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Cincinnati Reds logo Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs

6–7Final · Sep 12, 2003
CIN 6 CHC 7 Final
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CIN63-840000105006120
CHC78-69121100207131

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Juan CastroSS1-221100100.264.300.404
Eric ValentPH0-110000000.250.276.250
Juan CerrosP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dernell StensonPH1-110120000.275.383.471
John RiedlingP0-000000000.235.235.235
Stephen SmithermanPH0-110000010.154.214.282
Tim Hummel3B0-440000110.185.267.352
D'Angelo Jimenez2B2-551200010.277.349.422
Sean Casey1B2-441200000.290.348.399
Russell BranyanLF2-441220110.233.349.496
Ruben MateoRF1-441120120.254.307.351
Jason LaRueC0-110000010.230.318.434
Corky MillerC1-221100110.267.389.267
Dan SerafiniPR0-000000000.000.000.000
Wily Mo PenaCF1-440100020.212.276.363
Seth EthertonP0-110000010.143.143.143
Brian ReithP0-110000010.000.000.000
Ray OlmedoSS1-330100010.256.289.285
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Seth EthertonP2.074411048-266.5248
Brian ReithP3.031105047-314.7647
Juan CerrosP1.000000010-610.1310
John RiedlingP1.110011021-124.9521

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-442210110.290.343.443
Mark Grudzielanek2B3-550310000.306.362.408
Sammy SosaRF0-550000030.289.372.557
Moises AlouLF0-221010120.288.361.478
Randall Simon1B2-331200100.279.310.441
Aramis Ramirez3B2-441210000.268.321.447
Alex GonzalezSS1-440100010.223.290.397
Paul BakoC1-331100010.227.317.307
Kerry WoodP1-111100000.143.158.268
Tony WomackPH0-110000000.234.259.317
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kerry WoodP6.0511490113-623.44113
Mark GuthrieP0.03330008-42.638
Antonio AlfonsecaP1.022211024-155.4324
Mike RemlingerP1.000001014-73.7614
Joe BorowskiP1.020002020-152.8620

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 Randall Simon 1B
  6. 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Kerry Wood P

CIN

  1. 1 Juan Castro SS
  2. 2 Tim Hummel 3B
  3. 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  4. 4 Sean Casey 1B
  5. 5 Russell Branyan LF
  6. 6 Ruben Mateo RF
  7. 7 Jason LaRue C
  8. 8 Wily Mo Pena CF
  9. 9 Seth Etherton P

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