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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1997-08-03 · Day game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 20094 · 84°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 8 mph to CF · 2:29

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 10–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 5 in the 3rd. Mark Leiter earned the win. Kevin Sefcik went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

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	7
PHI	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	0		10	12

W: Mark Leiter L: Donovan Osborne SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Gant	4	0	1	1	0	2
John Mabry	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mark McGwire	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Lampkin	4	0	0	0	0	0
David Bell	3	0	2	0	1	0
Scarborough Green	4	0	1	0	0	0
Donovan Osborne	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Livingstone	2	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Plantier	1	0	0	0	0	1
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ruben Amaro	5	0	1	2	0	1
Kevin Sefcik	5	1	1	3	0	0
Gregg Jefferies	3	1	2	0	1	0
Scott Rolen	4	1	1	2	0	0
Kevin Jordan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lieberthal	3	1	0	0	1	1
Tony Barron	4	3	4	0	0	0
Kevin Stocker	4	2	1	1	0	0
Mark Leiter	3	1	2	2	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Donovan Osborne	3.0	7	1	0
John Frascatore	2.0	3	1	1
Rigo Beltran	3.0	2	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Leiter	9.0	7	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 9/F89M
Ron Gant: 53/G5
John Mabry: S8/L78S/R4
Mark McGwire: HP.1-2
Gary Gaetti: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 1

Ruben Amaro: 63/G6
Kevin Sefcik: 3/P2R
Gregg Jefferies: 9/L89S

Top 2

Tom Lampkin: 43/G34
David Bell: 7/L78D
Scarborough Green: S8/L78M/R64
Donovan Osborne: 6(1)/FO/G6

Bot 2

Scott Rolen: 4/P3D
Kevin Jordan: 8/L8LD
Mike Lieberthal: 53/G56

Top 3

Delino DeShields: 3/G3S
Ron Gant: K
John Mabry: S8/G4M/R4
Mark McGwire: 43/G4M

Bot 3

Tony Barron: D8/L78D/R6
Kevin Stocker: 8/F89M/R6
Mark Leiter: S8/L4M/R1.2-3
Ruben Amaro: 4/P34D
Kevin Sefcik: HR/L7D.3-H;1-H
Gregg Jefferies: S7/L56D/R4
Scott Rolen: HR/L8LXD.1-H
Kevin Jordan: 63/G6D

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: K
Tom Lampkin: 5/P56S
David Bell: D7/L7LD/R6
Scarborough Green: 43/G34

Bot 4

Mike Lieberthal: W
Tony Barron: D98/L89XD/R4.1-3
Kevin Stocker: S7/L7M/R6.3-H;2-3
Mark Leiter: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Ruben Amaro: S9/G34/R3.3-H;2-H
Kevin Sefcik: 9/L89M/R4
Gregg Jefferies: W.1-2
Scott Rolen: 43/G34D

Top 5

Scott Livingstone: S9/L9M/R4
Delino DeShields: K+SB2/R6
Ron Gant: S7/L7D/R5.2-H
John Mabry: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 5

Kevin Jordan: 9/L9LD
Mike Lieberthal: K
Tony Barron: S7/L7S/R6
Kevin Stocker: E8/L89M/U9R6.1-3;B-2
Mark Leiter: S7/G5L/R6.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Ruben Amaro: 9/L9D

Top 6

Mark McGwire: 2/P2L
Phil Plantier: K
Tom Lampkin: 31/G34

Bot 6

Kevin Sefcik: 53/G5
Gregg Jefferies: S7/L78S/R6
Scott Rolen: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 7

David Bell: W
Scarborough Green: 8/F8LS
Scott Livingstone: 9/F89S
Delino DeShields: 3/G3

Bot 7

Kevin Jordan: 63/G6
Mike Lieberthal: 9/F9M
Tony Barron: S7/L78S/R4
Kevin Stocker: 3/P23F

Top 8

Ron Gant: K
John Mabry: 43/G34
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 8

Mark Leiter: K23
Ruben Amaro: K
Kevin Sefcik: 8/F78M

Top 9

Willie McGee: 63/G6M
Tom Lampkin: 43/G4S
David Bell: T6/L7LS/R4
Scarborough Green: 43/G34