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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1998-04-30 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 24210 · 56°F, overcast, rain, wet · Wind 3 mph to LF · 2:58

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–3. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 1st. Kerry Wood earned the win. Mark McGwire went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	8
CHN	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		8	15

W: Kerry Wood L: Mark Petkovsek SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Montague · 1B: Dana DeMuth · 2B: Charlie Reliford · 3B: Paul Schrieber · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Royce Clayton	4	1	0	0	1	1
Delino DeShields	4	1	1	1	1	1
Mark McGwire	4	1	1	2	0	2
Ray Lankford	3	0	1	0	1	0
Brian Jordan	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Gaetti	3	0	2	0	1	1
Tom Pagnozzi	4	0	1	0	0	2
John Frascatore	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Lampkin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Mabry	1	0	1	0	0	0
David Howard	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brant Brown	4	2	3	0	1	0
Mickey Morandini	5	1	3	4	0	1
Sammy Sosa	5	1	2	0	0	1
Mark Grace	4	1	1	0	1	0
Henry Rodriguez	3	0	0	1	1	1
Jeff Blauser	4	1	2	0	1	1
Kevin Orie	4	1	1	1	1	1
Scott Servais	5	0	2	1	0	1
Kerry Wood	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tyler Houston	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Petkovsek	0.2	4	2	0
John Frascatore	3.1	4	0	3
Lance Painter	2.0	3	1	3
Kent Bottenfield	1.0	2	2	2
Juan Acevedo	1.0	2	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kerry Wood	7.0	5	2	9
Marc Pisciotta	0.1	1	1	0
Bob Patterson	0.1	1	0	0
Terry Adams	1.1	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: W
Delino DeShields: SB2
Delino DeShields: S8/G4M.2-H
Mark McGwire: K+CS2(24)/DP
Ray Lankford: W
Brian Jordan: K

Bot 1

Brant Brown: D8/F89XD
Mickey Morandini: S8/G4M.2-H
Sammy Sosa: S9/L9S.1-2
Mark Grace: W.2-3;1-2
Henry Rodriguez: 43/G34.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jeff Blauser: WP.3-H;2-3
Jeff Blauser: W
Kevin Orie: 31/G4S.3-H;1-2
Scott Servais: D7/L7LD.2-H
Kerry Wood: 63/G6M

Top 2

Ron Gant: 63/G6
Gary Gaetti: K
Tom Pagnozzi: 63/G6M

Bot 2

Brant Brown: 8/F89D
Mickey Morandini: K
Sammy Sosa: S1/L13
Mark Grace: SB2
Mark Grace: 13/G15

Top 3

John Frascatore: K
Royce Clayton: K
Delino DeShields: 7/F7D

Bot 3

Henry Rodriguez: 43/G4M
Jeff Blauser: T7/L78D
Kevin Orie: FC5/G5S.3XH(52)
Scott Servais: 8/F8LS

Top 4

Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: 5/P5F
Brian Jordan: S4/G4.B-2(E4/TH)
Ron Gant: 7/F7M

Bot 4

Kerry Wood: K
Brant Brown: S8/G4M
Mickey Morandini: S4/G4M.1-2
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 3/G3

Top 5

Gary Gaetti: D7/L7LD
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Tom Lampkin: 2/P2RF
Royce Clayton: 4/L4

Bot 5

Henry Rodriguez: W
Jeff Blauser: 9/F9LS
Kevin Orie: K
Scott Servais: S7/L7LS.1-2
Kerry Wood: K

Top 6

Delino DeShields: 5/L56
Mark McGwire: 9/F9LM
Ray Lankford: D9/L9LS
Brian Jordan: 53/G56

Bot 6

Brant Brown: D9/G3
Mickey Morandini: 63/G6.2-3
Sammy Sosa: FC6/G6.3XH(652)
Mark Grace: S9/G3.1-3
Henry Rodriguez: K

Top 7

Ron Gant: K
Gary Gaetti: D9/G3L
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Willie McGee: 63/G6

Bot 7

Jeff Blauser: K
Kevin Orie: W
Scott Servais: K
Tyler Houston: S7/L78M.1-2
Brant Brown: W.2-3;1-2
Mickey Morandini: D9/L89D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Sammy Sosa: 4/L4

Top 8

Royce Clayton: 13/BG15S
Delino DeShields: W
Mark McGwire: HR/L7D.1-H
Ray Lankford: 9/L9S
John Mabry: S9/G3
Ron Gant: K

Bot 8

Mark Grace: 63/G6
Jose Hernandez: K
Jeff Blauser: S6/G6MS
Kevin Orie: S3/P9LS.1-3
Scott Servais: 63/G6

Top 9

Gary Gaetti: W
Tom Pagnozzi: S8/L8LM.1-2
David Howard: K
Royce Clayton: 54(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Delino DeShields: DI.1-2
Delino DeShields: K