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1–0Final · Sep 14, 2003
CIN 1 CHC 0 Final
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CIN64-85000000001140
CHC79-70000000000070

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ray OlmedoSS0-331000100.256.291.283
Tim Hummel3B1-330100000.210.279.387
D'Angelo Jimenez2B0-330000000.277.348.425
Russell Branyan1B1-440110010.234.348.482
Dernell StensonLF0-440000030.250.354.429
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.125.125.125
Wily Mo PenaCF0-330000030.208.269.350
Eric ValentRF2-330200000.281.303.281
Corky MillerC0-220000000.300.400.300
Josh HallP0-220000000.000.000.000
Ruben MateoPH0-110000000.253.304.347
John RiedlingP0-000000000.235.235.235
Stephen SmithermanLF0-000000000.154.214.282
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Josh HallP7.0700280108-715.29108
John RiedlingP1.000001011-74.9011
Chris ReitsmaP1.000002014-83.9914

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF1-330100100.291.345.445
Mark Grudzielanek2B2-440200010.311.365.411
Sammy SosaRF1-440100010.289.372.553
Moises AlouLF1-440100030.288.361.476
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440100010.269.321.446
Randall Simon1B0-330000100.277.310.438
Alex GonzalezSS1-330100010.225.294.399
Tom GoodwinPH0-110000000.296.337.370
Paul BakoC0-330000010.223.312.301
Tony WomackPH0-110000010.233.259.316
Carlos ZambranoP0-330000010.229.239.371
Eric KarrosPH0-110000010.289.344.451
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoP9.0411170129-792.77129

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

CIN

  1. 1 Ray Olmedo SS
  2. 2 Tim Hummel 3B
  3. 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  4. 4 Russell Branyan 1B
  5. 5 Dernell Stenson LF
  6. 6 Wily Mo Pena CF
  7. 7 Eric Valent RF
  8. 8 Corky Miller C
  9. 9 Josh Hall P

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