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May 18, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 11 1
Rockies 6 13 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 11 1
Rockies 9 14 0

John Vander Wal Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .000 .387
At Bats 0 28
Hits 0 9
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 3

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 8
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Coors Field - May 18, 1996
Dennis Eckersley
Tom Pagnozzi
John Mabry
Luis Alicea
David Bell
Royce Clayton
Willie McGee
Ray Lankford
Brian Jordan
John Vander Wal
Andres Galarraga
Dante Bichette

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 11 1 9
Colorado Rockies 9 14 0 8
Winning Pitcher John Habyan
Losing Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Vander Wal
Attendance 48,103
Time of Game 3 hours 14 minutes
Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

End of Game

John Vander Wal pinch hits for Vinny Castilla. Vander Wal hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry fields it and throws to second for the out. Bichette moves to third.
Bottom 9 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bichette moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Burks hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Luis Alicea now playing second base. David Bell now playing third base. Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. Mabry moves to third.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Lankford scores. Mabry moves to second.
Top 9 Mabry is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lankford moves to third.
Top 9 There goes Lankford. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Lankford steals second.
Top 9 John Habyan now pitching. Lankford hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jason Bates pinch hits for Darren Holmes. Bates hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Reed hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Holmes covering, for the out.
Top 8 Clayton hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Darren Holmes now pitching. McGee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGee for the out.
Bottom 7 Galarraga hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Mabry, and into shallow right field. Walker reaches second base with a double. Bichette scores.
Bottom 7 Bichette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McGee. Bichette reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a popup towards first. Mabry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews strikes out.
Top 7 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Pagnozzi 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 7 Mabry hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Mike Munoz now pitching. Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Munoz covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Pedro Castellano pinch hits for Lance Painter. T.J. Mathews now pitching. Castellano strikes out.
Bottom 6 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Tony Fossas now pitching. Reed hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Galarraga hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Willie McGee now playing left field. Walker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lance Painter now pitching. Willie McGee pinch hits for Mark Sweeney. McGee strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bichette hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burks takes first base on ball four. McCracken moves to second.
Bottom 5 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reed moves to third.
Bottom 5 Quinton McCracken pinch hits for Marvin Freeman. McCracken takes first base on ball four. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 5 Weiss strikes out.
Bottom 5 Reed hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Morgan strikes out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. Pagnozzi moves to second.
Top 5 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Mabry scores.
Top 5 Mabry hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Walker who is chasing the ball. Mabry reaches third base with a triple. Gaetti goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Gaetti takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lankford hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Freeman covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Walker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bichette hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Burks hits a fly ball into left field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Freeman covering, for the out.
Top 4 Morgan bunts in front of the plate. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. Mabry moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 4 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Pagnozzi hits a line drive into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mabry hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Bichette. Mabry reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Freeman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lankford hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jordan hits a line drive towards third. Castilla catches it and throws to first to double up Clayton.
Top 3 Clayton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Castilla hits a fly ball into left field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Walker. The throw from Pagnozzi and he is safe. Walker steals second.
Bottom 2 Galarraga hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry juggles the ball. That's an error on Mabry.
Top 2 Sweeney strikes out.
Top 2 Morgan bunts towards the mound. Freeman fields it and throws to first for the out. Mabry moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 2 Bell takes first base on ball four. Mabry moves to second.
Top 2 Pagnozzi hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mabry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clayton moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Clayton. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Clayton steals second.
Top 1 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Freeman covering, for the out.