Rockies @ Reds
August 18, 1996

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Rockies 4 8 0
Reds 9 7 0
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Rockies 4 8 0
Reds 9 7 0

Joe Oliver Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .250
OBP .667 .318
At Bats 3 212
Hits 2 53
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 3 32

Bruce Ruffin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 18
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Riverfront Stadium - August 18, 1996
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Out
Bruce Ruffin
Jeff Reed
Andres Galarraga
Jason Bates
Vinny Castilla
Walt Weiss
Dante Bichette
Quinton McCracken
Larry Walker
Joe Oliver
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Sanders strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bruce Ruffin now pitching. Jason Bates now playing second base. Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops it up and throws to first, with Shaw covering, for the out.
Top 7 McCracken hits a line drive into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Young hits a popup, foul, towards first. Morris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mitchell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Larkin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Branson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Howard strikes out.
Top 6 Walker hits a popup towards short. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out.
Top 6 Jeff Shaw now pitching. Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Curt Leskanic now pitching. Larry Walker now playing right field. Lenny Harris pinch hits for Kevin Jarvis. There's a wild pitch. Oliver moves to third.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bichette. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Morris scores. Sanders scores. Boone goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Boone takes first base on ball four. Mitchell scores. Morris moves to third. Sanders moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sanders takes first base on ball four. Howard scores. Mitchell moves to third. Morris moves to second.
Bottom 5 Morris takes first base on ball four. Mitchell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mitchell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Larkin for the out. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 5 Branson bunts for an out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Anthony. Howard reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jarvis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Anthony strikes out.
Top 5 Galarraga hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 There goes Bichette. The throw from Oliver and he is safe. Bichette steals third.
Top 5 Bichette hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. Bichette reaches second base with a double. Ritz scores. Young scores.
Top 5 McCracken bunts towards third. Branson fields it and throws to first for the out. Ritz moves to third. Young moves to second.
Top 5 Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Ritz moves to second.
Top 5 Ritz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jarvis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out.
Top 4 Reed strikes out.
Top 4 Castilla hits a popup towards short. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anthony hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sanders is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Mitchell moves to third. Morris moves to second.
Bottom 3 Morris hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mitchell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mitchell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ritz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Branson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Branson for the out.
Top 3 Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bichette hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCracken hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Ritz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jarvis bunts towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Young covering, for the out. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out.
Top 2 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sanders hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morris hits a line drive into right field. Anthony settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mitchell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Larkin takes first base on ball four. Branson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Branson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Howard is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Anthony hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bichette moves to second.
Top 1 Bichette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 McCracken is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.