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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1996-09-22 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 38225 · 70°F, sunny, wet · Wind 15 mph to CF · 1:56

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–0. Cincinnati Reds put up 5 in the 1st. John Smiley earned the win.

Line score

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

W: John Smiley L: Danny Jackson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Winters · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Angel Hernandez · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Royce Clayton	4	1	0
Willie McGee	3	0	1
Ron Gant	3	0	1
Brian Jordan	3	0	1
Gary Gaetti	3	0	2
Dmitri Young	3	0	2
Danny Sheaffer	3	0	0
Luis Alicea	3	0	0
Danny Jackson	2	0	1
David Bell	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Owens	2	2	0	0	2	0
Jeff Branson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Barry Larkin	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Oliver	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bret Boone	3	1	0	1	1	2
Eduardo Perez	3	1	0	1	1	1
Keith Mitchell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Curtis Goodwin	2	0	0	1	1	2
John Smiley	3	0	1	2	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Jackson	6.2	3	6	8
Cory Bailey	1.1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Smiley	9.0	1	0	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: 63/G6
Willie McGee: 43/G4M
Ron Gant: 53/G5

Bot 1

Eric Owens: W
Jeff Branson: S7/L56D.1-2
Barry Larkin: 46(1)/FO/G34/R3.2-3
Joe Oliver: W.1-2
Bret Boone: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eduardo Perez: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Keith Mitchell: K
Curtis Goodwin: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
John Smiley: S8/L8RS/R4.3-H;2-H;1-2
Eric Owens: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Brian Jordan: 53/L56
Gary Gaetti: K
Dmitri Young: 63/G6

Bot 2

Jeff Branson: K
Barry Larkin: 2/P2LF
Joe Oliver: 9/F9M

Top 3

Danny Sheaffer: 53/G56S
Luis Alicea: 53/G56
Danny Jackson: 53/G56

Bot 3

Bret Boone: K
Eduardo Perez: 3/G3
Keith Mitchell: 9/F9LM

Top 4

Royce Clayton: S8/G6M
Willie McGee: 64(1)/FO/G6
Ron Gant: 8/F78XD
Brian Jordan: 9/F9M

Bot 4

Curtis Goodwin: K
John Smiley: 7/L7M
Eric Owens: 9/F9M

Top 5

Gary Gaetti: 9/L89M
Dmitri Young: K
Danny Sheaffer: 9/L9M

Bot 5

Jeff Branson: 8/F8RXD
Barry Larkin: 6/P6D
Joe Oliver: 8/L8RD

Top 6

Luis Alicea: 43/G4M
Danny Jackson: K
Royce Clayton: 13/G13

Bot 6

Bret Boone: K
Eduardo Perez: K
Keith Mitchell: 4/P4D

Top 7

Willie McGee: K
Ron Gant: K
Brian Jordan: K

Bot 7

Curtis Goodwin: K
John Smiley: K23
Eric Owens: W
Jeff Branson: D8/L89S/R4.1-H
Barry Larkin: 6/L6

Top 8

Gary Gaetti: K
Dmitri Young: K
Danny Sheaffer: 63/G6

Bot 8

Joe Oliver: 53/G5
Bret Boone: 63/G6
Eduardo Perez: 63/G56

Top 9

Luis Alicea: 7/F7S
David Bell: 3/P3DF
Royce Clayton: 4/P34D