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2–3Final · Sep 20, 2003
HOU 2 STL 3 Final
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HOU84-700020000000000281
STL80-760010010000001391

Play-by-play

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

Box score

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Craig BiggioCF1-551100100.266.355.415
Geoff Blum3B2-550200000.269.303.389
Jeff Bagwell1B0-440000220.273.371.517
Jeff Kent2B1-660120010.299.352.519
Lance BerkmanLF0-330000110.283.408.503
Octavio DotelP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jose VizcainoPH0-110000000.246.276.366
Billy WagnerP0-000000000.000.333.000
Morgan EnsbergPH0-110000000.287.373.515
Dan MiceliP0-000000000.000.000.000
Richard HidalgoRF1-550100120.316.390.586
Brad AusmusC1-550100120.230.305.295
Adam EverettSS0-550000010.250.315.379
Tim ReddingP1-221100010.204.235.265
Ricky StoneP0-000000000.000.000.000
Mike GalloP0-000000000.000.000.000
Orlando MercedPH1-110100000.235.288.377
Colin PorterPR0-000000000.207.233.207
Brad LidgeP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jason LaneLF0-110000010.200.200.400
Mitch MeluskeyPH0-110000010.000.200.000
Eric BruntlettLF0-000000000.245.240.367
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tim ReddingP5.041133091-543.7491
Ricky StoneP0.211000010-63.2810
Mike GalloP0.10000003-23.293
Brad LidgeP1.000011017-103.5917
Octavio DotelP2.000014036-232.6136
Billy WagnerP2.020031038-171.6038
Dan MiceliP1.121121133-163.2433

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B3-550300100.268.327.409
Eli MarreroRF0-550000030.232.271.374
Mike DeJeanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Bo HartPH0-110000010.278.319.399
Jason SimontacchiP0-110000010.132.132.158
Albert PujolsLF1-551111200.364.441.678
J.D. DrewCF2-440210200.293.374.511
Scott Rolen3B1-550100100.286.379.528
Tino Martinez1B0-660000010.268.347.418
Edgar RenteriaSS1-441100210.329.393.482
Chris WidgerC0-330000010.221.269.295
Kerry RobinsonRF0-110000010.254.285.327
So TaguchiRF0-110000100.250.313.432
Brett TomkoP0-221000010.295.338.311
Orlando PalmeiroPH0-000000000.266.331.341
Eduardo PérezPH0-110000000.280.362.465
Cal EldredP0-000000000.500.500.500
Jason IsringhausenP0-000000000.500.5001.500
Miguel CairoPH0-000000100.251.293.384
Mike MathenyC1-110100000.251.317.351
Jim EdmondsPR0-000000000.272.384.603
Joe GirardiC0-110000000.095.208.095
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoP6.0522260101-675.20101
Cal EldredP2.010010024-153.7824
Jason IsringhausenP1.010001010-62.6810
Mike DeJeanP2.010014038-224.6138
Jason SimontacchiP2.000021031-165.4431

Starting lineups

STL

  1. 1 Fernando Vina 2B
  2. 2 Eli Marrero RF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols LF
  4. 4 J.D. Drew CF
  5. 5 Scott Rolen 3B
  6. 6 Tino Martinez 1B
  7. 7 Edgar Renteria SS
  8. 8 Chris Widger C
  9. 9 Brett Tomko 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 Tim Redding P

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