Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 5, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1990 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sabo 3b 5 2 3 0
Duncan 2b 4 1 3 0
Larkin ss 4 0 2 3
Benzinger 1b 5 0 2 0
Hatcher cf,lf 4 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 3 0 0 0
Roomes lf 4 0 1 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 0 0
Rijo p 3 1 1 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 2 0
McGee cf 5 1 2 1
Thompson rf 4 0 1 1
Guerrero 1b 4 0 2 0
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
Zeile c 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Magrane p 1 0 0 0
  Morris ph 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Cincinnati 220 000 0004120
St. Louis 000 000 200281
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (2-1) 6.0 7 2 2 4 6
  Dibble   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Myers  SV (6) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane  L (0-5) 5.0 10 4 4 1 1
  Niedenfuer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tewksbury   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  DiPino   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Terry   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
5

  E–McGee (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Cincinnati Sabo (8,off Magrane); Duncan (6,off Terry), St. Louis Guerrero (3,off Rijo); McGee (9,off Rijo); Thompson (2,off Dibble).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (1,off Rijo).  SH–Duncan (2,off Magrane).  SB–Larkin (6,3rd base off Magrane/Zeile).  WP–Magrane (2).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:44.  A–44,552.
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