Cincinnati @ Oakland

Network: CBS
Announcers: Jack Buck, Tim McCarver
Format: DVD (3 disks)
Quality: 8.5
Notes: Includes commercials... Grade would be 9.0 or above on sharpness, but the audio volume drops and rises and drops again starting in the 7th, and becomes particularly bad, staying extremely low in the final 2 innings.

Game Notes

Reds continue to stun the A's, winning 8-3.

Cincinnati jumps on Mike Moore and then Scott Sanderson early to take a 3-0 lead in the series. Oakland had taken a 2-1 lead on Harold Baines' 2-run HR in the second, but then the floodgates open against Moore and Sanderson.

The Reds rally for the lead and then extend it to 5-2 on Chris Sabo's 2nd HR of the game. After Moore departs with 2 outs in the 3rd, Cincinnati plates 3 more runs before the inning ends. Sabo sets a World Series record with 10 assists.


Starting pitchers:
Reds - Tom Browning
A's - Moore

Winning pitcher: Browning
Losing pitcher: Moore