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6–7Final · Sep 4, 2003
STL 6 CHC 7 Final
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STL73-682000301006121
CHC73-67030030107101

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bo Hart2B2-551200000.277.323.394
J.D. DrewCF2-441200010.292.356.521
Albert Pujols1B2-442210100.362.436.669
Scott Rolen3B2-440200110.286.380.536
Edgar RenteriaSS0-221000310.324.382.476
Miguel CairoLF0-551020000.260.300.394
Chris WidgerC1-330120010.173.222.227
Tino MartinezPH0-000000100.276.354.433
Jason SimontacchiPR0-000000000.135.135.162
Mike DeJeanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Steve KlineP0-000000000.500.5001.000
Fernando VinaPH0-000000000.270.332.439
So TaguchiRF1-330100000.346.370.538
Josh PearceP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike MathenyC1-110110000.245.315.333
Kerry RobinsonPH0-110000010.254.284.321
Brett TomkoP1-220100010.269.321.288
Orlando PalmeiroRF0-330000020.268.339.329
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoP4.176512077-525.5877
Josh PearceP1.220001027-192.4527
Mike DeJeanP0.211121021-104.8121
Steve KlineP1.100001015-94.1115

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-551100000.290.343.436
Mark Grudzielanek2B2-441220000.310.365.415
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Damian MillerC0-110000000.239.317.376
Sammy SosaRF0-220000010.292.376.563
Troy O'LearyRF0-220000000.211.270.335
Moises AlouLF1-222110200.288.362.477
Aramis Ramirez3B1-331100000.269.322.451
Eric Karros1B1-331110010.292.350.455
Todd WellemeyerP0-000000000.000.500.000
Tony Womack2B1-110110000.234.260.316
Alex GonzalezSS0-330010010.227.291.407
Paul BakoC1-330100110.223.322.297
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
Shawn EstesP0-000010000.143.184.257
Tom GoodwinPH1-111100000.295.335.370
Randall Simon1B1-220100010.273.305.417
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shawn EstesP5.0955330110-656.06110
Todd WellemeyerP1.111121037-196.6637
Mike RemlingerP1.010012023-133.9223
Kyle FarnsworthP0.210001011-63.1911
Joe BorowskiP1.000001015-102.8515

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Shawn Estes P

STL

  1. 1 Bo Hart 2B
  2. 2 J.D. Drew CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Scott Rolen 3B
  5. 5 Edgar Renteria SS
  6. 6 Miguel Cairo LF
  7. 7 Chris Widger C
  8. 8 So Taguchi RF
  9. 9 Brett Tomko P

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