St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Aug 23, 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	1	0	3	11	1	14
PIT	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	4	9	0	8

loss:

K. Merckerwin: Pittsburgh Pirates logo

J. Schmidtsave: Pittsburgh Pirates logo

J. Christiansen

Scoring Summary

STLPIT

1
Adrian Brown doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Ray Lankford. Tony Womack scores. Adrian Brown to 3rd. Adrian Brown advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by right fielder Brian Jordan. [1 run]
01
1
Jason Kendall out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ray Lankford. Adrian Brown scores. [1 run] [1 out]
02
1
Kevin Young hits a home run (24). [1 run]
03
4
Fernando Tatis hits a home run (6). [1 run]
13
5
Ron Gant grounds out, second baseman Tony Womack to first baseman Kevin Young. Mark McGwire scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
23
6
Doug Strange grounds out, second baseman Pat Kelly to first baseman Mark McGwire. Freddy Garcia scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
24
8
Mark McGwire hits a home run (53). [1 run]
34

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Pat Kelly2B	1	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	.239
2Brian JordanRF	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.319
3Mark McGwire1B	2	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	.295
4Ray LankfordCF	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	3	.285
5Ron GantLF	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	4	.222
6Fernando Tatis3B	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.280
7Eli MarreroC	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	3	.242
8Kent MerckerP	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	.152
John FrascatoreP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Willie McGeePH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.256
Placido PolancoSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219
John MabryPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.258
9Luis OrdazSS	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.170
Delino DeShieldsPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.305
Jeff BrantleyP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

TOTAL	11	38	3	3	13	6	2	23	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Kent MerckerLHP	4.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	86	5.57
John FrascatoreRHP	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	27	3.93
Jeff BrantleyRHP	2.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	31	4.78



TOTAL	8.0	9	4	4	6	4	1	144	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Tony Womack2B	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.288
2Adrian BrownCF	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	.296
3Jason KendallC	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	.338
4Kevin Young1B	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.293
5Jose GuillenRF	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	.275
6Manny MartinezLF	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	5	.262
7Freddy Garcia3B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.299
8Lou CollierSS	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	.248
9Jason SchmidtP	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080
Jeff TabakaP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Doug StrangePH	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.178
Mike WilliamsP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ricardo RinconP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Al MartinPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.240
Rich LoiselleP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jason ChristiansenP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
TOTAL	9	29	4	4	6	4	1	17	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Jason SchmidtRHP	5.2	7	2	2	6	6	1	126	3.87
Jeff TabakaLHP	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2.58
Mike WilliamsRHP	0.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	12	2.43
Ricardo RinconLHP	1.1	1	1	1	2	0	1	23	2.06
Rich LoiselleRHP	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	3.56
Jason ChristiansenLHP	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2.25
TOTAL	8.3	11	3	3	13	6	2	187	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningSTLPIT

TOP 1
STRIKEOUT — Pat Kelly strikes out swinging. [1 out]
00
FLYOUT — Brian Jordan flies out to center fielder Adrian Brown. [2 outs]
00
GROUNDOUT — Mark McGwire grounds out, second baseman Tony Womack to first baseman Kevin Young. [3 outs]
00
BOTTOM 1
WALK — Tony Womack walks.
00
DOUBLE — Adrian Brown doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Ray Lankford. Tony Womack scores. Adrian Brown to 3rd. Adrian Brown advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by right fielder Brian Jordan. [1 run]
01
SAC FLY — Jason Kendall out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ray Lankford. Adrian Brown scores. [1 run] [1 out]
02
HOME RUN — Kevin Young hits a home run (24). [1 run]
03
STRIKEOUT — Jose Guillen strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
03
FLYOUT — Manny Martinez flies out to center fielder Ray Lankford. [3 outs]
03

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Team Stats

STL

PIT

3Runs4

11Hits9

1Errors0

.289Batting Avg.310

38At Bats29

4Extra-base Hits5

2Home Runs1

3Runs-Batted-In4

6Walks4

1Stolen Bases0

13Strikeouts6

14Left on Base8

19Total Bases16

Game Details

Sunday, August 23, 1998 · 3:33 AM

PNC Park · Pittsburgh, PA

attendance: 42,134 (108.7%)

weather: 85 degrees, sunny