Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1997 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
Sanders lf 5 1 2 1
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Harris 2b 2 2 2 0
  Pendleton ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Greene rf 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 0 0 0
Boone 3b 3 0 1 1
  Branson 3b,2b 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 4 1 2 1
Mercker p 3 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Taubensee ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 0 0
Gant lf 5 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 0 0 0
Jordan rf 2 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Mabry 1b 4 0 1 0
Clayton ss 3 1 2 0
Lampkin c 4 0 2 1
Morris p 2 0 1 1
  McGee ph 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Cincinnati 002 001 001491
St. Louis 000 200 000271
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  W (5-5) 6.0 6 2 2 4 5
  Sullivan   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Shaw  SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (5-4) 6.0 7 3 2 1 6
  Petkovsek   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Fossas   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Eckersley   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
1
11

  E–Morris (7), Lankford (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Lampkin (5).  2B–Cincinnati D Sanders (11,off Morris); Harris (6,off Morris), St. Louis Clayton (22,off Mercker); Lampkin (5,off Shaw).  HR–Cincinnati D Sanders (3,3rd inning off Morris 0 on, 1 out); Reese (2,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–McGee (2,by Mercker).  SB–A Boone (1,2nd base off Morris/Lampkin); Reese (7,2nd base off Petkovsek/Lampkin); D Sanders (31,2nd base off Fossas/Lampkin); DeShields (24,2nd base off Mercker/Oliver).  WP–Mercker (2).  BK–Morris (2).  IBB–Mercker (3,McGee).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:48.  A–42,091.
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