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5–8Final · Sep 17, 2003
CIN 5 PIT 8 Final
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CIN65-87000001040592
PIT70-81200113018141

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ryan FreelCF3-552300000.317.384.505
Ray OlmedoSS2-551210020.258.294.284
D'Angelo Jimenez2B1-441100110.279.351.429
Sean Casey1B1-331110200.292.351.401
Russell Branyan3B0-220010110.232.349.472
Wily Mo PenaLF1-440110010.212.268.364
Jason LaRueC1-440110010.230.318.431
Ruben MateoRF0-440000010.251.301.342
Seth EthertonP0-000000000.143.143.143
Dan SerafiniP0-220000010.000.000.000
Juan CerrosP0-000000000.000.000.000
Eric ValentPH0-110000010.231.250.231
Dernell StensonPH0-110000010.246.347.410
Matt BelisleP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Seth EthertonP1.022210028-146.9028
Dan SerafiniP4.2833230105-646.17105
Juan CerrosP1.122202127-179.0027
Matt BelisleP1.021111019-128.4419

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tike RedmanCF3-442310100.303.338.476
Abraham Nunez2B1-331110100.251.315.350
Jason KendallC3-551300000.324.402.416
Reggie SandersLF0-000000000.285.345.567
Jason BayLF2-441210110.296.406.537
Matt Stairs1B2-332221000.295.391.568
Carlos Rivera1B0-000010000.203.253.329
Craig WilsonRF0-550000020.267.364.531
Jose Hernandez3B1-440100010.225.288.351
Jack WilsonSS2-441210000.253.300.350
Jeff C. D'AmicoP0-330000120.130.231.217
Mike GonzalezP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike LincolnP0-000000000.000.000.000
Julian TavarezP0-000000000.000.200.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeff C. D'AmicoP7.1544380111-744.65111
Mike GonzalezP0.101110010-38.5910
Mike LincolnP0.02000006-35.516
Julian TavarezP1.120002027-173.8127

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Tike Redman CF
  2. 2 Abraham Nunez 2B
  3. 3 Jason Kendall C
  4. 4 Reggie Sanders LF
  5. 5 Matt Stairs 1B
  6. 6 Craig Wilson RF
  7. 7 Jose Hernandez 3B
  8. 8 Jack Wilson SS
  9. 9 Jeff C. D'Amico P

CIN

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

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