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Reds
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 24, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 24, 1997 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 24, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 24, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Burba |
Home Starting Pitcher | Manny Aybar |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 23,308 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Terry Tata 1B: Rich Rieker 2B: Ed Rapuano 3B: Gerry Davis |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Pokey Reese | Shortstop |
Jon Nunnally | Center Fielder |
Chris Stynes | Left Fielder |
Willie Greene | First Baseman |
Reggie Sanders | Right Fielder |
Ed Taubensee | Catcher |
Aaron Boone | Third Baseman |
Bret Boone | Second Baseman |
Dave Burba | Pitcher |
Jack McKeon | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Delino DeShields | Second Baseman |
Ron Gant | Left Fielder |
Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
Ray Lankford | Center Fielder |
Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
Dmitri Young | Right Fielder |
David Bell | Shortstop |
Eli Marrero | Catcher |
Manny Aybar | Pitcher |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Reds
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 24, 1997
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Aybar
Reese hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nunnally vs. Aybar
Nunnally hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stynes vs. Aybar
Stynes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Burba
DeShields hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Burba
Gant hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stynes. Gant reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGwire vs. Burba
McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Lankford vs. Burba
Lankford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Gaetti vs. Burba
Gaetti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nunnally. Gaetti reaches second base with a double. Gant scores. Lankford goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Burba
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gaetti moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Burba
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Aybar
Greene hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Aybar
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aybar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taubensee vs. Aybar
Taubensee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Aybar
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marrero vs. Burba
Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aybar vs. Burba
Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Burba
DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greene scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeShields for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Aybar
Boone hits a line drive into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Burba vs. Aybar
Burba hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Aybar
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aybar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Burba
Gant strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Burba
McGwire takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Burba
Lankford strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gaetti vs. Burba
Gaetti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greene settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Nunnally vs. Aybar
Nunnally hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nunnally for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Stynes vs. Aybar
Stynes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greene vs. Aybar
Greene hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stynes moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Sanders vs. Aybar
Sanders hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Taubensee vs. Aybar
Taubensee hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Burba
Young strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Burba
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marrero vs. Burba
Marrero hits a popup towards short. That will be extra bases. Reese fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Reese. Marrero moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Aybar vs. Burba
Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greene scoops it up and throws to first, with Burba covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Aybar
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Aybar
Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Burba vs. Aybar
Burba strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Aybar
Reese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Burba
DeShields hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Gant vs. Burba
There goes DeShields. The throw from Taubensee and he is safe. DeShields steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gant vs. Burba
Gant strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
McGwire vs. Burba
McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Burba
Lankford hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Burba
Gaetti strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Nunnally vs. Aybar
Nunnally hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Young. Nunnally reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Stynes vs. Aybar
Stynes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nunnally moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Greene vs. Aybar
Greene hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nunnally tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Aybar
Sanders takes first base on ball four. Stynes moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Taubensee vs. Aybar
Taubensee hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stynes moves to third. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Boone vs. Aybar
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Burba
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Burba
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Stynes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Marrero vs. Burba
There goes Young. The throw from Taubensee and he is safe. Young steals second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Marrero vs. Burba
Marrero takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
McGee vs. Burba
Willie McGee pinch hits for Manny Aybar.
McGee hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
DeShields vs. Burba
DeShields hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Young trying to get to home. Stynes throws the ball in to Taubensee who tags Young, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Marrero moves to second. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Frascatore
John Frascatore now pitching.
Boone hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Frascatore
Pete Rose pinch hits for Dave Burba.
Rose strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Frascatore
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Fossas
Tony Fossas now pitching. Mike Kelly pinch hits for Jon Nunnally.
Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Reese goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Stynes vs. Fossas
Stynes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Greene vs. Fossas
Greene takes first base on ball four. Kelly moves to third. Stynes moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Sanders vs. King
Curtis King now pitching.
Sanders hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Stynes moves to third. Greene moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Taubensee vs. King
Taubensee hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stynes tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. King
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Sullivan
Brook Fordyce now catching. Scott Sullivan now pitching. Mike Kelly now playing center field.
Gant strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Sullivan
McGwire strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Sullivan
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greene scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lankford for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. King
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fordyce vs. King
Fordyce hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. King
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Sullivan
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Sullivan
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Sullivan
Bell hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Luis Ordaz now playing shortstop.
Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stynes vs. Eckersley
Stynes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Marrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Eckersley
Greene strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Plantier vs. Shaw
Jeff Shaw now pitching. Pat Watkins now playing center field. Phil Plantier pinch hits for Eli Marrero.
Plantier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lampkin vs. Shaw
Tom Lampkin pinch hits for Luis Ordaz.
Lampkin hits a fly ball into left field. Stynes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Shaw
DeShields hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gant vs. Shaw
There goes DeShields. The throw from Fordyce and he is safe. DeShields steals second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Gant vs. Shaw
Gant strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/24/1997 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (N) Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Reese P, ss 4 1 0 0 DeShields D, 2b 5 1 3 0 Nunnally J, cf 3 1 1 0 Gant R, lf 5 1 1 0 Kelly M, ph-cf 2 1 1 1 McGwire M, 1b 3 1 1 2 Shaw J, p 0 0 0 0 Lankford R, cf 3 1 0 0 Stynes C, lf 3 1 1 0 Gaetti G, 3b 4 0 1 2 Greene W, 1b 3 0 1 1 Young D, rf 4 0 2 0 Sanders R, rf 3 0 1 1 Bell D, ss 4 0 0 0 Taubensee E, c 3 0 1 1 Eckersley D, p 0 0 0 0 Sullivan S, p 0 0 0 0 Marrero E, c 2 0 1 0 Watkins P, cf 0 0 0 0 Plantier P, ph 1 0 0 0 Boone A, 3b 4 0 1 0 Aybar M, p 2 0 0 0 Boone B, 2b 4 1 1 1 McGee W, ph 1 0 0 0 Burba D, p 2 0 0 0 Frascatore J, p 0 0 0 0 Rose P, ph 1 0 0 0 Fossas T, p 0 0 0 0 Fordyce B, c 1 0 0 0 King C, p 0 0 0 0 Ordaz L, ss 0 0 0 0 Lampkin T, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 5 8 5 35 4 9 4 Cincinnati 000 001 400 -- 5 St.Louis 200 020 000 -- 4 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Burba D (W) 6.0 8 4 4 3 6 Sullivan S 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 Shaw J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Aybar M 6.0 5 1 1 2 2 Frascatore J 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 Fossas T (L)* 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 King C 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 Eckersley D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Reese P LOB -- Cincinnati 8, St.Louis 7 2B -- Gant R, Gaetti G, Marrero E, Nunnally J, Kelly M HR -- McGwire M, Boone B SB -- DeShields D 2, Young D SF -- Greene W, Taubensee E T -- 2:27 A -- 23308
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