Top 1

• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Jones vs. Smiley
  
  Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Mueller vs. Smiley
  
  Mueller is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Bonds vs. Smiley
  
  Bonds strikes out. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Hill vs. Smiley
  
  There goes Jones. The throw from Oliver and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Hill vs. Smiley
  
  Hill hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 1

• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Goodwin vs. Fernandez
  
  Goodwin is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Howard vs. Fernandez
  
  Howard takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Larkin vs. Fernandez
  
  Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play 

Top 2

• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McCarty vs. Smiley
  
  McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smiley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wilkins vs. Smiley
  
  Wilkins hits a fly ball into right field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Aurilia vs. Smiley
  
  Aurilia strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 2

• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Davis vs. Fernandez
  
  Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Greene vs. Fernandez
  
  Greene hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarty scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greene for the out. Davis moves to second. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Morris vs. Fernandez
  
  Morris is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Boone vs. Fernandez
  
  Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Oliver vs. Fernandez
  
  Oliver takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to third. Boone moves to second. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Smiley vs. Fernandez
  
  Smiley hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarty scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smiley for the out. View Play 

Top 3

• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Canizaro vs. Smiley
  
  Canizaro hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Fernandez vs. Smiley
  
  Fernandez bunts towards the mound. Smiley fields it and throws to first for the out. Canizaro moves to second. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Jones vs. Smiley
  
  Jones 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 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Mueller vs. Smiley
  
  The umpire calls a balk on Smiley Canizaro moves to third. View Play 
• Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Mueller vs. Smiley
  
  Mueller hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Davis. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Canizaro scores. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Bonds vs. Smiley
  
  Bonds is walked intentionally. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Hill vs. Smiley
  
  Hill takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to third. Bonds moves to second. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  McCarty vs. Smiley
  
  McCarty strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 3

• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Goodwin vs. Fernandez
  
  Goodwin hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Howard vs. Fernandez
  
  Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Larkin vs. Fernandez
  
  Larkin takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Davis vs. Fernandez
  
  Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Larkin moves to second. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Greene vs. Fernandez
  
  Greene strikes out. View Play 

Top 4

• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wilkins vs. Smiley
  
  Wilkins strikes out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Aurilia vs. Smiley
  
  Aurilia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Canizaro vs. Smiley
  
  Canizaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Fernandez vs. Smiley
  
  Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smiley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 4

• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Morris vs. Fernandez
  
  Morris hits a fly ball into right field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boone vs. Fernandez
  
  Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Oliver vs. Fernandez
  
  Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Smiley vs. Fernandez
  
  Smiley hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 5

• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Jones vs. Smiley
  
  Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Mueller vs. Smiley
  
  Mueller hits a line drive towards first. Morris reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bonds vs. Smiley
  
  Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 5

• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Goodwin vs. Fernandez
  
  Goodwin bunts towards first. McCarty scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Howard vs. Fernandez
  
  Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Larkin vs. Fernandez
  
  Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mueller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 6

• Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hill vs. Smiley
  
  Hill hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McCarty vs. Smiley
  
  McCarty takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Wilkins vs. Smiley
  
  Wilkins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Aurilia vs. Smiley
  
  Aurilia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Canizaro vs. Smiley
  
  Canizaro strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 6

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Davis vs. Fernandez
  
  Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Greene vs. Fernandez
  
  Greene hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Morris vs. Fernandez
  
  Morris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 7

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Smiley
  
  Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Jones vs. Smiley
  
  Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Mueller vs. Smiley
  
  Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 7

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boone vs. Fernandez
  
  Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Oliver vs. Fernandez
  
  Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mueller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Harris vs. Fernandez
  
  Lenny Harris pinch hits for John Smiley.
  
  Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarty scoops it up and throws to first, with Fernandez covering, for the out. View Play 

Top 8

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bonds vs. Carrasco
  
  Hector Carrasco now pitching.
  
  Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hill vs. Carrasco
  
  Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McCarty vs. Carrasco
  
  McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carrasco fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 8

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Goodwin vs. Fernandez
  
  Goodwin is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Howard vs. Fernandez
  
  Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Larkin vs. Fernandez
  
  Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mueller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Davis vs. Fernandez
  
  Davis strikes out. View Play 

Top 9

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wilkins vs. Carrasco
  
  Wilkins hits a fly ball into right field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Aurilia vs. Carrasco
  
  Aurilia hits a line drive into right field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Canizaro vs. Carrasco
  
  Canizaro hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 9

• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Greene vs. Beck
  
  Rod Beck now pitching. Steve Scarsone now playing second base.
  
  Greene strikes out. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Morris vs. Beck
  
  Morris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Boone vs. Beck
  
  Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morris moves to second. View Play 
• Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Taubensee vs. Beck
  
  Ed Taubensee pinch hits for Joe Oliver.
  
  Taubensee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Scarsone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

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         Game of 9/6/1996, game 1 -- San Francisco at Cincinnati (N)

  San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Jones D, cf           4  0  1  0   Goodwin C, rf         4  0  0  0   
Mueller B, 3b         4  0  1  1   Howard T, lf          3  0  0  0   
Bonds B, lf           3  0  0  0   Larkin B, ss          3  0  1  0   
Hill G, rf            3  1  1  1   Davis E, cf           4  0  2  0   
McCarty D, 1b         3  0  0  0   Greene W, 3b          4  0  0  0   
Wilkins R, c          4  0  0  0   Morris H, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Aurilia R, ss         4  0  1  0   Boone B, 2b           3  0  1  0   
Canizaro J, 2b        4  1  1  0   Oliver J, c           2  0  0  0   
Beck R, p             0  0  0  0   Taubensee E, ph       1  0  0  0   
Fernandez O, p        2  0  0  0   Smiley J, p           2  0  0  0   
Scarsone S, 2b        0  0  0  0   Harris L, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Carrasco H, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  2  5  2                        31  0  5  0

San Francisco    001 001 000 --  2
Cincinnati       000 000 000 --  0

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fernandez O (W)       8.0  4  0  0  4  5
Beck R (S)            1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Smiley J (L)          7.0  5  2  2  3  6
Carrasco H            2.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Oliver J
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 8
2B -- Mueller B
HR -- Hill G
SB -- Jones D
SH -- Fernandez O
Balk -- Smiley J
T -- 2:15
A -- 0

    

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