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4–8Final · Sep 10, 2003
CHC 4 MON 8 Final
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CHC77-68021001000480
MON73-7300000305880

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-441111000.289.341.440
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-440100010.304.360.407
Sammy SosaRF0-440000010.292.377.566
Moises AlouLF1-332111100.290.363.481
Aramis Ramirez3B1-441121020.268.320.450
Randall Simon1B0-440000010.277.307.441
Alex GonzalezSS1-440100010.223.291.400
Damian MillerC2-440200000.237.313.369
Matt ClementP1-220100000.161.175.196
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dave VeresP0-000000000.000.000.000
Hee Seop ChoiPH0-000000000.220.353.425
Dave KeltonPH0-110000010.182.182.273
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tom GoodwinPH0-110000010.288.331.365
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt ClementP5.003355086-454.1686
Mark GuthrieP0.000020010-21.9110
Dave VeresP1.010002019-115.1419
Mike RemlingerP1.021100019-123.8819
Kyle FarnsworthP1.054402026-163.5226

MON

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Brad Wilkerson1B0-330010220.271.387.471
Endy ChavezCF1-331110100.257.299.364
Orlando CabreraSS2-441210010.291.346.453
Vladimir GuerreroRF0-440000020.320.419.583
Ron CallowayLF0-440000020.232.279.371
Todd Zeile3B0-330000020.223.305.377
Chad CorderoP0-000000000.000.000.000
Joey EischenP0-000000000.250.250.250
Luis I AyalaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose MaciasPH1-111120000.247.284.374
Rocky BiddleP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian SchneiderC1-332110100.229.304.389
Henry Mateo2B2-222210200.264.321.295
Livan HernandezP0-110000000.194.217.209
Jose VidroPH0-000000100.315.400.470
Jamey Carroll3B1-221110000.261.326.330
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Livan HernandezP6.054414384-572.9484
Chad CorderoP0.11000009-63.389
Joey EischenP0.20000105-43.085
Luis I AyalaP1.000001020-122.9120
Rocky BiddleP1.020002022-134.9122

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 Livan Hernandez 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 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Matt Clement P

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