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Milwaukee Brewers @ Cincinnati Reds

2000-09-16 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 29350 · 54°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:46

Cincinnati Reds defeated Milwaukee Brewers 7–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 1st. Elmer Dessens earned the win and John Riedling picked up the save. Chris Stynes went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10
CIN	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	1		7	9

W: Elmer Dessens L: Paul Rigdon SV: John Riedling

Umpires — HP: Bruce Froemming · 1B: Mike Vanvleet · 2B: Fieldin Culbreth · 3B: Bill Welke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marquis Grissom	5	0	1	1	0	1
Mark Loretta	5	1	2	0	0	1
Geoff Jenkins	5	0	1	1	0	1
Richie Sexson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jeromy Burnitz	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jose Hernandez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Brown	4	1	2	0	0	1
Paul Rigdon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Sweeney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Houston	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pokey Reese	4	1	1	0	0	1
Michael Tucker	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dmitri Young	3	1	1	0	1	0
Sean Casey	4	2	2	1	0	0
Alex Ochoa	3	0	1	2	0	0
Chris Stynes	3	1	2	3	1	0
Benito Santiago	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Sexton	3	0	1	0	0	0
Elmer Dessens	2	0	0	0	0	1
John Riedling	1	0	0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Rigdon	5.0	4	1	3
Valerio De Los Santos	1.0	2	0	0
Mike Buddie	1.1	3	1	1
David Weathers	0.2	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Dessens	6.0	9	1	3
John Riedling	3.0	1	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marquis Grissom: 6/L4D-
Mark Loretta: T9/L9S-
Geoff Jenkins: 43/G4.3-H
Richie Sexson: S/L78S
Jeromy Burnitz: W.1-2
Jose Hernandez: 53/G56S

Bot 1

Pokey Reese: K
Michael Tucker: S5/BG5S
Dmitri Young: W.1-2
Sean Casey: S/F8RS-.2-H;1-3
Alex Ochoa: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Chris Stynes: D7/L5D.1-H
Benito Santiago: 13/G

Top 2

Luis Lopez: S/G56-
Kevin Brown: 16(1)/FO/G13
Paul Rigdon: 3/SH/BG3S.1-2
Marquis Grissom: S7/G6+.2-H;B-2(TH)
Mark Loretta: 63/G6

Bot 2

Chris Sexton: 63/G6S
Elmer Dessens: 43/G34
Pokey Reese: 63/G6

Top 3

Geoff Jenkins: 43/G34-
Richie Sexson: K
Jeromy Burnitz: 63/G6MD

Bot 3

Michael Tucker: K/C
Dmitri Young: 7/F78D
Sean Casey: 8/F8LXD

Top 4

Jose Hernandez: 4/P4MD
Luis Lopez: 8/F8LD
Kevin Brown: D/F78XD
Paul Rigdon: 63/G6

Bot 4

Alex Ochoa: 53/G56S
Chris Stynes: 9/F9LM
Benito Santiago: 2/FL/P2RF

Top 5

Marquis Grissom: 8/F8RD
Mark Loretta: D7/F7D+
Geoff Jenkins: S8/L8RS.2-3
Richie Sexson: K
Jeromy Burnitz: 6/P6

Bot 5

Chris Sexton: 9/F9M
Elmer Dessens: K/C
Pokey Reese: T9/P9LS-.B-H(E9)(UR)
Michael Tucker: 6/L34-

Top 6

Jose Hernandez: S8/L6MD-
Luis Lopez: K
Kevin Brown: S9/L9S.1-3
Mark Sweeney: 5/FL
Marquis Grissom: 8/F8LD

Bot 6

Dmitri Young: 43/G4+
Sean Casey: S9/G34+
Alex Ochoa: 7/F78M+
Chris Stynes: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Benito Santiago: 4/P8RS-

Top 7

Mark Loretta: 63/G6
Geoff Jenkins: K23
Richie Sexson: 63/G6

Bot 7

Chris Sexton: S8/G6M+
John Riedling: K+SB2
Pokey Reese: 53/G56+
Michael Tucker: 9/F9M

Top 8

Jeromy Burnitz: HR/F9D+
Jose Hernandez: K/C
Luis Lopez: 3/G3
Kevin Brown: K

Bot 8

Dmitri Young: S9/L34D
Sean Casey: 7/F7D+
Alex Ochoa: T/F89M+.1-H
Chris Stynes: IW
Benito Santiago: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 9

Tyler Houston: W
Marquis Grissom: K
Mark Loretta: K
Geoff Jenkins: 3/G3