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4–2Final · Sep 5, 2003
CHC 4 MIL 2 Final
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CHC74-67201000010461
MIL62-78100000100261

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-441100000.290.342.434
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-332100100.310.367.416
Sammy SosaRF2-441221000.294.377.569
Eric Karros1B0-440000010.289.345.449
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440110000.268.322.450
Tom GoodwinLF0-440000010.287.327.360
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
Alex GonzalezSS0-220000110.226.293.405
Damian MillerC0-440000010.236.313.371
Juan CruzP1-330100020.125.125.125
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Doug GlanvilleLF0-000000000.255.276.329
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Juan CruzP6.2622360109-615.04109
Antonio AlfonsecaP0.10001109-35.229
Kyle FarnsworthP1.000001014-123.1514
Joe BorowskiP1.000001013-82.8013

MIL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Scott PodsednikCF1-442100110.316.383.429
Keith Ginter2B3-440310000.271.362.433
Brady ClarkRF1-220100200.311.362.448
Richie Sexson1B1-330110010.265.374.521
Mark SmithLF0-440000010.276.281.655
Wes Helms3B0-440000020.253.328.444
Bill HallSS0-440000010.268.282.476
Keith OsikC0-330000120.238.326.313
Ben SheetsP0-220000010.082.097.082
Peter ZoccolilloPH0-110000000.000.000.000
Luis VizcainoP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike CrudaleP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brooks KieschnickPH0-110000000.316.371.596
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ben SheetsP7.063314185-544.2585
Luis VizcainoP1.001011023-136.7923
Mike CrudaleP1.000001013-102.0313

Starting lineups

MIL

  1. 1 Scott Podsednik CF
  2. 2 Keith Ginter 2B
  3. 3 Brady Clark RF
  4. 4 Richie Sexson 1B
  5. 5 Mark Smith LF
  6. 6 Wes Helms 3B
  7. 7 Bill Hall SS
  8. 8 Keith Osik C
  9. 9 Ben Sheets P

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Eric Karros 1B
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Tom Goodwin LF
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Juan Cruz P

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