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Cincinnati Reds @ St. Louis Cardinals

1997-06-20 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 42091 · 90°F, night, dry · Wind 14 mph from RF · 2:48

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 3rd. Kent Mercker earned the win and Jeff Shaw picked up the save. Pokey Reese went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kent Mercker L: Matt Morris SV: Jeff Shaw

Umpires — HP: Gary Darling · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Dana DeMuth · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Deion Sanders	5	1	2	1	0	1
Curtis Goodwin	4	0	0	0	0	3
Lenny Harris	2	2	2	0	1	0
Willie Greene	3	0	1	0	0	1
Hal Morris	4	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Boone	3	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	2
Pokey Reese	4	1	2	1	0	0
Kent Mercker	3	0	0	0	0	2
Terry Pendleton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Branson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Taubensee	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Gant	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	2	0	0	0	2	0
Gary Gaetti	4	1	1	0	0	1
John Mabry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Royce Clayton	3	1	2	0	1	0
Tom Lampkin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Matt Morris	2	0	1	1	0	1
Willie McGee	0	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Livingstone	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	6.0	6	4	5
Scott Sullivan	2.0	0	0	0
Jeff Shaw	1.0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Morris	6.0	7	1	6
Mark Petkovsek	0.1	1	0	1
Tony Fossas	1.2	0	0	2
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Deion Sanders: D7/L78XD/R6
Curtis Goodwin: K
Lenny Harris: BK.2-3
Lenny Harris: W
Willie Greene: FC3/G3S.3XH(3251);1-3;B-2
Hal Morris: K

Bot 1

Delino DeShields: E3/G34/R1.B-1
Ron Gant: K+SB2/R4
Ray Lankford: 43/G4.2-3
Brian Jordan: W
Gary Gaetti: 4/P34D

Top 2

Aaron Boone: 53/G56
Joe Oliver: 63/G56
Pokey Reese: 63/G6

Bot 2

John Mabry: 5/P25F
Royce Clayton: S9/G34/R4
Tom Lampkin: 9/F9M/R4
Matt Morris: K

Top 3

Kent Mercker: 41/G34
Deion Sanders: HR/F9D
Curtis Goodwin: 63/G6
Lenny Harris: S7/G56/R6
Willie Greene: S8/L8RM/R36.1-H(E8)(NR)(UR);B-2
Hal Morris: 8/F8RXD

Bot 3

Delino DeShields: K
Ron Gant: 7/L78M
Ray Lankford: 1/L13

Top 4

Aaron Boone: 9/F9LM
Joe Oliver: K
Pokey Reese: 43/G4

Bot 4

Brian Jordan: 8/F89D
Gary Gaetti: S8/L7S/R6
John Mabry: K
Royce Clayton: W.1-2
Tom Lampkin: S8/G4M/R6.2-H;1-3
Matt Morris: S9/L9S/R4.3-H;1-2
Delino DeShields: 9/L9M

Top 5

Kent Mercker: K
Deion Sanders: 63/G6M
Curtis Goodwin: K

Bot 5

Ron Gant: 53/G5S
Ray Lankford: 7/F7LD
Brian Jordan: W
Gary Gaetti: WP.1-3
Gary Gaetti: K

Top 6

Lenny Harris: D9/L89D/R4
Willie Greene: K
Hal Morris: 13/G15S.2-3
Aaron Boone: S6/G6M/R3.3-H
Joe Oliver: SB2
Joe Oliver: S9/G34.2XH(92)

Bot 6

John Mabry: S9/G34
Royce Clayton: D9/L9D/R4.1-3
Tom Lampkin: 9/L9M/R3
Willie McGee: IW
Delino DeShields: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 7

Pokey Reese: S7/G56
Kent Mercker: K+SB2/R6
Deion Sanders: K+PB.2-3;B-1
Curtis Goodwin: K+SB2/R6
Terry Pendleton: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Ron Gant: 63/G56
Ray Lankford: 7/F7LM
Brian Jordan: 8/F8RXD

Top 8

Mike Kelly: 1/P23
Hal Morris: 43/G34
Jeff Branson: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Gary Gaetti: 4/P4MD
John Mabry: 4/L34
Royce Clayton: 9/L9M

Top 9

Joe Oliver: K
Pokey Reese: HR/F7D
Ed Taubensee: K
Deion Sanders: 6/P5D

Bot 9

Tom Lampkin: D7/L7LS/R6
Scott Livingstone: 8/F8RXD/R6.2-3
Delino DeShields: 3/L3
Ron Gant: 43/G4M

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Aaron Boone
Aaron Boone ejected by HP Umpire Gary Darling; Boone threw his helmet after being called out at the plate and thus was ejected in his debut game

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