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San Francisco Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

2000-06-21 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 37341 · 80°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph to LF · 2:52

San Francisco Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–1. San Francisco Giants put up 2 in the 8th. Kirk Rueter earned the win and Robb Nen picked up the save. Doug Mirabelli went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kirk Rueter L: Garrett Stephenson SV: Robb Nen

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Mike Vanvleet · 2B: Jeff Kellogg · 3B: Laz Diaz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marvin Benard	5	0	2	1	0	2
Bill Mueller	5	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Bonds	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jeff Kent	3	0	0	0	1	2
J. T. Snow	2	1	1	1	1	0
Ellis Burks	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Aurilia	3	1	1	1	0	1
Doug Mirabelli	3	1	1	1	0	1
Kirk Rueter	2	0	0	0	0	1
Armando Rios	2	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Placido Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	0
Edgar Renteria	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark McGwire	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jim Edmonds	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Davis	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	4	0	2	0	0	2
Craig Paquette	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Matheny	1	0	0	0	1	1
Garrett Stephenson	3	0	1	1	0	1
Thomas Howard	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirk Rueter	7.0	4	3	5
Felix Rodriguez	1.0	0	0	0
Robb Nen	1.0	1	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Stephenson	7.1	5	1	7
Jesse Orosco	0.1	0	1	1
Heathcliff Slocumb	0.2	1	0	0
Mike Matthews	0.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marvin Benard: K/C
Bill Mueller: 7/F78D
Barry Bonds: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Placido Polanco: 8/F8RD
Edgar Renteria: 9/F9M
Mark McGwire: S/L6D+
Jim Edmonds: 43/G4

Top 2

Jeff Kent: K
J. T. Snow: 7/P78S-
Ellis Burks: 3/G3-

Bot 2

Eric Davis: D/L8LXD+
Ray Lankford: K
Craig Paquette: 8/F8LXD.2-3
Mike Matheny: IW
Garrett Stephenson: S9/P34D-.3-H;1-3
Placido Polanco: 9/F9M

Top 3

Rich Aurilia: 8/F8RXD
Doug Mirabelli: K/C
Kirk Rueter: 6/P5-

Bot 3

Edgar Renteria: 7/F78D
Mark McGwire: W
Jim Edmonds: 46(1)/FO/G4S-
Eric Davis: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 4

Marvin Benard: K
Bill Mueller: 3/G3
Barry Bonds: HP
Jeff Kent: K/C

Bot 4

Ray Lankford: K/C
Craig Paquette: 53/G56
Mike Matheny: K/C

Top 5

J. T. Snow: D9/L8RD+
Ellis Burks: 43/G4-.2-3
Rich Aurilia: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H
Doug Mirabelli: 13/G

Bot 5

Garrett Stephenson: K
Placido Polanco: 9/L9M
Edgar Renteria: 31/G34

Top 6

Kirk Rueter: K
Marvin Benard: 4/L4D-
Bill Mueller: 3/G3

Bot 6

Mark McGwire: W
Jim Edmonds: 6/L6D
Eric Davis: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 7

Barry Bonds: S8/G4+
Jeff Kent: 8/L8LD+
J. T. Snow: W.1-2
Ellis Burks: 13.2-3;1-2
Rich Aurilia: K

Bot 7

Ray Lankford: S8/L4MD+
Craig Paquette: K
Mike Matheny: 13/SH.1-2
Garrett Stephenson: 63/G6-

Top 8

Doug Mirabelli: HR/F78D+
Armando Rios: D9/L9LM+
Marvin Benard: S5/BG25-.2-3
Bill Mueller: 2/FL/P2LF-
Barry Bonds: K/C
Jeff Kent: IW.1-2
J. T. Snow: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ellis Burks: 7/F7D

Bot 8

Placido Polanco: 43/G4
Edgar Renteria: 8/F89D
Mark McGwire: 3/P4-

Top 9

Rich Aurilia: S8/G6M+
Doug Mirabelli: 3/SH/BG23.1-2
Armando Rios: 13.2-3
Marvin Benard: S9/L4D-.3-H
Bill Mueller: 5/L5

Bot 9

Jim Edmonds: 9/F9D
Eric Davis: 63/G6MS-
Ray Lankford: S9/L89S.B-3(E9)
Thomas Howard: K