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10–9Final · Sep 19, 2003
CHC 10 PIT 9 Final
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CHC83-7003600100010113
PIT71-82040230000990

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-441230100.290.345.444
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-440120010.317.369.419
Sammy SosaRF0-550000010.282.363.543
Moises AlouLF0-331000210.288.363.474
Randall Simon1B1-441100000.274.307.432
Aramis Ramirez3B1-222121310.270.324.455
Alex GonzalezSS2-332231100.226.295.405
Damian MillerC1-441100000.235.309.364
Tony WomackPH0-110000010.230.255.311
Paul BakoC0-000000000.225.311.318
Carlos ZambranoP2-332200010.247.257.397
Dave VeresP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Tom GoodwinPH0-110000000.294.335.368
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000000.218.277.364
Joe BorowskiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoP4.289633292-552.9792
Dave VeresP1.000001022-164.7522
Mark GuthrieP0.10000003-12.543
Kyle FarnsworthP1.100002012-83.4112
Mike RemlingerP0.210000010-73.6610
Joe BorowskiP1.000000012-72.7112

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tike RedmanCF0-550000000.303.337.467
Abraham Nunez2B0-440000010.247.311.345
Jeff Reboulet2B0-110000000.244.324.336
Jason KendallC2-551200000.326.402.415
Matt Stairs1B1-442100100.299.395.570
Craig WilsonRF1-551100020.265.366.523
Rob Mackowiak3B1-333100100.259.339.456
Jason BayLF3-442382010.322.429.661
Jack WilsonSS0-330000100.252.299.347
Josh FoggP0-000000000.200.238.200
Nelson FigueroaP0-110000010.000.000.000
J.J. DavisPH0-110000010.250.308.375
Mark CoreyP0-000000000.000.000.000
Carlos RiveraPH1-110100000.222.270.346
Mike LincolnP0-000000000.000.000.000
John GrabowP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Josh FoggP2.199930254-295.2354
Nelson FigueroaP3.211132049-273.6049
Mark CoreyP2.000003026-175.4026
Mike LincolnP0.200011015-75.4015
John GrabowP0.10000005-210.805

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Tike Redman CF
  2. 2 Abraham Nunez 2B
  3. 3 Jason Kendall C
  4. 4 Matt Stairs 1B
  5. 5 Craig Wilson RF
  6. 6 Rob Mackowiak 3B
  7. 7 Jason Bay LF
  8. 8 Jack Wilson SS
  9. 9 Josh Fogg P

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 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Carlos Zambrano P

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