1991 NL Player of Note: Jose Rio

June 10, 1991

In a well pitched game by both teams the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0. Cincinnati's Jose Rio improved his record to a MLB best 9-0 with the win. The Phillie's Andy Ashbuy was a hard luck loser, allowing only 1 hit in 7 innings.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Philadelphia Phillies At 1991 Cincinnati Reds        6/10/1991
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Backman 3B,2B     3  0  1  0 .184     B.Doran 2B          4  0  1  0 .333  
  M.Morandini 2B      2  0  1  0 .198     B.Larkin SS         4  0  0  0 .282  
C-J.Lindeman PH       1  0  0  0 .333     P.O'Neill RF        3  0  0  0 .270  
  J.Boever P          0  0  0  0 .250     H.Morris 1B         3  0  0  0 .333  
  J.Kruk 1B           3  0  0  0 .266     C.Sabo 3B           3  0  0  0 .300  
  D.Murphy RF         4  0  0  0 .267     G.Braggs LF         2  0  0  0 .256  
  V.Hayes CF          4  0  1  0 .229     R.Myers P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Morris LF         4  0  0  0 .125     J.Reed C            3  0  0  0 .291  
  D.Fletcher C        3  0  0  0 .235     B.Hatcher CF        3  2  2  1 .291  
  D.Thon SS           3  0  0  0 .234     J.Rijo P            1  0  0  0 .167  
  A.Ashby P           2  0  0  0 .000   B-E.Davis LF          1  0  0  0 .205  
A-R.Booker PH,3B      1  0  0  0 .313                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  0  3  0                 Totals      27  2  3  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Ashby In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rijo In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Morandini In 8th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1    -  2  3  1
 
Phillies (28-28)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Ashby LOSS(0-1)         7       1   1   1   2   5   1 100   1.29
J.Boever                  1       2   1   1   0   1   0  18   2.94
Totals                    8       3   2   2   2   6   1
 
Reds (30-25)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Rijo WIN(9-0)           7 1/3   3   0   0   2   6   0 128   2.36
R.Myers SAVE(4th)         1 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  20   2.57
Totals                    9       3   0   0   2   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,060 DATE- Monday, June 10th 1991 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Steve Rippley, Bill Hohn, Terry Tata, Jerry Crawford
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 6  Reds: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0  Reds: 0
ERRORS- C.Sabo
DOUBLES- V.Hayes(17th), B.Hatcher(12th)
HOME RUNS- B.Hatcher(3rd)
RBIs- B.Hatcher(16th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Morandini
WALKS- W.Backman, J.Kruk, G.Braggs, J.Rijo
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kruk, D.Murphy, V.Hayes, J.Morris-2, A.Ashby-2, B.Larkin-2,
             P.O'Neill-2, H.Morris, J.Reed
BALKS- J.Rijo
WILD PITCHES- J.Boever
2-out RBI- B.Hatcher
RLISP 2-out- D.Murphy, D.Thon, W.Backman, V.Hayes
TEAM RISP- Phillies: 0 for 8  Reds: 1 for 2
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Von Hayes robbed Jeff Reed of an extra base hit.
 
Jose Rijo(9-0) and Andy Ashby(0-1) dueled it out with Rijo and the Cincinnati
Reds coming out on top of the slumping Philadelphia Phillies by the score of
2 to 0.
 
Cincinnati took the lead for good in the 5th inning scoring one runner.  Randy
Myers was perfect in relief and got the save, his 4th.