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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds logo Cincinnati Reds

8–0Final · Sep 24, 2003
CHC 8 CIN 0 Final
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CHC86-720160000018100
CIN67-91000000000042

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-441210100.295.348.446
Tom GoodwinRF0-000000000.295.337.373
Mark Grudzielanek2B1-550120000.312.365.415
Sammy SosaRF1-442111120.279.359.542
Doug GlanvilleCF0-000000000.264.287.347
Moises AlouLF0-221000300.283.360.464
Troy O'LearyLF0-000000000.214.273.357
Aramis Ramirez3B1-550110000.273.326.468
Randall Simon1B1-441100000.270.305.424
Eric Karros1B0-110000000.287.340.442
Alex GonzalezSS1-442100110.226.294.400
Paul BakoC1-440130010.228.313.332
Shawn EstesP2-441200000.179.214.282
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Shawn EstesP9.0400250117-765.73117

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ryan FreelCF1-440100000.301.358.463
Tim Hummel3B0-220000200.225.292.363
D'Angelo Jimenez2B0-440000000.275.349.421
Sean Casey1B0-440000010.289.346.398
Russell BranyanLF1-440100010.213.328.425
Wily Mo PenaRF1-330100000.217.279.368
Jason LaRueC1-330100000.228.320.423
Ray OlmedoSS0-330000000.244.288.277
Josh HallP0-000000000.167.167.167
Matt BelisleP0-110000010.000.000.000
Stephen SmithermanPH0-110000010.140.196.256
Juan CerrosP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ruben MateoPH0-110000010.244.293.332
Dan SerafiniP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Josh HallP2.267340168-396.5768
Matt BelisleP2.120003027-185.8727
Juan CerrosP3.010001040-245.7340
Dan SerafiniP1.011120020-86.0020

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 Josh Hall P

CHC

  1. 1 Kenny Lofton CF
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2B
  3. 3 Sammy Sosa RF
  4. 4 Moises Alou LF
  5. 5 Aramis Ramirez 3B
  6. 6 Randall Simon 1B
  7. 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
  8. 8 Paul Bako C
  9. 9 Shawn Estes P

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