DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
CINCINNATI REDS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
09/17/1996
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
CINCINNATI REDS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
GAME ID: 3567 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1996 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cincinnati Reds (85-67) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 11 1
Kansas City Royals (92-59) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 9 11 1
Royals Walk Off with 9-8 Win
Royals third baseman Tim Naehring put his stamp on his team's 9-8 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Naehring went 3-3 with 2 home runs and a walk. He drove in 4 runs and scored twice for Kansas City in the contest. Kansas City reliever Armando Benitez picked up the win, upping his record to 2-4. Allan Anderson was saddled with the loss. Kansas City goes to 92-59. The win puts them 2½ games up in their division.

One of the stars of the game was Kansas City right fielder Orlando Merced. In the bottom of the tenth with two out, he got a fastball from Doug Henry and hit a walk-off run-scoring single. That made the score 9-8 in favor of the Royals.

"This joint was rocking," said Merced.
CINCINNATI BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Grebeck 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .245 4 38
   a-B. Higginson PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .247 24 84
   c-J. Offerman SS, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 6 41
S. Rolen 3B 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 .293 39 121
E. Davis CF 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 .237 36 98
B. Williams LF 5 2 2 4 0 1 3 .254 31 90
J. Lopez C 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .243 24 81
D. Nilsson DH 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .282 14 45
O. Vizquel SS 4 1 1 3 1 1 3 .276 4 41
   b-F. Vina PR, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 3 36
M. Cairo 1B, SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .750 0 0
M. Lawton RF 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 .000 0 0
Totals 39 8 11 8 6 10 22      
a - B. Higginson pinch hit for C. Grebeck in the 10th
b - F. Vina pinch ran for O. Vizquel in the 10th
c - J. Offerman substituted for B. Higginson in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Grebeck (21, 5th Inning off R. Cormier, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: O. Vizquel (4, 2nd Inning off R. Cormier, 2 on, 1 out) B. Williams (31, 9th Inning off A. Benitez, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Cairo 3 , C. Grebeck 2 , O. Vizquel 4 , S. Rolen 2 , D. Nilsson , J. Lopez , B. Williams 5
2-out RBI: B. Williams
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Grebeck , O. Vizquel , B. Higginson
GIDP: E. Davis
Sac Bunt: M. Cairo
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Cairo (1)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Lawton (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Alomar 2B 5 0 2 0 1 0 3 .296 16 57
R. Lankford CF 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 .257 18 50
J. Thome 1B 5 1 1 0 1 1 2 .276 52 124
J. Burnitz LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .235 29 81
   a-J. Conine PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .261 18 49
   c-O. Merced RF 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .247 16 55
R. Wilkins C 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .246 20 66
D. Pasqua RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .303 10 30
   b-R. Sanders PH, LF 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .255 11 31
D. Magadan DH 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 .249 3 22
B. Larkin SS 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 .293 12 62
T. Naehring 3B 3 2 3 4 1 0 1 .217 7 29
   d-Q. Veras PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 5 38
Totals 37 9 11 9 9 6 16      
a - J. Conine pinch hit for J. Burnitz in the 8th
b - R. Sanders pinch hit for D. Pasqua in the 8th
c - O. Merced substituted for J. Conine in the 9th
d - Q. Veras pinch ran for T. Naehring in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Sanders (12, 8th Inning off A. Anderson, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Naehring 2 (7, 7th Inning off B. Shouse, 0 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off A. Anderson, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Alomar 2 , D. Magadan , J. Thome , T. Naehring 9 , J. Conine , R. Sanders 3 , O. Merced
2-out RBI: , T. Naehring 3 , O. Merced
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Alomar , D. Magadan , J. Burnitz , J. Thome
Sac Bunt: T. Naehring
Sac Fly: B. Larkin , R. Lankford
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Alomar (47) , R. Lankford (42)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Thome (7)
Double Plays: 1 (Larkin-Alomar-Thome)
CINCINNATI PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Hamilton 5.0 2 2 2 4 4 0 100 55 4.23   
B. Shouse H (3) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 29 17 3.63   
J. Adamson 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 4.72   
A. Anderson L (4-3), BS (3) 2.1 5 4 4 2 1 1 50 31 5.10   
D. Henry 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 18 9 4.83   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Hamilton 55
Batters Faced: J. Hamilton 21, B. Shouse 9, J. Adamson 1, A. Anderson 14, D. Henry 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Hamilton 6-5, B. Shouse 0-5, J. Adamson 0-0, A. Anderson 1-5, D. Henry 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Hamilton 100-55, B. Shouse 29-17, J. Adamson 3-2, A. Anderson 50-31, D. Henry 18-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Adamson 1-0 , A. Anderson 2-2 , D. Henry 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
R. Cormier 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 119 72 3.73   
G. Heredia 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 6 3.21   
K. Rogers 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 23 13 2.15   
A. Benitez W (2-4), BS (6) 1.2 1 2 2 3 3 1 31 16 3.06   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Cormier 50
Batters Faced: R. Cormier 29, G. Heredia 3, K. Rogers 5, A. Benitez 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Cormier 7-7, G. Heredia 0-1, K. Rogers 1-1, A. Benitez 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. Cormier 119-72, G. Heredia 11-6, K. Rogers 23-13, A. Benitez 31-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Heredia 1-0 , K. Rogers 3-0 , A. Benitez 2-2
WP: G. Heredia
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tim Naehring
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (71 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 10 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 4:11
Attendance: 13475
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