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Atlanta Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1995-08-18 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 32027 · 96°F, night, dry · 2:36

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Atlanta Braves 4–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 7th. Allen Watson earned the win and Tom Henke picked up the save. Bernard Gilkey went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	8
SLN	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		4	10

W: Allen Watson L: Kent Mercker SV: Tom Henke

Umpires — HP: Charlie Reliford · 1B: Jeff Kellogg · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marquis Grissom	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Blauser	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jose Oliva	4	0	2	0	0	1
Fred McGriff	4	0	0	0	1	1
David Justice	4	1	1	1	0	1
Javy Lopez	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ryan Klesko	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Lemke	2	1	1	0	2	0
Kent Mercker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Mordecai	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Polonia	1	0	1	0	0	0
Chipper Jones	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Allen Battle	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Smith	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bernard Gilkey	3	2	2	2	1	0
Brian Jordan	4	0	2	1	0	0
John Mabry	4	0	2	0	0	0
David Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Cooper	4	0	1	0	0	0
Scott Hemond	2	1	1	1	2	1
Allen Watson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Oquendo	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	6.0	6	3	0
Brad Clontz	1.0	4	0	0
Greg McMichael	1.0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Allen Watson	7.1	7	2	2
Tony Fossas	0.1	0	1	1
Tom Henke	1.1	1	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marquis Grissom: 43/G4
Jeff Blauser: 9/F9M
Jose Oliva: S7/G56
Fred McGriff: 43/G34

Bot 1

Allen Battle: 43/G4M
Ozzie Smith: 53/G56S
Bernard Gilkey: W
Brian Jordan: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

David Justice: 7/F7D
Javy Lopez: S14/G4D
Ryan Klesko: 7/L7M
Mark Lemke: PB.1-2
Mark Lemke: W
Kent Mercker: 31/G34

Bot 2

John Mabry: S18/G6M
David Bell: 8/F8LD
Scott Cooper: 8/L89XD
Scott Hemond: W.1-2
Allen Watson: 63/G6

Top 3

Marquis Grissom: 9/F9LM
Jeff Blauser: 5/L56S
Jose Oliva: S8/L89M
Fred McGriff: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Allen Battle: 9/F9M
Ozzie Smith: 6/P6D
Bernard Gilkey: D7/L7LM
Brian Jordan: S8/G6M.2-H
John Mabry: 9/L89M

Top 4

David Justice: HR/F89XD
Javy Lopez: S7/G56
Ryan Klesko: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Mark Lemke: S9/G34
Kent Mercker: 4/L4

Bot 4

David Bell: 9/P9S
Scott Cooper: 8/F78D
Scott Hemond: HR/F78XD
Allen Watson: S7/L7S
Allen Battle: 8/F8RXD

Top 5

Marquis Grissom: 3/P3
Jeff Blauser: 9/L9M
Jose Oliva: K

Bot 5

Ozzie Smith: 7/F7M
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G56
Brian Jordan: 9/F9S

Top 6

Fred McGriff: K
David Justice: 1/P4S
Javy Lopez: 8/L89D

Bot 6

John Mabry: 6/L56
David Bell: 7/P7S
Scott Cooper: S8/G4M
Scott Hemond: W.1-2
Allen Watson: 13/G13

Top 7

Ryan Klesko: 43/G4
Mark Lemke: 63/G6
Mike Mordecai: 8/F78D

Bot 7

Allen Battle: 63/G6M
Ozzie Smith: S9/G34
Bernard Gilkey: HR/L7D.1-H
Brian Jordan: S6/G56
John Mabry: CS2(24)
John Mabry: D8/L89D
David Bell: 43/G4

Top 8

Marquis Grissom: S13/G34S
Jeff Blauser: W.1-2
Jose Oliva: 9/F89M.2-3
Fred McGriff: W.1-2
David Justice: K
Javy Lopez: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ryan Klesko: K

Bot 8

Scott Cooper: 9/F9M
Scott Hemond: K
Jose Oquendo: K

Top 9

Mark Lemke: W
Luis Polonia: D8/L78D.1-3
Marquis Grissom: WP.3-H;2-3
Marquis Grissom: 53/G56S
Jeff Blauser: W
Chipper Jones: K
Fred McGriff: 7/F78M