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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1997-08-01 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 17171 · 86°F, night, dry · Wind 13 mph L to R · 2:20

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 3rd. Garrett Stephenson earned the win and Ricky Bottalico picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Garrett Stephenson L: Andy Benes SV: Ricky Bottalico

Umpires — HP: Frank Pulli · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Greg Bonin · 3B: Eric Gregg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	2	0	0	0
Royce Clayton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Plantier	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mark McGwire	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	0	3
Gary Gaetti	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	3	0	0	0	0	1
John Mabry	3	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Benes	2	0	2	1	0	0
Willie McGee	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ricky Otero	4	1	0	0	1	1
Mickey Morandini	3	2	2	0	1	1
Gregg Jefferies	4	1	2	2	0	0
Scott Rolen	3	0	1	1	1	0
Rico Brogna	3	0	0	0	1	0
Derrick May	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Parent	2	0	1	0	2	1
Kevin Sefcik	3	0	1	0	0	1
Garrett Stephenson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Stocker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Amaro	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Benes	7.0	6	6	5
Curtis King	1.0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Stephenson	8.0	9	0	6
Ricky Bottalico	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: T9/G3L/R6
Royce Clayton: 3/P3DF/R2
Phil Plantier: K
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 1

Ricky Otero: K
Mickey Morandini: D7/G5L/R4
Gregg Jefferies: 3/G3.2-3
Scott Rolen: 9/L89D

Top 2

Ron Gant: K
Gary Gaetti: 9/F9D
Mike Difelice: K

Bot 2

Rico Brogna: 4/L4
Derrick May: 7/F7D
Mark Parent: W
Kevin Sefcik: K

Top 3

John Mabry: 8/F8LXD
Andy Benes: D8/L89XD/R4
Delino DeShields: 7/F7D
Royce Clayton: 63/G6

Bot 3

Garrett Stephenson: 143/G13
Ricky Otero: W
Mickey Morandini: D9/L9LS/R2.1-3
Gregg Jefferies: 63/G6M.3-H;2-3
Scott Rolen: W+WP.3-H(NR)
Rico Brogna: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Top 4

Phil Plantier: K
Mark McGwire: 43/G4
Ron Gant: K

Bot 4

Derrick May: 4/P4D
Mark Parent: K
Kevin Sefcik: S7/G56/R4
Garrett Stephenson: 53/G5

Top 5

Gary Gaetti: S8/G4M/R6
Mike Difelice: CS2(26)
Mike Difelice: 4/L4D
John Mabry: D9/L9LD/R6
Andy Benes: S8/L8RS.2-H;BX2(826)

Bot 5

Ricky Otero: 7/F7LSF
Mickey Morandini: K
Gregg Jefferies: DGR/G3L
Scott Rolen: 63/G56

Top 6

Delino DeShields: S9/G3+/R4
Royce Clayton: S7/L78S/R6.1-2
Phil Plantier: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Mark McGwire: 53/G5

Bot 6

Rico Brogna: W
Derrick May: 7/F78M/R6
Mark Parent: SB2/R6U8.1-3(E2/TH)
Mark Parent: W
Kevin Sefcik: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 7

Ron Gant: 63/G6
Gary Gaetti: S7/L6D/R4
Mike Difelice: 8/P4MD
John Mabry: 13/G13

Bot 7

Garrett Stephenson: K
Ricky Otero: 9/L9D
Mickey Morandini: W
Gregg Jefferies: D9/L9LS/R32.1-H
Scott Rolen: D7/L7LD/R6.2-H
Rico Brogna: 23/G2L

Top 8

Willie McGee: S8/L89M/R4
Delino DeShields: 8/L8RD/R4
Royce Clayton: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 8

Derrick May: 31/G3
Mark Parent: S7/G56/R6
Kevin Stocker: 2/P2LF
Ruben Amaro: W.1-2
Ricky Otero: 43/G34D

Top 9

Phil Plantier: 8/L8LD
Mark McGwire: W
Ron Gant: K
Gary Gaetti: 54(1)/FO/G5

Notes & reviews

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