Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1999 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 8, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Reese 2b,ss 5 0 2 0
Hammonds rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Casey 1b 3 2 2 1
Vaughn lf 3 1 2 2
  Tucker rf 0 1 0 0
Larkin ss 2 1 0 0
  Stynes 2b 2 0 0 0
Taubensee c 4 0 1 1
Cameron cf 4 1 1 1
Boone 3b 4 1 1 1
Harnisch p 3 0 1 1
  Sullivan p 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McEwing 2b 4 1 2 0
McGee cf,rf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 0 1 1
Howard T. rf 3 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Howard D. ph 1 0 0 0
  Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Radinsky p 0 0 0 0
  Polanco ph 1 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 2 2 0
Bragg lf 4 1 3 1
Castillo c 4 0 1 1
Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Drew cf 2 1 1 2
Totals 37 5 10 5
Cincinnati 212 011 0018110
St. Louis 000 013 0105103
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  W (9-6) 5.2 8 4 4 2 1
  Sullivan   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Reyes   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Graves  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  L (2-4) 2.1 6 5 3 1 1
  Busby   2.2 2 1 0 3 2
  Stephenson   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Aybar   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Radinsky   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
4
5
6

  E–Radinsky (1), Castillo 2 (3).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Cincinnati Reese (21,off Mercker); Casey (25,off Mercker); Taubensee (9,off Mercker); Harnisch (2,off Busby); Hammonds (7,off Stephenson), St. Louis McEwing (19,off Harnisch); Bragg 2 (10,off Harnisch 2); Renteria (21,off Harnisch).  3B–Cincinnati Reese (5,off Busby).  HR–Cincinnati Vaughn (19,1st inning off Mercker 1 on, 2 out); Cameron (9,2nd inning off Mercker 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Drew (4,6th inning off Harnisch 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Taubensee (3,off Radinsky).  HBP–Casey (4,by Mercker).  WP–Harnisch (2), Radinsky (2).  HBP–Mercker (2,Casey).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–3:08.  A–39,603.
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