San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
August 6, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1997 at Cinergy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 6, Cincinnati Reds 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 4 2 1 1
Shipley 2b 5 2 2 1
Gwynn rf 3 0 0 0
  Jones pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 3
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 1
Joyner 1b 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 1 2 0
Hamilton p 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders D. cf 2 0 1 1
  Goodwin cf 1 0 0 0
Harris lf 5 0 1 0
Larkin ss 5 0 1 0
Perez 1b 5 1 2 0
Greene 3b 2 1 1 0
Sanders R. rf 3 0 1 0
Taubensee c 2 0 0 1
Boone 2b 2 0 0 1
Mercker p 2 1 1 0
  Nunnally ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Burba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
San Diego 012 000 300670
Cincinnati 001 002 000382
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  W (10-3) 7.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Worrell   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Hoffman  SV (26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker   6.0 5 3 2 1 5
  Belinda  L (1-3) 0.1 2 3 3 3 0
  Lewis   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Burba   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
5
6

  E–Harris (2), Taubensee (5).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Shipley (7,off Belinda), Cincinnati D Sanders (13,off Hamilton).  3B–Cincinnati Mercker (1,off Hamilton).  HR–San Diego Caminiti (13,2nd inning off Mercker 0 on, 0 out); Finley (21,3rd inning off Mercker 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hamilton (4,off Belinda).  SF–Caminiti (4,off Mercker); D Sanders (2,off Hamilton); Taubensee (3,off Hamilton); B Boone (4,off Hamilton).  IBB–Gwynn (11,by Belinda).  HBP–D Sanders (6,by Hamilton).  SB–Vaughn (4,2nd base off Mercker/Taubensee); Greene (5,2nd base off Hamilton/Flaherty).  HBP–Hamilton (8,D Sanders).  IBB–Belinda (4,Gwynn).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:36.  A–18,218.
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