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3–2Final · Sep 27, 2003
STL 3 ARI 2 Final
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STL84-77021000000352
ARI84-771001000002111

Play-by-play

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

Box score

STL

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Miguel Cairo3B0-440000100.246.290.377
So TaguchiCF1-330100010.250.304.462
J.D. DrewRF0-220000010.292.374.518
Albert Pujols1B0-331000210.358.439.666
Eduardo PérezRF1-331111000.286.366.480
Kerry RobinsonLF0-000000000.250.281.322
Edgar RenteriaSS1-441110010.329.393.479
Eli MarreroLF0-330000100.226.270.358
Mike DeJeanP0-000000000.000.000.000
Jim EdmondsCF0-000000000.274.384.608
Chris WidgerC1-440100020.235.279.324
Bo Hart2B2-440210010.281.322.401
Sterling HitchcockP0-330000030.083.083.083
Russ SpringerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Steve KlineP0-000000000.500.5001.000
Orlando PalmeiroLF0-000000000.271.336.347
Jason IsringhausenP0-000000000.500.5001.500
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Sterling HitchcockP5.152104179-524.7279
Russ SpringerP0.21000004-48.314
Steve KlineP1.120001023-163.6923
Mike DeJeanP0.210011015-84.6115
Jason IsringhausenP1.020001022-152.4322

ARI

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Steve FinleyCF1-551100020.288.364.497
Junior Spivey2B0-550000010.255.326.433
Mark Grace1B2-330200000.200.279.304
Matt KataPR0-000000000.256.315.421
Lyle Overbay1B0-220000000.270.361.389
Raul MondesiRF2-331221010.272.343.484
Álex CintrónSS3-440300000.312.354.481
Danny BautistaLF0-330000000.275.329.393
Carlos BaergaPH0-000000100.340.393.461
Rod BarajasC0-000000000.218.265.327
Craig Counsell3B1-440100000.235.329.305
Robby HammockLF1-440100010.283.341.476
Chris CapuanoP0-110000010.000.000.000
Edgar G GonzalezP0-000000000.250.250.250
Quinton McCrackenPH0-110000000.223.273.267
John PattersonP0-000000000.077.077.077
Felix JosePH0-110000010.353.522.588
Oscar VillarrealP0-000000000.000.000.000
Luis GonzalezPH1-110100000.307.403.536
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris CapuanoP4.143335181-484.6481
Edgar G GonzalezP0.20000009-55.199
John PattersonP2.010002028-186.0528
Oscar VillarrealP2.010013037-202.5737

Starting lineups

ARI

  1. 1 Steve Finley CF
  2. 2 Junior Spivey 2B
  3. 3 Mark Grace 1B
  4. 4 Raul Mondesi RF
  5. 5 Álex Cintrón SS
  6. 6 Danny Bautista LF
  7. 7 Craig Counsell 3B
  8. 8 Robby Hammock LF
  9. 9 Chris Capuano P

STL

  1. 1 Miguel Cairo 3B
  2. 2 So Taguchi CF
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 1B
  4. 4 Eduardo Pérez RF
  5. 5 Edgar Renteria SS
  6. 6 Eli Marrero LF
  7. 7 Chris Widger C
  8. 8 Bo Hart 2B
  9. 9 Sterling Hitchcock P

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