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August 13, 1997

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Bottom 10 R H E
Mets 5 11 0
Cardinals 4 11 1
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Mets 5 11 0
Cardinals 4 12 1

Ron Gant Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .226
OBP .250 .308
At Bats 3 394
Hits 0 89
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 1 46
RBI’s 0 52

John Franco Season Stats

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3 1 29
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Busch Stadium - August 13, 1997
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John Franco
Todd Hundley
John Olerud
Shawn Gilbert
Edgardo Alfonzo
Rey Ordonez
Bernard Gilkey
Brian McRae
Alex Ochoa
Ron Gant
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

Gant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 John Franco now pitching. Shawn Gilbert now playing second base. McGwire strikes out.
Top 10 Ochoa hits a line drive towards short. Clayton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to home to get Olerud. Huskey moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 10 Butch Huskey pinch hits for Carlos Baerga. Curtis King now pitching. Huskey hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Alfonzo scores. Olerud moves to third.
Top 10 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Fossas, and towards Clayton, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Alfonzo moves to third. Olerud moves to second.
Top 10 Olerud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alfonzo moves to second.
Top 10 Tony Fossas now pitching. Alfonzo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mabry strikes out.
Bottom 9 John Mabry pinch hits for John Frascatore. There goes DeShields. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Bottom 9 DeShields hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. McGee moves to third.
Bottom 9 McGee hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Ordonez, and into shallow left field. McGee reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Cory Lidle now pitching. Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Frascatore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Matt Franco pinch hits for Mel Rojas. Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Difelice strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gaetti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Olerud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mel Rojas now pitching. McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Ochoa hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Frascatore now pitching. Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baerga moves to second.
Top 8 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Hundley takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rigo Beltran now pitching. Willie McGee now playing right field. Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jordan hits a fly ball towards right. Ochoa catches it and throws to home to double up McGee.
Bottom 7 There goes DeShields. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Bottom 7 DeShields bunts towards the mound. McMichael fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McGee moves to third.
Bottom 7 Greg McMichael now pitching. Willie McGee pinch hits for Todd Stottlemyre. McGee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gilkey. McGee reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 There goes McRae. The throw from Difelice and he is out, Clayton applying the tag.
Top 7 Alfonzo hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Luis Lopez pinch hits for Brian Bohanon. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clayton for the out.
Bottom 6 Difelice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McGwire scores.
Bottom 6 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGwire moves to third.
Bottom 6 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 6 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ordonez strikes out.
Top 6 Ochoa strikes out.
Top 6 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes DeShields. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Bottom 5 DeShields is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Stottlemyre strikes out.
Bottom 5 Clayton hits a popup towards first. Olerud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Stottlemyre covering, for the out.
Top 5 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Olerud hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Alfonzo scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Alfonzo hits a fly ball towards center. Lankford settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lankford. Alfonzo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bohanon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gant hits a line drive into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bohanon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Stottlemyre covering, for the out.
Top 4 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McGwire strikes out. There goes Lankford. The throw from Hundley to second, and Lankford is out.
Bottom 3 Lankford hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jordan hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baerga hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Olerud moves to second.
Top 3 Hundley strikes out.
Top 3 Olerud hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Alfonzo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Bohanon covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Stottlemyre bunts towards the mound. Bohanon fields it and throws to first for the out. Clayton moves to second.
Bottom 2 Clayton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out.
Top 2 Bohanon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ordonez hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out. DeShields moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jordan hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DeShields hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ochoa hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilkey strikes out.
Top 1 Baerga hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Olerud tags and scores.
Top 1 Hundley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Hundley reaches second base with a double. Alfonzo scores. Olerud moves to third.
Top 1 Olerud hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McRae scores. Alfonzo moves to second.
Top 1 Alfonzo hits a popup beyond third. Gaetti can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. McRae moves to third.
Top 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gant. McRae reaches second base with a double.