From: rstimets@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (robert and stimets)
Subject: Reds slip by Padres 4-5   SD/Cinci Aug 15
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 05:32:43 GMT

Darnell Coles doubled and Joe Oliver hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give
Cincinnati a 4-5 come-from-behind win at home.  Tom Bolton survived another 
shaky start, giving up 4 runs in 4 2/3 innings including a bases-loaded walk
and a two-run homer.  He was relieved by Dwayne Henry, Scott Bankhead and Rob Dibble(2-4), and
the Padres weren't able to score any more, while the Reds scored three times
in the last two innings off SD relievers Stan(?) Melendez and ex-nasty R.Kirk
Myers(2-4).  
Pinch hitter Jeff Branson hit a game-tying two out single in the eighth with
runners on 1st and 3rd--he is now 10-for-21 pinch hitting (best in the league,
best, I believe, in the majors).  (The fans are beginning the "Allah be praised"
gesture at his presense now!)
Reggie Sanders hit the first two pitches he saw out for solo homers, the second
went into the "green seats" an estimated 413 ft.  Not bad.
The win evened up the critical series 1-1, and snapped a Reds two game losing
streak.  The Reds have now lost 9 of their last 13 in their current offensive
downslide (could tonight be a possible turnaround?!).  (Hope springs eternal...)
On the other side of the Red coin, the big bashers (Sabo, O'Neill, Braggs) continued
their woeful ways, going a combined 1-for-10 with a single and 2 GDP's.
WHY, OH WHY DOES LOU PUT THESE PEOPLE 4-5-7???  They managed to kill 4 different
rally attempts!!! UGH!!!
Joe Oliver has been great lately.  I probably shouldn't write this, since he 
will unlikely hit a 0-for-40 slump before the year is out...


Now a box score:

San Diego
		AB	H   R  RBI	LO  BB  SO
Fernandez ss	5	2   2   0	0   0   1
Gwynn rf	5	1   0   1	0   0   0
Sheffield 3b	3	1   0   0	0   1   0
McGriff 1b	1	0   0   0	0   3   1
Jackson cf	3	0   0   0   	4   1   1
Santiago c	4	0   0   0	3   0   3
Teufel 2b	3	0   1   0	0   1   1
Ward lf		4	1   1   2	0   0   0
Lefferts p	3	0   0   0	0   0   2
  Melendez p	0	0   0   0	0   0   0
  Azocar ph	1	0   0   0	0   0   1
  Myers p	0	0   0   0	0   0   0

TOTAL           33	5   4   3	7   6   10


Cincinnati
		AB	H   R  RBI	LO  BB  SO
Roberts 2b	4	1   1   0	0   0   0
Sanders cf	3	2   2   2	0   1   1
Larkin ss	4	2   0   1	0   0   0
Sabo 3b		2	0   0   0	0   0   0
  Henry p	0	0   0   0	0   0   0
  Hernandez ph	1	0   0   0	0   0   0
  Bankhead p	0	0   0   0	0   0   0
  Branson ph	1	1   0   1	0   0   0
  Dibble p	0	0   0   0	0   0   0
Braggs lf	4	1   0   0	2   0   0
Coles 1b/3b	4	2   0   0	0   0   0
  Martinez pr	0	0   1   0	0   0   0
O'Neill rf	4	0   0   0	1   0   0
Oliver c	3	2   1   1	0   0   0
Bolton p	1	0   0   0	0   0   0
  Doran 1b	2	0   0   0	1   0   0

TOTAL		33 	11  5   5	4   1   1


SF:   Oliver (RBI)
2b:   Gwynn (off Henry, in seventh, 1 out, 0 on, stranded)
      Coles (off Myers, leading off ninth, pinch runner scored)
HR:   Ward (off Bolton, in second, 1 out, Teufel on first) (3)
      Sanders (off Lefferts, in first, 1 out, 0 on) 
      Sanders (off Lefferts, leading off fourth) (9)
GDP:  Sabo, O'Neill, Larkin
IBB:  Sheffield, McGriff

Error: Oliver(throw to second allowed runner to advance)

               1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   TOT
San Diego      1  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    4
Cincinnati     1  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  1    5

PITCHING

San Diego	IP	R	ER	H	BB	K
Lefferts	7 1/3	4	4	8	1	0
Melendez	2/3	0	0	2	0	1
Myers L2-4	2/3	1	1	1	0	0


Cincinnati	IP	R	ER	H	BB	K
Bolton		4 2/3	4	4	4	5	3
Henry		2 1/3	0	0	1	1	4
Bankhead	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dibble W2-4	1	0	0	0	0	2

DP:  San Diego 3
WP:  Bolton, Henry	

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Tomorrow:  Hurst vs. Belcher
Monday:  Swindell vs. Shilling (I think)


Come on Pittsburg, score some runs!!!

RStimets

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