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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1998-07-05 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 28830 · 77°F, sunny, dry · Wind 8 mph from CF · 2:39

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 6th. Brett Tomko earned the win. Willie Greene went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Brett Tomko L: Kent Mercker SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Kerwin Danley · 1B: Jim Quick · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Placido Polanco	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	3	0	1	0	1	1
Brian Jordan	3	0	0	0	1	2
John Mabry	4	1	1	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	3	0	1	1	1	1
Luis Ordaz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kent Mercker	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Stynes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Frank	4	1	1	0	0	0
Barry Larkin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Greene	3	2	3	2	1	0
Bret Boone	3	1	0	0	1	1
Sean Casey	4	1	2	1	0	0
Pokey Reese	3	0	1	0	1	1
Brook Fordyce	4	0	1	2	0	1
Brett Tomko	2	0	0	1	0	0
John Hudek	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	5.2	6	2	0
John Frascatore	0.1	1	1	0
Mark Petkovsek	0.2	1	0	0
Lance Painter	0.1	1	0	1
Jeff Brantley	1.0	0	0	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brett Tomko	6.0	6	3	4
Gabe White	1.0	0	0	1
John Hudek	2.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Placido Polanco: S9/L9S
Ray Lankford: 4/P4
Mark McGwire: 9/F9D
Brian Jordan: K

Bot 1

Chris Stynes: 63/G6
Mike Frank: 63/G6S
Barry Larkin: 6/P5DF

Top 2

John Mabry: S8/L8RM
Gary Gaetti: D9/F9LS.1-3
Tom Pagnozzi: S8/L8RM.3-H;2-3
Luis Ordaz: FC5/G5.1-2
Kent Mercker: K
Placido Polanco: 4(B)6(2)/LDP/L4

Bot 2

Willie Greene: S8/L8RM
Bret Boone: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Sean Casey: S7/L78M
Pokey Reese: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 3

Ray Lankford: 7/F78D
Mark McGwire: S7/L7M
Brian Jordan: 54(1)/FO/G5
John Mabry: K

Bot 3

Brook Fordyce: 8/F89D
Brett Tomko: 2/P3SF
Chris Stynes: 7/L7M

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: 9/F9LSF
Tom Pagnozzi: 63/G6
Luis Ordaz: 2/P2LF

Bot 4

Mike Frank: 53/G56S
Barry Larkin: 63/G6
Willie Greene: W
Bret Boone: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 5

Kent Mercker: 6/L56
Placido Polanco: S9/L89M
Ray Lankford: 8/F8RM
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 5

Sean Casey: S7/L7M
Pokey Reese: D8/L78XD.1-3
Brook Fordyce: 3/P34S
Brett Tomko: 8/SF/F89M.3-H;2-3
Chris Stynes: 63/G56

Top 6

Brian Jordan: W
John Mabry: CS2(26)
John Mabry: 6/P6D
Gary Gaetti: 8/F8RM

Bot 6

Mike Frank: 7/F7M
Barry Larkin: S8/L89M
Willie Greene: D9/L9LM.1-3
Bret Boone: IW
Sean Casey: 643/G6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pokey Reese: W
Brook Fordyce: S9/L89S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Brett Tomko: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Tom Pagnozzi: W
Luis Ordaz: W.1-2
Brian Hunter: 9/F9M
Placido Polanco: 9/F89S
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 7

Chris Stynes: 3/G34S
Mike Frank: D9/G3
Barry Larkin: 7/F7M
Willie Greene: HR/L9D.2-H
Bret Boone: K

Top 8

Mark McGwire: W
Brian Jordan: K
John Mabry: 7(B)63(1)/FDP/F78XD

Bot 8

Sean Casey: E3/G34
Pokey Reese: K
Brook Fordyce: K
John Hudek: K

Top 9

Gary Gaetti: D9/L9LM
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Luis Ordaz: 9/F9M.2-3
Willie McGee: 3/G34S

Notes & reviews

Cardinals manager LaRussa ejected by 2B umpire West for arguing that Boone was out at 2nd, but umpire ruled 2bman was off bag

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