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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

2001-05-26 · Night game · Cinergy Field · Att: 34158 · 55°F, cloudy, rain · Wind 13 mph from RF · 2:53

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 1st. Elmer Dessens earned the win. Jim Edmonds went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elmer Dessens L: Dustin Hermanson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Doug Eddings · 3B: Jerry Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Vina	4	1	2	0	0	1
Craig Paquette	3	0	0	0	0	2
J. D. Drew	4	0	1	0	0	1
Albert Pujols	3	0	1	1	0	1
Jim Edmonds	3	1	1	1	1	1
Ray Lankford	3	0	0	0	0	2
Edgar Renteria	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eli Marrero	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dustin Hermanson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Sutton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Bonilla	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Deion Sanders	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jason LaRue	3	2	1	0	1	0
Alex Ochoa	3	2	2	0	1	0
Sean Casey	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ruben Rivera	4	1	2	1	0	0
Brandon Larson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Selby	3	0	1	1	0	0
Juan Castro	4	1	1	0	0	0
Elmer Dessens	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Tucker	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dustin Hermanson	4.1	8	2	0
Mike James	1.2	1	0	1
Alan Benes	2.0	0	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Dessens	7.0	4	2	9
Hector Mercado	1.1	1	0	2
John Riedling	0.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fernando Vina: K
Craig Paquette: K
J. D. Drew: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 1

Deion Sanders: W
Jason LaRue: PO1(13)
Jason LaRue: S/L89S
Alex Ochoa: S7/G56+.1-2
Sean Casey: 7/F78D
Ruben Rivera: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Brandon Larson: 4E3/G4MD.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Bill Selby: 3/G34S

Top 2

Albert Pujols: K
Jim Edmonds: W
Ray Lankford: K
Edgar Renteria: WP.1-2
Edgar Renteria: W
Eli Marrero: FC6/G56.2-3;1-2;B-1
Dustin Hermanson: K/C

Bot 2

Juan Castro: 5/L5S+
Elmer Dessens: 43/G4
Deion Sanders: 7/F78M

Top 3

Fernando Vina: S8/L6MD
Craig Paquette: 13/SH/BG15-.1-2
J. D. Drew: S9/G34.2-3
Albert Pujols: 9/SF/L89M.3-H
Jim Edmonds: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Jason LaRue: W
Alex Ochoa: S9/L4D.1-3
Sean Casey: D8/L8LXD+.3-H;1-H
Ruben Rivera: 2/FL/P23F
Brandon Larson: 63/G6MD.2-3
Bill Selby: D8/F8RXD+.3-H
Juan Castro: 63/G6

Top 4

Jim Edmonds: HR/F7D+
Ray Lankford: K
Edgar Renteria: 7/F78D
Eli Marrero: 3/FL/P3F

Bot 4

Elmer Dessens: 23/G2L-
Deion Sanders: 8/L8LS-
Jason LaRue: 9/F89M

Top 5

Dustin Hermanson: K
Fernando Vina: 13/G13+
Craig Paquette: 7/F78D

Bot 5

Alex Ochoa: 53/G56S
Sean Casey: S9/L89S+
Ruben Rivera: S7.1-2
Brandon Larson: WP.2-3;1-2
Brandon Larson: K
Bill Selby: 3/G3

Top 6

J. D. Drew: K/C
Albert Pujols: S8/G4M
Jim Edmonds: 8/F8RD
Ray Lankford: 3/L34+

Bot 6

Juan Castro: D7/G5+
Elmer Dessens: E3/TH/SH.2-H(NR);B-2
Deion Sanders: PO2(26)
Deion Sanders: 63/G6
Jason LaRue: 9/F89D

Top 7

Edgar Renteria: 63/G6
Eli Marrero: 43/G4
Larry Sutton: K/C

Bot 7

Alex Ochoa: W
Sean Casey: 8/F8LM
Ruben Rivera: CS2(24)
Ruben Rivera: 9/F9D

Top 8

Fernando Vina: S/G6S-
Craig Paquette: K/C
J. D. Drew: 23/BG25-.1-2
Albert Pujols: 5/FL

Bot 8

Brandon Larson: K
Michael Tucker: 3/G3
Juan Castro: 43/G4

Top 9

Jim Edmonds: K/C
Bobby Bonilla: K
Edgar Renteria: S8/L6MD+
Eli Marrero: 53/G5+