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6–0Final · Sep 23, 2003
CHC 6 CIN 0 Final
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CHC85-72000014100680
CIN67-90000000000020

Play-by-play

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-331210010.293.346.445
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-441120000.313.366.415
Moises AlouLF1-441110010.284.358.466
Sammy SosaRF0-440000000.279.359.538
Aramis Ramirez3B2-441221000.273.327.470
Randall Simon1B0-440000000.271.305.426
Alex GonzalezSS0-440000010.225.293.402
Damian MillerC1-441100010.233.310.363
Kerry WoodP1-221100000.164.177.279
Kyle FarnsworthP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kerry WoodP7.01004120122-783.18122
Kyle FarnsworthP1.000000012-63.3612
Mike RemlingerP1.010010021-133.5921

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ryan FreelCF0-440000020.303.362.471
Tim Hummel3B0-440000010.231.282.372
D'Angelo Jimenez2B0-330000110.277.351.424
Sean Casey1B1-440100000.291.349.400
Russell BranyanLF0-330000120.212.330.429
Wily Mo PenaRF1-330100120.215.278.369
Jason LaRueC0-330000110.227.320.423
Ray OlmedoSS0-220000110.248.291.281
Scott RandallP0-220000010.333.333.333
Dan SerafiniP0-000000000.000.000.000
Dernell StensonPH0-110000010.239.333.403
Brian ReithP0-000000000.000.000.000
Juan CerrosP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Scott RandallP5.175502176-497.1576
Dan SerafiniP1.211100015-105.8815
Brian ReithP1.000001012-94.4712
Juan CerrosP1.000001010-67.8810

Starting lineups

CIN

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

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  3. 3 Moises Alou LF
  4. 4 Sammy Sosa RF
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Randall Simon 1B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Kerry Wood P

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