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4–3Final · Sep 9, 2003
CHC 4 MON 3 Final
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CHC77-670001012004110
MON72-73100001001371

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-440100100.289.342.435
Mark Grudzielanek2B0-441000010.304.361.409
Sammy SosaRF1-332100100.295.380.571
Moises AlouLF2-550220000.289.362.476
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440110000.268.321.445
Randall Simon1B3-440310000.280.310.446
Alex GonzalezSS0-330000100.223.291.399
Paul BakoC1-440100000.229.322.312
Carlos ZambranoP2-331200010.239.250.388
Hee Seop ChoiPH0-110000010.220.353.425
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tom GoodwinLF0-000000000.290.333.368
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoP7.0522350116-672.86116
Kyle FarnsworthP1.010001012-103.0612
Joe BorowskiP1.011100116-112.9016

MON

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Brad Wilkerson1B2-442200100.273.386.474
Endy ChavezCF1-330100000.257.297.364
Orlando CabreraSS2-330220000.289.345.452
Vladimir GuerreroRF0-330000100.323.424.590
Ron CallowayLF0-330000130.235.283.376
Todd Zeile3B0-440000000.225.308.381
Brian SchneiderC1-440100020.228.302.386
Henry Mateo2B0-440000000.252.301.283
Zach DayP0-220000010.050.073.050
Hector AlmonteP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VidroPH0-110000000.315.399.470
Luis I AyalaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Chad CorderoP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose MaciasPH1-111111000.244.281.368
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Zach DayP6.194411095-584.0795
Hector AlmonteP0.210010016-87.3616
Luis I AyalaP1.010012023-142.9523
Chad CorderoP1.000000013-73.6013

Starting lineups

MON

  1. 1 Brad Wilkerson 1B
  2. 2 Endy Chavez CF
  3. 3 Orlando Cabrera SS
  4. 4 Vladimir Guerrero RF
  5. 5 Ron Calloway LF
  6. 6 Todd Zeile 3B
  7. 7 Brian Schneider C
  8. 8 Henry Mateo 2B
  9. 9 Zach Day P

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 Randall Simon 1B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Carlos Zambrano P

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