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4–2Final · Sep 5, 2003
CIN 4 STL 2 Final
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CIN61-79000001001002490
STL73-69200000000000260

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ray OlmedoSS1-660100020.258.293.289
Tim Hummel3B1-442111200.258.343.516
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.125.125.125
D'Angelo Jimenez2B2-550200000.278.351.418
Sean Casey1B0-440010010.288.347.399
Stephen SmithermanLF0-110000000.188.257.344
Russell Branyan1B0-440000120.217.331.481
Jason LaRueC1-551100020.227.320.430
Wily Mo PenaCF3-551310000.200.265.322
Eric ValentRF1-550110010.250.333.250
Aaron HarangP0-000000000.077.077.077
Todd Van PoppelP0-220000020.000.000.000
Dernell StensonPH0-110000010.293.420.512
Phil NortonP0-000000000.000.000.000
John RiedlingP0-000000000.235.235.235
Ruben MateoPH0-110000000.253.305.345
Scott RandallP0-000000000.000.000.000
Juan Castro3B0-000000000.252.286.392
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Aaron HarangP1.022202128-175.1428
Todd Van PoppelP6.020003073-517.5073
Phil NortonP1.00000006-46.436
John RiedlingP1.010001018-115.1818
Scott RandallP2.010002024-167.5024
Chris ReitsmaP1.000001010-83.9610

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B1-551100000.268.329.433
J.D. DrewCF0-330000020.288.352.514
So TaguchiCF0-220000010.321.345.500
Albert PujolsLF2-551221010.362.435.672
Tino Martinez1B0-440000010.274.352.429
Scott Rolen3B1-550100010.285.378.534
Orlando PalmeiroRF0-440000000.264.334.324
Jason SimontacchiP0-000000000.135.135.162
Bo HartPH0-110000010.275.322.392
Miguel CairoSS0-550000010.254.295.386
Chris WidgerC1-330100010.179.226.231
Jim EdmondsPH0-110000000.286.395.632
Mike MathenyC0-000000000.245.315.333
Sterling HitchcockP0-110000000.250.250.250
Cal EldredP0-000000000.500.500.500
Eli MarreroPH0-110000000.228.279.367
Jason IsringhausenP0-000000000.500.5001.500
Kerry RobinsonRF1-110100000.258.287.325
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Sterling HitchcockP7.031118197-624.1997
Cal EldredP1.00000209-74.119
Jason IsringhausenP1.011120031-172.2031
Jason SimontacchiP3.052201051-355.6051

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 J.D. Drew CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 Tino Martinez 1B
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Orlando Palmeiro RF
  7. 7 Miguel Cairo SS
  8. 8 Chris Widger C
  9. 9 Sterling Hitchcock P

CIN

  1. 1 Ray Olmedo SS
  2. 2 Tim Hummel 3B
  3. 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  4. 4 Sean Casey 1B
  5. 5 Russell Branyan 1B
  6. 6 Jason LaRue C
  7. 7 Wily Mo Pena CF
  8. 8 Eric Valent RF
  9. 9 Aaron Harang P

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