San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
August 14, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1996 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Diego Padres 1, Cincinnati Reds 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 5 1 0 0
Gwynn rf 6 0 3 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 1
Vaughn lf 5 0 1 0
Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 2 0
  Henderson pr 0 0 0 0
  Johnson c 2 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Reed 2b 2 0 0 0
  Shipley ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Sanders p 2 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Valenzuela ph 1 0 1 0
  Cianfrocco pr 0 0 0 0
  Bergman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 8 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 6 1 3 1
Harris 3b,rf 3 0 1 0
Larkin ss 3 0 0 1
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Taubensee c 5 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 0 1 0
Sanders rf 5 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Boone 2b 5 1 1 0
Portugal p 2 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Branson 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 7 2
San Diego 000 000 001 000 0180
Cincinnati 100 000 000 000 1271
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders   7.0 4 1 1 1 7
  Veras   1.2 0 0 0 3 0
  Hoffman   2.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Bochtler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bergman  L (5-8) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals 12.1 7 2 2 4 11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal   8.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Brantley   0.1 2 1 1 2 0
  Shaw   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Carrasco   2.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Smith  W (3-2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13.0 8 1 1 3 5

  E–Larkin (13).  DP–San Diego 1, Cincinnati 3.  2B–Cincinnati Howard (12,off Sanders).  SH–Gomez (3,off Portugal); Harris (4,off Sanders); Branson (6,off Bergman).  SF–Caminiti (8,off Brantley); Larkin (7,off Sanders).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Davis (1,by Veras); Morris (4,by Veras).  Team–7.  CS–Harris (5,2nd base by Hoffman/Johnson).  IBB–Veras 2 (3,Davis,Morris).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:44.  A–20,983.

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