Rockies @ Cardinals
August 31, 1996

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Bottom 8 R H E
Rockies 1 4 0
Cardinals 2 5 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Rockies 1 4 0
Cardinals 2 5 1

Ray Lankford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .283
OBP .667 .362
At Bats 3 463
Hits 2 131
• Singles 1 74
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 21
Walks 0 58
RBI’s 2 76

Bruce Ruffin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 18
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Busch Stadium - August 31, 1996
Out
Bruce Ruffin
Jeff Reed
Andres Galarraga
Neifi Perez
Vinny Castilla
Walt Weiss
Ellis Burks
Eric Anthony
Dante Bichette
Ray Lankford
Ozzie Smith
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

Lankford hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Royce Clayton pinch hits for Andy Benes. Clayton hits a line drive towards first. Galarraga reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bruce Ruffin now pitching. Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Galarraga strikes out.
Top 8 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pagnozzi hits a line drive towards first. Galarraga reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gaetti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mabry for the out.
Bottom 7 Jordan hits a fly ball into center field. Anthony settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Bailey bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Pagnozzi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Weiss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McGee strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Benes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Reed is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Castilla hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Anthony takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith throws to second for one, and Gallego throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Galarraga moves to second.
Top 6 Bichette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gallego is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Pagnozzi hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Burks strikes out.
Top 5 Perez strikes out.
Top 5 Bailey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Bailey covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lankford hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Weiss hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reed is walked intentionally.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Anthony scores. Castilla moves to second.
Top 4 Castilla hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Anthony moves to third.
Top 4 Anthony hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bichette strikes out.
Bottom 3 Benes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez catches it and throws to first to double up Gallego.
Bottom 3 Gallego hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Burks hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perez for the out.
Top 3 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 That's a pickoff.
Bottom 2 Mabry hits a line drive into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dante Bichette now playing right field. Jordan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burks. Jordan reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Weiss hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Reed takes first base on ball four. Anthony moves to second.
Top 2 Castilla hits a fly ball into left field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anthony takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Galarraga strikes out.
Bottom 1 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Walker strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Burks. The throw from Pagnozzi and he is out, Smith applying the tag.
Top 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Perez hits a line drive towards third. Gaetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.