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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1997-08-02 · Day game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 16190 · 80°F, overcast, dry · Wind 9 mph to RF · 2:44

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Todd Stottlemyre earned the win and Dennis Eckersley picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Matt Beech SV: Dennis Eckersley

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Royce Clayton	5	0	1	0	0	4
David Bell	3	0	1	0	1	1
Willie McGee	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	3	1	1	0	1	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	2	1	0	1
Danny Sheaffer	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	4	0	1	0	0	2
Scarborough Green	2	0	0	0	0	1
Todd Stottlemyre	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant	1	0	0	1	1	0
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Livingstone	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ricky Otero	5	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Morandini	4	0	2	0	0	2
Gregg Jefferies	3	0	0	0	1	1
Scott Rolen	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rico Brogna	3	0	0	1	1	0
Mike Lieberthal	4	0	0	0	0	1
Derrick May	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Stocker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Matt Beech	2	0	0	0	0	1
Midre Cummings	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Amaro	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Stottlemyre	8.0	6	3	6
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Beech	6.0	8	3	8
Billy Brewer	1.0	0	0	1
Wayne Gomes	2.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: K
David Bell: W
Willie McGee: K
Mark McGwire: W.1-2
Gary Gaetti: 3/F9LSF

Bot 1

Ricky Otero: 7/F7LMF
Mickey Morandini: K
Gregg Jefferies: 53/G56

Top 2

Danny Sheaffer: 53/G5
Mike Difelice: S8/L6MD/R6
Scarborough Green: FC4/G4/R3.1X2(4)
Todd Stottlemyre: 53/G5

Bot 2

Scott Rolen: K
Rico Brogna: 43/G4
Mike Lieberthal: K

Top 3

Royce Clayton: K
David Bell: D7/F78S
Willie McGee: 43/G4M.2-3
Mark McGwire: 8/F89D

Bot 3

Derrick May: 8/L8RD
Kevin Stocker: 9/F89S
Matt Beech: 7/F7S

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: S8/L6MD/R4
Danny Sheaffer: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Mike Difelice: K

Bot 4

Ricky Otero: S8/L8LS/R6
Mickey Morandini: S8/L8LM/R6.1-2
Gregg Jefferies: K
Scott Rolen: W.2-3;1-2
Rico Brogna: 3/G3+.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mike Lieberthal: 3/L3

Top 5

Scarborough Green: K
Todd Stottlemyre: 8/F8LM
Royce Clayton: S4/G4MD
David Bell: K

Bot 5

Derrick May: 8/F8LD
Kevin Stocker: 31/G3
Matt Beech: K

Top 6

Willie McGee: D8/L78M/R4
Mark McGwire: S6/G56D.2-3
Gary Gaetti: S8/L8LS/R2.3-H;1-2
Danny Sheaffer: S8/L8LS/R2.2-3;1-2
Mike Difelice: K
Ron Gant: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Todd Stottlemyre: 9/L89S/R2
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 6

Ricky Otero: 43/G4
Mickey Morandini: K
Gregg Jefferies: W
Scott Rolen: 8/L8LD

Top 7

David Bell: 63/G6
Willie McGee: 3/G3
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 7

Rico Brogna: 13/G13
Mike Lieberthal: 4/P34D
Derrick May: S6/G56D
Kevin Stocker: S5/G56.1-2
Midre Cummings: 53/G56

Top 8

Gary Gaetti: K
John Mabry: 3/G3
Mike Difelice: 8/F89XD

Bot 8

Ricky Otero: 5/P5SF
Mickey Morandini: S9/G34/R6
Gregg Jefferies: 3/P2R
Scott Rolen: S6/G56/R3.1-2
Rico Brogna: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Lieberthal: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Ron Gant: 8/L8LM
Scott Livingstone: K
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 9

Derrick May: 8/L78XD
Kevin Stocker: S9/L34D/R4
Ruben Amaro: SB2/R6
Ruben Amaro: 7/F78M
Ricky Otero: 8/L8LM

Notes & reviews

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