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2–3Final · Sep 16, 2003
NYM 2 CHC 3 Final
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NYM63-87001000001282
CHC81-7010200000370

Play-by-play

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

Box score

NYM

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Roger CedenoRF2-551211010.273.326.386
Danny Garcia2B1-330100020.214.261.405
Timo PerezCF0-440000010.271.305.368
Mike PiazzaC---------------------------
Jason Phillips1B2-440200000.304.380.451
Ty Wigginton3B1-441100030.257.320.396
Jorge VelandiaSS1-220100110.229.333.314
Tony ClarkPH0-110000010.228.293.482
Jeff DuncanCF0-220000010.189.295.244
Matt WatsonLF1-220110010.333.333.667
Jae SeoP0-220000000.106.160.128
Mike GlavinePH0-110000010.000.000.000
David WeathersP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orber MorenoP0-000000000.000.000.000
Raul GonzalezPH0-000000100.242.329.343
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jae SeoP6.053216184-534.0184
David WeathersP1.020000012-83.2012
Orber MorenoP1.000011013-710.8013

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF0-331000110.289.343.441
Mark Grudzielanek2B3-331300000.318.370.421
Sammy SosaRF1-441131000.287.368.552
Moises AlouLF1-440100000.291.363.478
Randall Simon1B0-440000000.274.306.434
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440100010.269.320.445
Ramon MartinezSS0-330000110.288.341.387
Tony WomackPR0-000000000.233.259.316
Alex GonzalezSS0-000000000.223.292.396
Paul BakoC0-440000030.225.311.318
Mark PriorP1-330100010.254.275.358
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Mark PriorP8.28221131124-822.47124
Joe BorowskiP0.100011012-62.7612

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 Ramon Martinez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Mark Prior P

NYM

  1. 1 Roger Cedeno RF
  2. 2 Danny Garcia 2B
  3. 3 Timo Perez CF
  4. 4 Mike Piazza C
  5. 5 Jason Phillips 1B
  6. 6 Ty Wigginton 3B
  7. 7 Jorge Velandia SS
  8. 8 Jeff Duncan CF
  9. 9 Jae Seo P

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