Reds @ Cardinals
September 23, 1997

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Bottom 5 R H E
Reds 3 6 0
Cardinals 4 6 0
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Reds 3 6 0
Cardinals 4 6 0

Ray Lankford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .305
OBP .500 .420
At Bats 1 443
Hits 0 135
• Singles 0 66
• Doubles 0 35
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 31
Walks 1 92
RBI’s 0 98

Kent Mercker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 11 0
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Busch Stadium - September 23, 1997
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Strikeout
Kent Mercker
Joe Oliver
Willie Greene
Bret Boone
Aaron Boone
Pokey Reese
Chris Stynes
Jon Nunnally
Reggie Sanders
Ray Lankford
Mark McGwire
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

Lankford strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gant hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Clayton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Pagnozzi scores.
Bottom 5 Tom Pagnozzi pinch hits for John Frascatore. Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 5 Marrero strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Sanders takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Greene hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Frascatore covering, for the out.
Top 5 Stynes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Nunnally hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lankford takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Gant strikes out.
Bottom 4 Clayton strikes out.
Top 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mercker hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 John Frascatore now pitching. Boone 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 3 Danny Sheaffer pinch hits for Brady Raggio. Sheaffer hits a fly ball into center field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Stynes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boone strikes out.
Top 3 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Sanders. The throw from Marrero to Bell and they have Sanders trapped. The throw over to McGwire, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 3 Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stynes scores.
Top 3 Greene hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Young throws the ball in to McGwire who tags Greene trying to return to first, for the out. Nunnally scores. Stynes moves to third.
Top 3 Stynes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nunnally moves to second.
Top 3 Nunnally hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Young strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greene scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lankford for the out.
Top 2 Reese hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mercker bunts towards third. Gaetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sanders moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Top 2 Boone strikes out.
Top 2 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Oliver strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Sanders. The throw from Marrero and he is safe. Sanders steals second.
Top 2 Sanders takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gant hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clayton hits a line drive into center field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Greene hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stynes is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Nunnally hits a line drive towards first. McGwire reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.