Montreal vs. Atlanta
Play By Play. Pitch By PitchJuly 05, 2003
NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MONTREAL 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
ATLANTA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 (FINAL)
MONTREAL (2) VS ATLANTA (3) - FINAL
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Chavez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .263
J Vidro 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .327
E Guzman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .280
O Cabrera ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .293
B Wilkerson lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .289
W Cordero 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
R Calloway rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .253
B Schneider c 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
J Vazquez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
T Tucker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
S Stewart p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
J Manon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Biddle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 2 7 2 1 2 7
BATTING: 2B - E Chavez (17, J Bong). HR - O Cabrera (12, 4th inning off
G Maddux 0 on, 2 Out), B Wilkerson (10, 4th inning off G Maddux 0 on, 2 Out).
S - J Vazquez. RBI - O Cabrera (48), B Wilkerson (45). 2-out RBI - O Cabrera,
B Wilkerson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 1, E Chavez 1.
GIDP - E Guzman 2, B Schneider. Team LOB - 3.
FIELDING: E - O Cabrera (10, ground ball). DP: 1 (J Vidro-O Cabrera-W Cordero).
ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .294
M Derosa 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .235
G Sheffield rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .328
C Jones lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .290
A Jones cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .291
R Fick 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 .303
V Castilla 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .249
H Blanco c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172
a-J Lopez ph-c 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .308
G Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .114
b-M Franco ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321
c-J Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .287
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Bong p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-M Giles ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .281
Totals 30 3 5 3 5 8 13
a-struck out swinging for H Blanco in the 7th; b-hit for G Maddux in the 7th;
c-struck out swinging for M Franco in the 7th; d-struck out swinging for
J Bong in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - M Derosa (5, T Tucker). SF - C Jones. RBI - C Jones (46), J Lopez (49),
R Furcal (33). 2-out RBI - R Furcal. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
A Jones 2, J Franco 1. GIDP - R Fick. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - V Castilla (1, 2nd base off T Tucker/B Schneider).
FIELDING: DP: 3 (G Maddux-R Furcal-R Fick, M Derosa-R Fick, M Derosa-R Furcal-R Fick).
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MONTREAL - 000 200 000 -- 2
ATLANTA - 000 100 002 -- 3
Two outs when winning run scored.
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MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
J Vazquez 5 2 1 1 2 5 0 3.95
T Tucker (H, 3) 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 5.16
S Stewart (H, 13) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.19
J Manon (H, 5) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.63
R Biddle (L, 3-3; B, 4) 2/3 1 2 0 2 1 0 3.61
ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
G Maddux 7 6 2 2 0 0 2 4.71
R King 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.14
J Bong (W, 6-1) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.06
IBB - O Cabrera (by J Bong). HBP - J Lopez (by R Biddle). Pitches-strikes:
J Vazquez 72-43; T Tucker 33-18; S Stewart 5-4; J Manon 9-5; R Biddle 32-14;
G Maddux 63-49; R King 14-10; J Bong 21-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Vazquez 5-5;
T Tucker 3-1; S Stewart 1-0; J Manon 0-2; R Biddle 0-1; G Maddux 17-4; R King 1-0;
J Bong 3-0. Batters faced: J Vazquez 18; T Tucker 8; S Stewart 2; J Manon 2;
R Biddle 7; G Maddux 24; R King 3; J Bong 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Phil Cuzzi. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Brian Onora.
T--2:36. (Plus rain delay totaling 1 hour, 7 minutes in the 5th).
Att--34,454.
Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to center.
How They ScoredMONTREAL 4TH: J Vidro singled to right. E Guzman grounded into double play, second to first, J Vidro out at second. O Cabrera homered to left. B Wilkerson homered to left center. W Cordero grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 2, ATLANTA 0. ATLANTA 4TH: R Furcal reached on infield single to shortstop. M Derosa singled to center, R Furcal to second. G Sheffield walked, R Furcal to third, M Derosa to second. C Jones hit sacrifice fly to left, R Furcal scored. A Jones walked, M Derosa to third, G Sheffield to second. R Fick grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Jones out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 2, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 9TH: R Biddle relieved J Manon. C Jones singled to right center. A Jones fouled out to first. R Fick grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Jones safe at third on error by shortstop O Cabrera. V Castilla walked, R Fick to second. J Lopez hit by pitch, C Jones scored, R Fick to third, V Castilla to second. M Giles hit for J Bong. M Giles struck out swinging. R Furcal walked, R Fick scored. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) MONTREAL 2, ATLANTA 3.
Game StoryATLANTA (Ticker) -- After Orlando Cabrera barely missed a potential double play grounder, Rocky Biddle did not miss Javy Lopez. Then, Biddle missed the strike zone. Lopez was hit by a pitch to force in the tying run and Rafael Furcal worked out a bases-loaded walk to score the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Atlanta Braves rallied for a 3-2 triumph over the Montreal Expos. Montreal took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth and gave the ball to Biddle, who was 22-for-25 in save situations. Chipper Jones led off with a single, but Andruw Jones fouled out on a 3-0 pitch. Robert Fick hit a grounder up the middle that ticked off the bottom of Cabrera's glove for an error that put runners at the corners. "That's a game we should have won. We should have been in the clubhouse on the ground ball," Expos manager Frank Robinson said. "We're just not making routine plays. I don't know what it is - maybe a lack of concentration." Biddle (3-3) walked Vinny Castilla, then hit Lopez above the left elbow with a 1-0 pitch. Marcus Giles struck out, but Furcal battled back from an 0-2 count, fouled off one full-count offering, then walked to force in Fick. "I was going to the plate with a lot of patience," Furcal said. "I was looking for a pitch right down the middle." "Just trying to get him to hit the ball on the ground to somebody. I sure as hell wasn't trying to walk him," Biddle explained. "It (stinks). No, there isn't (a worse way to lose). That's the way it goes." The unorthodox rally made a winner of rookie Jung Bong (6-1), who gave up a hit and a walk in the top of the ninth but retired Brad Wilkerson on a groundout to end the inning. With six wins, Bong is tied for third on the team with Greg Maddux, who made just two mistakes in seven efficient innings. The four-time Cy Young Award winner surrendered back-to-back homers in the fourth to Cabrera and Wilkerson among six hits, throwing just 64 pitches. "I kind of think it's normal," Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone said of Maddux. "He's never been a high pitch count guy. ... He's doing fine. He's got a lot of innings left." Montreal's Javier Vazquez blanked Atlanta until the fourth, when Furcal led off with an infield hit, Mark DeRosa singled and Gary Sheffield walked to load the bases. But the righthander limited the damage by retiring Chipper Jones on a sacrifice fly and getting Fick to bounce into a double play around a walk to Andruw Jones. Vazquez yielded just one run and two hits with two walks and five strikeouts in five innings. He did not come back after a 67-minute rain delay. "I didn't control it, the rain did," he said. "It's tough. I asked (pitching coach) Randy St. Claire, he said that was it. I didn't complain or anything. I am 26 years old. I don't want to blow my arm out." T.J. Tucker, Scott Stewart and Julio Manon combined on three scoreless innings until Biddle came on in the ninth. "No, I want seven or eight innings out of my pitchers," Robinson said. "He left with the lead, but with our ballclub, you just can't expose our bullpen that long. They've been out there an awful lot."
