St. Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies

Jul 26, 1998

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
STL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	0	6
COL	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	6

loss:

J. Thomsonwin: St Louis Cardinals logo

K. Merckersave: St Louis Cardinals logo

R. Croushore

Scoring Summary

STLCOL

4
Mark McGwire hits a home run (44). [1 run]
10
4
Vinny Castilla singles on a line drive to center fielder Ray Lankford. Ellis Burks scores. [1 run]
11
5
Royce Clayton singles on a line drive to left fielder Dante Bichette. Kent Mercker scores. [1 run]
21
9
Willie McGee hits a home run (3). [1 run]
31

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Royce ClaytonSS	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.234
2Brian JordanRF	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.323
3Mark McGwire1B	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.296
4Ray LankfordCF	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281
5John MabryLF	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	.265
Lance PainterP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Rick CroushoreP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
6Gary Gaetti3B	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.257
7Eli MarreroC	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245
8Kent MerckerP	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Curtis KingP	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Willie McGeeLF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.266
9Pat Kelly2B	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	.265



TOTAL	8	35	3	3	5	1	2	9	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Kent MerckerLHP	5.0	5	1	1	3	1	61	5.94
Curtis KingRHP	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	27	3.82
Lance PainterLHP	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4.02
Rick CroushoreRHP	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	25	2.70
TOTAL	8.3	7	1	1	6	2	115	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Neifi PerezSS	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.275
2Ellis BurksCF	1	4	1	0	2	0	2	.296
3Larry WalkerRF	1	4	0	0	2	0	3	.334
4Dante BichetteLF	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	.338
5Vinny Castilla3B	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	.325
6Greg Colbrunn1B	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.311
Todd HeltonPH-1B	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.288
7Kurt Abbott2B	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.241
Jeff ReedC	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.266
8Kirt ManwaringC	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.265
Curtis GoodwinPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271
Dave VeresP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
9John ThomsonP	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143
Curt LeskanicP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Chuck McElroyP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Mike LansingPR-2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261
TOTAL	7	30	1	1	6	2	13	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
John ThomsonRHP	6.2	6	2	2	4	1	1	91	4.85
Curt LeskanicRHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.99
Chuck McElroyLHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1.65
Dave VeresRHP	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	12	3.48
TOTAL	9.0	8	3	3	5	1	2	118	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningSTLCOL

TOP 1
GROUNDOUT — Royce Clayton grounds out, third baseman Vinny Castilla to first baseman Greg Colbrunn. [1 out]
00
FLYOUT — Brian Jordan flies out to right fielder Larry Walker. [2 outs]
00
FLYOUT — Mark McGwire flies out to left fielder Dante Bichette. [3 outs]
00
BOTTOM 1
POP OUT — Neifi Perez pops out to second baseman Pat Kelly. [1 out]
00
STRIKEOUT — Ellis Burks strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
00
DOUBLE — Larry Walker doubles (35) on a line drive to left fielder John Mabry.
00
GROUNDOUT — Dante Bichette grounds out, shortstop Royce Clayton to first baseman Mark McGwire. [3 outs]
00

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Team Stats

STL

COL

3Runs1

8Hits7

0Errors1

.229Batting Avg.233

35At Bats30

3Extra-base Hits2

2Home Runs0

3Runs-Batted-In1

1Walks2

1Stolen Bases0

5Strikeouts6

6Left on Base6

16Total Bases9

Game Details

Sunday, July 26, 1998 · 9:05 PM

Coors Field · Denver, CO

attendance: 48,288 (96.3%)

weather: 78 degrees, cloudy