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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1996-08-01 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 22934 · 73°F, night, dry · Wind 7 mph to CF · 2:23

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Andy Benes earned the win. Brian Jordan went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	7	13
PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Andy Benes L: Michael Mimbs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mark Hirschbeck · 1B: Charlie Williams · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Steve Rippley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Royce Clayton	5	0	0	0	0	3
Ray Lankford	5	1	1	0	0	1
Ron Gant	4	2	3	2	1	0
Brian Jordan	4	2	2	3	1	0
Gary Gaetti	5	0	1	0	0	0
John Mabry	4	1	2	1	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	4	0	2	0	0	1
Andy Benes	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ozzie Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ricky Otero	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mickey Morandini	3	1	1	0	1	1
Gregg Jefferies	4	0	1	1	0	0
Todd Zeile	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Eisenreich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Scott Rolen	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Lieberthal	3	0	0	0	0	0
Desi Relaford	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Mimbs	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ruben Amaro	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Benes	9.0	4	2	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Mimbs	5.1	9	1	2
Ron Blazier	1.0	2	1	1
Steve Frey	0.2	1	0	1
Bronson Heflin	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: K23
Ray Lankford: E6/G6.B-1
Ron Gant: 9/F9M
Brian Jordan: HR/F7D.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Gary Gaetti: 7/F7LD

Bot 1

Ricky Otero: K
Mickey Morandini: S8/L89S/R6
Gregg Jefferies: SB2/R6/U4/U8.1-3(E2/TH)
Gregg Jefferies: S8/G4M/R4.3-H
Todd Zeile: SB2
Todd Zeile: K
Jim Eisenreich: 9/L9LM

Top 2

John Mabry: 43/G4
Danny Sheaffer: 8/F8RS
Mike Gallego: 9/F9LD

Bot 2

Scott Rolen: W
Mike Lieberthal: 8/F8RD
Desi Relaford: 9/F89D/R3
Mike Mimbs: K

Top 3

Andy Benes: D7/L78M/R6
Royce Clayton: 8/F78M/R5
Ray Lankford: 8/F8LXDW+/R64.2-3
Ron Gant: S8/G6M/R6.3-H
Brian Jordan: 43/G4

Bot 3

Ricky Otero: 7/L7LM
Mickey Morandini: 9/L9M
Gregg Jefferies: 7/L7LD

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: 9/F9M
John Mabry: 8/F78M
Danny Sheaffer: S7/G56/R4
Mike Gallego: S9/G34/R4.1-2
Andy Benes: 63/G6M

Bot 4

Todd Zeile: 7/L7M
Jim Eisenreich: 7/F7LD
Scott Rolen: K

Top 5

Royce Clayton: K
Ray Lankford: S8
Ron Gant: S7/G56/R6.1-2
Brian Jordan: W.2-3;1-2
Gary Gaetti: 5(2)3/GDP/G5L

Bot 5

Mike Lieberthal: 9/P9S
Desi Relaford: 6/P56D
Mike Mimbs: 7/P7LS

Top 6

John Mabry: D8/L89XD/R4
Danny Sheaffer: 53/G5.2-2
Mike Gallego: S5/G6/R3.2-3
Andy Benes: 64(1)/FO/G6.3-H;B-1
Royce Clayton: 9/F9LM

Bot 6

Ricky Otero: K
Mickey Morandini: W
Gregg Jefferies: 8/L78D
Todd Zeile: 13/G13

Top 7

Ray Lankford: K
Ron Gant: W
Brian Jordan: SB2/R4/U6
Brian Jordan: S8/L4MD/R3.2-H
Gary Gaetti: S9/L9S/R5.1-3
John Mabry: S8/L8LS/R6.3-H;1-2
Danny Sheaffer: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3;B-1
Mike Gallego: K

Bot 7

Jim Eisenreich: S7/L56D/R6
Scott Rolen: K
Mike Lieberthal: 54(1)/FO/G5
Desi Relaford: S9/G34/R5.1-3
Ruben Amaro: 5/L5

Top 8

Andy Benes: 63/G6M
Royce Clayton: K
Ray Lankford: 43/G34

Bot 8

Ricky Otero: 5/P25
Mickey Morandini: K
Gregg Jefferies: 6/P7LS

Top 9

Ron Gant: HR/F78XD
Brian Jordan: 8/F78D
Gary Gaetti: 53/G6
Ozzie Smith: 8/P78M

Bot 9

Todd Zeile: 63/G6
Jim Eisenreich: 7/L7LD
Scott Rolen: 4/L4

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Desi Relaford
Debut game for Bronson Heflin

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