An exciting game between
two evenly matched teams. As expected, it was a pitchers duel for most
of the game. It was scoreless until the 6th when Jack Clark singled in
Ivan Dejesus with the game's first run. Dejesus was subbing for Ozzie
who was injured running down the first base line way back in the first
inning. An obvious big blow to the Cardinals.
Then came the fateful 7th inning. In the top half, St. Louis
catcher Darrell Porter deposited a Rijo fastball into the right
centerfield seats to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead but in the bottom of
the 7th is where the wheels came off. Danny Cox, breezing along through
the first 6 innings gave up a leadoff single to Paul O'Neill and a walk
to Eric Davis, followed by a rare error on Terry Pendleton to load the
bases. Pinch hitter Herm Winningham drove in O'Neill on a Sac Fly to
make it 2-1. Another walk by Cox loaded the bases again for Barry Larkin
and brought Whitey Herzog out of the dugout to call for Bill Campbell
to shut down the rally, however, Larkin had other plans as he slammed a
single to center to bring in 2 more to give the Reds the lead. Still
another single by Billy Hatcher made it 4-2.
From there the Nasty Boys, Dibble and Myers closed it out for game MVP Jose Rijo and the 90 Reds survive to the next round.
Great game Bruce.
--submitted by Mike Hill--
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