0–9Final · Sep 7, 2003
CIN 0 STL 9 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN61-81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| STL75-69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 E Valent batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 E Valent grounded out to first.
- Top 1 J Castro batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 J Castro grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 1 D Jimenez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 1 D Jimenez struck out looking.
- Bot 1 F Vina batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 F Vina singled to left.
- Bot 1 J Drew batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 J Drew singled to right, F Vina to second.
- Bot 1 A Pujols batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 1 A Pujols walked, F Vina to third, J Drew to second.
- Bot 1 S Rolen batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 1 S Rolen fouled out to catcher.
- Bot 1 T Martinez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 T Martinez walked, F Vina scored, J Drew to third, A Pujols to second.
- Bot 1 E Renteria batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 E Renteria doubled to deep right, J Drew and A Pujols scored, T Martinez to third.
- Bot 1 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 O Palmeiro fouled out to first.
- Bot 1 M Matheny batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Bot 1 M Matheny intentionally walked.
- Bot 1 M Morris batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 M Morris flied out to right.
- Top 2 R Branyan batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 R Branyan flied out to center.
- Top 2 D Stenson batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 2 D Stenson struck out looking.
- Top 2 T Hummel batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 2 T Hummel walked.
- Top 2 J LaRue batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 J LaRue struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 F Vina batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 F Vina singled to center.
- Bot 2 J Drew batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 J Drew grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, F Vina out at second.
- Bot 2 A Pujols batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 2 A Pujols singled to left.
- Bot 2 S Rolen batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 S Rolen flied out to left.
- Top 3 W Pena batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 W Pena fouled out to catcher.
- Top 3 S Etherton batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 S Etherton struck out swinging.
- Top 3 E Valent batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 E Valent grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 T Martinez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 T Martinez singled to right.
- Bot 3 E Renteria batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 E Renteria struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 O Palmeiro struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 M Matheny batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 M Matheny popped out to first.
- Top 4 J Castro batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 J Castro grounded out to third.
- Top 4 D Jimenez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 D Jimenez struck out swinging.
- Top 4 R Branyan batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 R Branyan flied out to left.
- Bot 4 M Morris batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 M Morris grounded out to second.
- Bot 4 F Vina batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 F Vina doubled to left.
- Bot 4 J Drew batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 J Drew singled to right, F Vina scored.
- Bot 4 A Pujols batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 A Pujols hit by pitch, J Drew to second.
- Bot 4 S Rolen batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 4 S Rolen flied out to center.
- Bot 4 T Martinez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 T Martinez popped out to second.
- Top 5 D Stenson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 D Stenson grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 T Hummel batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 T Hummel grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 J LaRue batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 J LaRue lined out to shortstop.
- Bot 5 E Renteria batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 E Renteria popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 5 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 O Palmeiro homered to right.
- Bot 5 M Matheny batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 M Matheny doubled to deep left.
- Bot 5 M Morris batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 M Morris flied out to right, M Matheny to third.
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 Lineup Change
- Bot 5 P Norton relieved S Etherton.
- Bot 5 F Vina batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 F Vina grounded out to second.
- Top 6 W Pena batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 W Pena grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 S Smitherman hit for P Norton.
- Top 6 S Smitherman batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 S Smitherman fouled out to first.
- Top 6 E Valent batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 6 E Valent flied out to right.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 M Belisle relieved P Norton.
- Bot 6 J Drew batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Bot 6 J Drew walked.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 S Taguchi ran for J Drew.
- Bot 6 A Pujols batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 A Pujols lined out to second.
- Bot 6 S Rolen batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 S Rolen hit by pitch, S Taguchi to second.
- Bot 6 T Martinez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 T Martinez flied out to left.
- Bot 6 E Renteria batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 E Renteria grounded into fielder's choice to third, S Taguchi out at third.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 S Taguchi in center field.
- Top 7 J Castro batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 J Castro singled to center.
- Top 7 D Jimenez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 D Jimenez struck out swinging.
- Top 7 R Branyan batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 R Branyan struck out swinging.
- Top 7 D Stenson batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 D Stenson flied out to left.
- Bot 7 O Palmeiro batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 7 O Palmeiro flied out to left.
- Bot 7 M Matheny batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 M Matheny homered to left.
- Bot 7 M Morris batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 M Morris lined out to right.
- Bot 7 F Vina batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 7 F Vina singled to right.
- Bot 7 S Taguchi batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 S Taguchi grounded out to second.
- Top 8 T Hummel batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 T Hummel grounded out to third.
- Top 8 J LaRue batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 J LaRue grounded out to second.
- Top 8 W Pena batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 W Pena singled to left.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 R Olmedo hit for M Belisle.
- Top 8 R Olmedo batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 R Olmedo struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 B Reith relieved M Belisle.
- Bot 8 A Pujols batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 A Pujols safe at first on error by third baseman T Hummel.
- Bot 8 S Rolen batting
Box score
CIN
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric ValentRF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .278 | .235 |
| Juan CastroSS | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .292 | .398 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .279 | .351 | .422 |
| Russell Branyan1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .333 | .459 |
| Dernell StensonLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .386 | .458 |
| Tim Hummel3B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .325 | .457 |
| Jason LaRueC | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .319 | .427 |
| Wily Mo PenaCF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .257 | .309 |
| Seth EthertonP | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
| Phil NortonP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Stephen SmithermanPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .333 |
| Matt BelisleP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Ray OlmedoPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .290 | .286 |
| Brian ReithP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth EthertonP | 4.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 100-62 | 5.67 | 100 |
| Phil NortonP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-3 | 6.14 | 5 |
| Matt BelisleP | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46-27 | 4.50 | 46 |
| Brian ReithP | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28-17 | 4.88 | 28 |
STL
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Vina2B | 4-6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .338 | .445 |
| J.D. DrewCF | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .358 | .516 |
| So TaguchiCF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .314 | .441 |
| Albert PujolsLF | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .365 | .441 | .677 |
| Scott Rolen3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .379 | .529 |
| Tino Martinez1B | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .355 | .432 |
| Edgar RenteriaSS | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .326 | .384 | .478 |
| Orlando PalmeiroRF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .335 | .339 |
| Mike MathenyC | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .317 | .343 |
| Matt MorrisP | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .224 | .298 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt MorrisP | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 100-64 | 3.58 | 100 |
Starting lineups
STL
- 1 Fernando Vina 2B
- 2 J.D. Drew CF
- 3 Albert Pujols LF
- 4 Scott Rolen 3B
- 5 Tino Martinez 1B
- 6 Edgar Renteria SS
- 7 Orlando Palmeiro RF
- 8 Mike Matheny C
- 9 Matt Morris P
CIN
- 1 Eric Valent RF
- 2 Juan Castro SS
- 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
- 4 Russell Branyan 1B
- 5 Dernell Stenson LF
- 6 Tim Hummel 3B
- 7 Jason LaRue C
- 8 Wily Mo Pena CF
- 9 Seth Etherton P
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