Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 4, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2000 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 14

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Tucker lf,cf 5 1 2 1
Larkin B. ss 3 0 1 0
  Castro ss 2 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 0 0
  Morris rf 1 0 0 0
Bichette rf 4 1 1 0
  Ochoa lf 0 0 0 0
Boone 3b 2 0 1 1
  Larkin A. p 1 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 0 2 0
Taubensee c 4 0 1 1
Reese 2b 4 0 0 0
Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 1 0 0 0
  Stynes 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 3 1 1 3
  McDonald ph,c 1 1 1 1
Dunston lf,3b,ss 6 2 1 1
Edmonds cf 4 3 2 4
  Ankiel ph 1 0 0 0
  Vina 2b 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 2 2
  Lankford lf 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 1 2 1 0
  Howard ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Paquette 2b,3b 5 2 2 0
Matheny c,1b 5 2 3 3
Benes p 2 0 0 0
  Drew ph,rf,lf,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 14 13 14
Cincinnati 002 000 100391
St. Louis 613 003 01x14132
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Villone  L (7-6) 0.2 5 6 1 2 0
  Williamson   3.1 4 4 4 4 5
  Larkin   4.0 4 4 4 4 5
Totals
8.0
13
14
9
10
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (9-3) 6.0 6 2 2 2 8
  Thompson   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Matthews   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
12

  E–Casey (3), Edmonds (4), Tatis (3).  2B–Cincinnati Tucker (5,off Matthews), St. Louis Renteria (15,off Villone); McGwire (8,off Williamson); Matheny (14,off Williamson); Paquette (18,off A Larkin).  3B–St. Louis Dunston (2,off Williamson).  HR–Cincinnati Tucker (10,7th inning off Thompson 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Edmonds 2 (24,1st inning off Villone 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Williamson 1 on, 1 out); McDonald (1,8th inning off A Larkin 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Boone (4,off Andy Benes).  SB–B Larkin (11,2nd base off Andy Benes/Matheny); Edmonds (6,2nd base off Williamson/Taubensee); Renteria (11,2nd base off Williamson/Taubensee).  WP–Villone (5).  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–3:34.  A–46,022.
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