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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates logo Pittsburgh Pirates

2–8Final · Sep 20, 2003
CHC 2 PIT 8 Final
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CHC83-72001000010271
PIT73-82001500208103

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-550200010.291.345.444
Mark Grudzielanek2B0-330000010.314.366.414
Sammy SosaRF0-440000040.281.362.545
Moises AlouLF1-440100000.287.361.471
Randall Simon1B1-331100100.273.308.430
Sergio MitreP0-0000000001.0001.0001.000
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440110010.269.323.453
Alex GonzalezSS1-330100010.227.295.405
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Hee Seop Choi1B0-110000010.219.351.423
Paul BakoC0-331000120.228.314.328
Matt ClementP0-110000000.150.164.183
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Felix SanchezP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ramon MartinezSS1-220100010.292.344.390
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matt ClementP3.066625063-404.2263
Mark GuthrieP2.010010026-142.4126
Felix SanchezP0.210012021-1210.8021
Antonio AlfonsecaP1.122212127-175.7427
Sergio MitreP1.010000014-915.4314

PIT

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Tike RedmanCF3-441320100.314.352.480
Jack WilsonSS2-550210010.256.303.352
Jason KendallC0-550000010.324.400.415
Matt StairsRF0-331000100.296.393.570
Mike LincolnP0-000000000.000.000.000
Brian BoehringerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jason BayLF0-112000310.297.430.609
Carlos Rivera1B1-332121010.239.296.398
Abraham Nunez2B3-441310010.253.316.353
Jose Hernandez3B1-441120030.226.289.350
Ryan VogelsongP1-330100010.200.200.200
J.J. DavisRF0-110000000.240.296.360
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ryan VogelsongP7.0510180116-734.79116
Mike LincolnP1.011111020-105.5020
Brian BoehringerP1.010003023-165.4323

Starting lineups

PIT

  1. 1 Tike Redman CF
  2. 2 Jack Wilson SS
  3. 3 Jason Kendall C
  4. 4 Matt Stairs RF
  5. 5 Jason Bay LF
  6. 6 Carlos Rivera 1B
  7. 7 Abraham Nunez 2B
  8. 8 Jose Hernandez 3B
  9. 9 Ryan Vogelsong 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 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Matt Clement P

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