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5–4Final · Sep 5, 2003
HOU 5 SD 4 Final
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HOU74-66011030000590
SD56-83003000100480

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF2-442211100.261.343.409
Geoff Blum3B2-441200000.269.302.396
Octavio DotelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Raul ChavezC0-110000000.214.267.500
Jeff Bagwell1B2-441231010.277.377.512
Jeff Kent2B0-440000010.294.343.513
Lance BerkmanLF1-441100020.284.406.515
Richard HidalgoRF2-330210100.307.376.554
Brad AusmusC0-440000010.224.298.296
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.500.000
Adam EverettSS0-330000110.244.307.368
Jared FernandezP0-220000010.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH0-110000000.231.286.372
Dan MiceliP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike GalloP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Morgan Ensberg3B0-110000000.278.366.511
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jared FernandezP5.053321174-464.6574
Dan MiceliP0.11000009-53.309
Mike GalloP0.20000003-23.133
Brad LidgeP0.211112019-103.6919
Octavio DotelP1.000011018-102.8218
Billy WagnerP1.110000017-111.8117

SD

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Sean Burroughs3B2-441210100.301.369.422
Mark Loretta2B0-440000020.323.384.446
Brian GilesLF1-331100100.301.430.511
Phil Nevin1B1-441131000.268.323.451
Gary Matthews Jr.RF1-330100100.249.313.368
Mark KotsayCF2-440200000.268.345.373
Khalil GreeneSS0-440000010.000.000.000
Gary BennettC1-331100100.227.291.288
Adam EatonP0-220000000.204.264.388
Scott LinebrinkP0-000000000.167.167.250
Dave HansenPH0-110000010.242.353.320
Trevor HoffmanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jay WitasickP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian BuchananPH0-110000000.267.359.466
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Adam EatonP6.0755262109-654.18109
Scott LinebrinkP1.010000012-93.2412
Trevor HoffmanP1.010001013-80.0013
Jay WitasickP1.000010012-63.6212

Starting lineups

SD

  1. 1 Sean Burroughs 3B
  2. 2 Mark Loretta 2B
  3. 3 Brian Giles LF
  4. 4 Phil Nevin 1B
  5. 5 Gary Matthews Jr. RF
  6. 6 Mark Kotsay CF
  7. 7 Khalil Greene SS
  8. 8 Gary Bennett C
  9. 9 Adam Eaton P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Jared Fernandez P

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