Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
July 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1997 at Cinergy Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Montreal Expos 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 1 0
Santangelo rf 4 1 1 0
Segui 1b 4 1 1 1
White cf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 1 1 2
Widger c 3 0 1 0
Strange 3b 3 0 0 0
Perez p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders cf 4 0 0 0
Boone 2b 4 1 2 0
Kelly lf 4 2 2 1
Perez 3b 3 1 1 3
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Greene rf 4 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 1 0
Morris 1b 3 0 0 0
Reese ss 2 0 1 0
Smiley p 2 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 1 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Branson 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Montreal 000 300 000360
Cincinnati 003 010 00x480
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (8-6) 8.0 8 4 4 2 7
Totals 8.0 8 4 4 2 7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (7-10) 7.0 6 3 3 0 4
  Belinda   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Shaw  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 0 6

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 2.  PB–Oliver (2).  2B–Montreal Santangelo (16,off Smiley), Cincinnati B Boone (14,off Perez); Kelly (6,off Perez).  HR–Montreal Rodriguez (17,4th inning off Smiley 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Perez (5,3rd inning off Perez 2 on, 1 out); Kelly (3,5th inning off Perez 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  SB–Widger (2,2nd base off Smiley/Oliver); Reese (11,2nd base off Perez/Widger).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:17.  A–25,744.

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