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Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds logo Cincinnati Reds

7–9Final · Sep 25, 2003
CHC 7 CIN 9 Final

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

Box score

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Kenny LoftonCF2-552211010.296.348.451
Mark Grudzielanek2B3-551310000.315.367.419
Sammy SosaRF2-552232000.280.360.552
Moises AlouLF0-550000020.281.357.460
Aramis Ramirez3B1-440100010.273.325.467
Eric Karros1B0-330000000.284.337.438
Mark GuthrieP0-000000000.000.000.000
Antonio AlfonsecaP0-000000000.000.000.000
Troy O'LearyPH0-110000000.213.271.355
Paul BakoC0-000000000.228.313.332
Ramon MartinezSS1-441100010.288.339.382
Damian MillerC0-220000100.232.310.361
Tom GoodwinPH0-110000010.293.335.371
Mike RemlingerP0-000000000.000.000.000
Carlos ZambranoP0-220000000.240.250.387
Dave VeresP0-000000000.000.000.000
Randall Simon1B2-221211000.274.308.435
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Carlos ZambranoP5.075555096-593.1196
Dave VeresP0.11110007-44.837
Mark GuthrieP0.22220119-72.819
Antonio AlfonsecaP1.000001013-95.6513
Mike RemlingerP1.011111031-173.6731

CIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ryan FreelCF0-221010210.296.360.456
Ray OlmedoSS2-551220000.248.290.284
D'Angelo Jimenez2B0-220010200.274.349.419
Sean Casey1B2-441231100.290.348.404
Russell Branyan3B1-441100030.213.326.427
John RiedlingP0-000000000.235.235.235
Ruben MateoPH0-110000010.243.291.330
Chris ReitsmaP0-000000000.125.125.125
Wily Mo PenaRF1-331100100.219.284.368
Dernell StensonLF2-441210000.254.341.408
Jason LaRueC2-442200020.231.322.424
Todd Van PoppelP0-110000010.111.111.111
Stephen SmithermanPH1-111110000.159.213.273
Phil NortonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Juan Castro3B0-110000000.253.290.388
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Todd Van PoppelP6.064404298-715.5998
Phil NortonP0.221110014-93.3814
John RiedlingP1.121102128-205.0528
Chris ReitsmaP1.011100121-134.1221

Starting lineups

CIN

  1. 1 Ryan Freel CF
  2. 2 Ray Olmedo SS
  3. 3 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B
  4. 4 Sean Casey 1B
  5. 5 Russell Branyan 3B
  6. 6 Wily Mo Pena RF
  7. 7 Dernell Stenson LF
  8. 8 Jason LaRue C
  9. 9 Todd Van Poppel 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 Eric Karros 1B
  7. 7 Ramon Martinez SS
  8. 8 Damian Miller C
  9. 9 Carlos Zambrano P

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