San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
May 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1997 at Cinergy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 0, Cincinnati Reds 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 5 0 0 0
Veras 2b 5 0 2 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 3 0
Joyner 1b 2 0 0 0
  Shumpert 3b 1 0 0 0
Cianfrocco 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
Beamon lf 4 0 2 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 1 0
Valenzuela p 1 0 0 0
  Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0
  Bergman p 0 0 0 0
  Slaught ph 1 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 0 9 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders D. cf 4 0 1 0
Goodwin lf 4 1 0 0
Larkin ss 3 0 3 2
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Fordyce ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Sanders R. rf 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Perez 1b 5 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 2 2 0
Boone 2b 3 0 1 0
Oliver c 3 1 0 1
Burba p 0 1 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Reese ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
San Diego 000 000 000092
Cincinnati 021 000 11x590
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  L (1-6) 3.0 5 3 2 3 4
  Bergman   3.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Long   2.0 3 2 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
3
7
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  W (4-4) 6.0 7 0 0 1 5
  Belinda   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Shaw   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Brantley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
1
8

  E–Q Veras (3), Flaherty (3).  2B–San Diego Q Veras (7,off Burba); Beamon (2,off Burba), Cincinnati Larkin (6,off Bergman).  HBP–Jones (1,by Brantley); Burba (1,by Valenzuela).  SH–Burba (3,off Valenzuela).  SB–Pendleton 2 (2,2nd base off Valenzuela/Flaherty,2nd base off Long/Flaherty); D Sanders 2 (25,2nd base off Bergman/Flaherty,3rd base off Bergman/Flaherty); Larkin (8,2nd base off Bergman/Flaherty); B Boone (2,2nd base off Long/Flaherty); Reese (2,2nd base.  CS–B Boone (3,Home by Long/Flaherty).  HBP–Valenzuela (2,Burba); Brantley (2,Jones).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–3:13.  A–23,265.
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