Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 1 0 0
Nunnally cf 3 1 1 0
  Kelly ph,cf 2 1 1 1
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Stynes lf 3 1 1 0
Greene 1b 3 0 1 1
Sanders rf 3 0 1 1
Taubensee c 3 0 1 1
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Watkins cf 0 0 0 0
Boone A. 3b 4 0 1 0
Boone B. 2b 4 1 1 1
Burba p 2 0 0 0
  Rose ph 1 0 0 0
  Fordyce c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 1 3 0
Gant lf 5 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 2
Lankford cf 3 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 2
Young rf 4 0 2 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Marrero c 2 0 1 0
  Plantier ph 1 0 0 0
Aybar p 2 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Ordaz ss 0 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Cincinnati 000 001 400581
St. Louis 200 020 000490
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  W (11-10) 6.0 8 4 4 3 6
  Sullivan   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Shaw  SV (42) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Aybar   6.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Frascatore   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Fossas  L (2-7) 0.0 1 2 2 2 0
  King   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
4

  E–Reese (15).  2B–Cincinnati Nunnally (11,off Aybar); Kelly (12,off Fossas), St. Louis Gant (21,off Burba); Gaetti (24,off Burba); Marrero (2,off Burba).  HR–Cincinnati B Boone (7,7th inning off Frascatore 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis McGwire (21,5th inning off Burba 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Greene (3,off Aybar); Taubensee (5,off King).  SB–DeShields 2 (51,2nd base off Burba/Taubensee,2nd base off Shaw/Fordyce); Young (6,2nd base off Burba/Taubensee).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:27.  A–23,308.
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