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8–1Final · Sep 19, 2003
HOU 8 STL 1 Final
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HOU84-692200200028130
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Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF0-331000100.266.355.417
Geoff Blum3B1-551100000.267.302.389
Jeff Bagwell1B3-552331000.275.371.521
Jeff Kent2B1-551110030.301.355.523
Lance BerkmanLF2-331200210.284.409.506
Richard HidalgoRF2-441221100.318.391.588
Brad AusmusC2-551210000.231.305.296
Adam EverettSS2-440210110.253.319.384
Roy OswaltP0-220000010.184.205.211
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000000.247.277.368
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.333.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Roy OswaltP7.0511250102-693.09102
Brad LidgeP1.010002014-113.6414
Billy WagnerP1.00000007-51.647

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bo Hart2B1-440100010.279.320.401
Orlando PalmeiroLF1-440100000.266.331.341
Albert Pujols1B1-440100000.365.441.677
J.D. DrewCF1-221100100.289.368.508
Eli MarreroPH0-110000000.245.284.394
Scott Rolen3B0-440000010.287.380.531
Edgar RenteriaSS0-330000000.330.392.481
Eduardo PérezRF1-330110020.281.364.467
Mike MathenyC1-220100010.249.316.350
Kerry RobinsonPH0-110000010.255.286.328
Jimmy JournellP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jason SimontacchiP0-000000000.135.135.162
Matt MorrisP0-110000000.180.212.280
Joe GirardiPH0-000000100.100.217.100
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Russ SpringerP0-000000000.000.000.000
So TaguchiPH0-110000010.256.304.442
Chris WidgerC0-000000000.228.277.304
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt MorrisP5.086624287-523.7687
Jeff FasseroP2.020021030-135.7330
Russ SpringerP1.000001013-98.6413
Jimmy JournellP0.232210021-136.0021
Jason SimontacchiP0.10000001-15.531

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Bo Hart 2B
  2. 2 Orlando Palmeiro LF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 J.D. Drew CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Edgar Renteria SS
  7. 7 Eduardo Pérez RF
  8. 8 Mike Matheny C
  9. 9 Matt Morris P

HOU

  1. 1 Craig Biggio CF
  2. 2 Geoff Blum 3B
  3. 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
  4. 4 Jeff Kent 2B
  5. 5 Lance Berkman LF
  6. 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
  7. 7 Brad Ausmus C
  8. 8 Adam Everett SS
  9. 9 Roy Oswalt P

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