Thursday, May 20, 1999
Numbers, records and milestones
81: Combined total bases of Reds and Rockies set a major-league record, erasing the 79 of St. Louis (41) and Philadelphia (38) on May 11, 1923.
55: Reds' total bases eclipsed the club record of 48 set on June 1, 1957 against Chicago and fell three shy of the major-league record.
28: Reds' hits tied club record set May 13, 1902 vs. Philadelphia.
24: Reds' runs were two short of the club record set in 1911 vs. Boston Braves.
15: Reds' extra-base hits were one short of the National League record.
7: Consecutive times Sean Casey reached base (two homers, two singles, three walks).
7: Number of Reds to record at least three hits (Casey, Jeffrey Hammonds, Mike Cameron, Greg Vaughn, Mark Lewis, Brian Johnson and Pokey Reese), tying a National League record.
6: Casey's career-high RBI.
6: Reds' homer total was their most since they clobbered seven on Sept. 15, 1987 at Atlanta. They tied the record for homers by a Rockies opponent.
4: Times Reds batted around in an inning.
3: Jeffrey Hammonds became the third player to hit three homers at Coors Field (Mike Piazza, Los Angeles, June 29, 1996; and Mike Lansing, Colorado, Sept. 22, 1998 against Arizona).
0: Times Reds or Rockies went down in order.
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