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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1997-09-18 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 29913 · 80°F, sunny, dry · Wind 24 mph to CF · 2:57

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 2nd. Steve Trachsel earned the win. Eli Marrero went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	9
CHN	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	10

W: Steve Trachsel L: Sean Lowe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Greg Gibson · 1B: Jim Quick · 2B: Gary Darling · 3B: Jerry Meals · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	1	3	0	1	0
Royce Clayton	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mark McGwire	5	0	2	1	0	1
Ray Lankford	1	0	0	0	4	0
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	0	1
Willie McGee	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dmitri Young	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eli Marrero	4	1	2	2	0	2
Sean Lowe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Pagnozzi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Lampkin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	0	2	2	0	0
Doug Glanville	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Grace	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	3	0	0	0	1	2
Tyler Houston	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Orie	3	0	1	0	1	0
Miguel Cairo	3	1	3	0	0	0
Manny Alexander	3	2	1	0	1	0
Steve Trachsel	2	1	1	1	0	0
Brooks Kieschnick	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean Lowe	3.1	6	2	1
Jose Bautista	0.2	0	0	0
Lance Painter	2.0	3	1	1
Brady Raggio	2.0	1	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Trachsel	6.1	5	3	5
Bob Patterson	0.2	0	0	0
Marc Pisciotta	1.0	0	1	1
Terry Adams	1.0	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: D9/L9LM/R46
Royce Clayton: 9/F9S/R6
Mark McGwire: S6/P5D.2-3
Ray Lankford: W.1-2
Gary Gaetti: K
Willie McGee: 9/L9M

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 53/G5
Doug Glanville: D8/F8RXD/R64
Mark Grace: S34/G34.2-3
Sammy Sosa: K
Tyler Houston: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Dmitri Young: 8/F8LXD
Eli Marrero: K
Sean Lowe: K

Bot 2

Kevin Orie: S9/L9M/R46
Miguel Cairo: HP.1-2
Manny Alexander: W.2-3;1-2
Steve Trachsel: 52(3)3/GDP/G5S.2-3;1-2
Lance Johnson: S1/G34S/R3.3-H;2-H(E1/TH)(UR)(NR)
Doug Glanville: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Doug Glanville: 4/L4

Top 3

Delino DeShields: S4/BG34S/R1
Royce Clayton: 8/F8LS
Mark McGwire: 8/F78XD
Ray Lankford: W.1-2
Gary Gaetti: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 3

Mark Grace: 7/F7LD
Sammy Sosa: 53/G56
Tyler Houston: 4/P9S

Top 4

Willie McGee: K
Dmitri Young: 13/G13
Eli Marrero: K

Bot 4

Kevin Orie: W
Miguel Cairo: S6/G6.1X3(65)
Manny Alexander: S4/P9LS/R3.1-3
Steve Trachsel: 34/SH/BG3S.1-2
Lance Johnson: 63/G6

Top 5

Tom Pagnozzi: 63/G6
Delino DeShields: S8/L78M/
Royce Clayton: 43/G34.1-2
Mark McGwire: 8/P8LM

Bot 5

Doug Glanville: 43/G4
Mark Grace: 1/G23
Sammy Sosa: W
Tyler Houston: K

Top 6

Ray Lankford: W
Gary Gaetti: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Willie McGee: 7/F78M

Bot 6

Kevin Orie: 6/P5D
Miguel Cairo: S8/L8RS/R46
Manny Alexander: 46(1)/FO/G4.B-1
Steve Trachsel: D8/L8LD/R6.1-H
Lance Johnson: S48/G4M/R6.2-H
Doug Glanville: POCS2(134)

Top 7

Dmitri Young: 43/G4
Eli Marrero: S76/P7S/R4
Danny Sheaffer: 6/L6/R3
Delino DeShields: SB2/R6
Delino DeShields: 63/G6

Bot 7

Doug Glanville: 63/G6
Mark Grace: 53/G56S
Sammy Sosa: K

Top 8

Royce Clayton: 43/G4
Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: W
Gary Gaetti: 7/F7S

Bot 8

Tyler Houston: 43/G4M
Kevin Orie: E6/G6.B-1
Miguel Cairo: S9/L9M/R6.1-3
Manny Alexander: FC5/G5S.3XH(52);1-2;B-1
Brooks Kieschnick: WP.2-3;1-2
Brooks Kieschnick: 43/G4

Top 9

Willie McGee: S8/G6M/R64
Dmitri Young: DI.1-2
Dmitri Young: K
Eli Marrero: HR/L7D.2-H
Tom Lampkin: 3/G34
Delino DeShields: W
Royce Clayton: S39/G3+/R3.1-3
Mark McGwire: S6/G56/R5.3-H;1-2
Ray Lankford: 64(1)/FO/G6D