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6–7Final · Sep 26, 2003
STL 6 ARI 7 Final
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STL83-77000021021691
ARI84-76001103207130

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Fernando Vina2B0-440010110.252.310.382
Jim EdmondsCF2-551211010.274.384.608
Albert Pujols1B0-550000020.360.440.669
J.D. DrewRF1-441100000.294.376.521
Scott Rolen3B1-440100010.288.382.530
Edgar RenteriaSS0-331000110.330.394.480
Tino Martinez1B3-332321100.275.354.431
Cal EldredP0-000000000.500.500.500
Chris WidgerC2-331220000.235.280.327
Orlando PalmeiroPH0-110000000.271.336.347
Joe GirardiC0-000000000.095.208.095
Brett TomkoP0-220000020.286.328.302
Steve KlineP0-000000000.500.5001.000
Jason SimontacchiP0-000000000.132.132.158
Jeff FasseroP0-000000000.000.000.000
Kerry RobinsonLF0-110000000.250.281.322
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brett TomkoP5.1105520199-615.2899
Steve KlineP0.20000005-43.775
Jason SimontacchiP0.222220025-155.5625
Jeff FasseroP0.21000009-45.689
Cal EldredP0.20000005-43.655

ARI

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Steve FinleyCF2-551210000.289.365.500
Matt Kata2B1-550100000.256.315.421
Luis GonzalezLF3-440310100.306.402.535
Raul MondesiRF0-441000100.269.342.477
Álex CintrónSS2-551200000.308.351.476
Shea Hillenbrand1B2-441221000.280.315.471
Craig Counsell3B1-442100000.235.330.306
Robby HammockC---------------------------
Elmer DessensP1-220110000.196.245.261
P---------------------------
Carlos BaergaPH1-110110000.340.390.461
Quinton McCrackenPR0-001000000.224.274.269
Mike MyersP---------------------------
Oscar VillarrealP0-000000000.000.000.000
Felix JosePH0-000000100.375.545.625
Jose ValverdeP0-0000000001.0001.0002.000
Matt ManteiP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Elmer DessensP5.042223089-545.0789
Oscar VillarrealP0.10000104-32.634
Jose ValverdeP1.022201119-122.1619
Matt ManteiP1.011101118-102.6218

Starting lineups

ARI

  1. 1 Steve Finley CF
  2. 2 Matt Kata 2B
  3. 3 Luis Gonzalez LF
  4. 4 Raul Mondesi RF
  5. 5 Álex Cintrón SS
  6. 6 Shea Hillenbrand 1B
  7. 7 Craig Counsell 3B
  8. 8 Robby Hammock C
  9. 9 Elmer Dessens P

STL

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

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