DBL
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS @ CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS
04/10/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Pitching: LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt missed!
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 95.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Pitching: LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 60.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 89M, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 102.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB David Segui 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 105.6 MPH), Distance : 404 ft
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tony Batista 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: RHB Dan Wilson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 109.4 MPH)
Todd Zeile to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 109.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 62.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Karim Garcia to second
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: SHB David Segui 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6S, EV 67.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Tony Batista 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dan Wilson 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 34, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 94.4 MPH), Distance : 360 ft
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 105.0 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB David Segui 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 99.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Pitching: RHP Mariano Rivera
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tony Batista 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Bruce Ruffin
Now at 3B: Neifi Perez
Now in CF: Ruben Rivera
Batting: RHB Dan Wilson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Reached on error, E9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Pitching: RHP Tim Burke
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Dan Wilson to second
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Flyball, 34D, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Mariano Rivera
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Rusty Meacham
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Bunt - Flyout to 13S! F1
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ruben Rivera Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : RHP Tim Burke
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Ivan Calderon to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
Karim Garcia steals 2nd base
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Ivan Calderon scores
Pinch Hitting: LHB Troy Neel 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Dan Wilson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Karim Garcia to third
Troy Neel to second
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Rusty Meacham
Now at 2B: Mike Benjamin
Batting: RHB Ruben Rivera 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB David Segui 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Charlotte 2
TOP OF THE 10TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : RHP Tim Burke
Pitching: RHP Todd Worrell
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 94.4 MPH), Distance : 442 ft
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 98.8 MPH)
Top of the 10th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Charlotte 2
BOTTOM OF THE 10TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Rusty Meacham
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Neifi Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Terry Mulholland
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Called Strike
Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3
Bottom of the 10th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Charlotte 2
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