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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1998-05-01 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 25598 · 55°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 6 mph R to L · 2:41

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–5. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 1st. Geremi Gonzalez earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Mark McGwire went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Geremi Gonzalez L: Todd Stottlemyre SV: Rod Beck

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Royce Clayton	5	1	1	0	0	0
Delino DeShields	4	0	0	0	1	1
Mark McGwire	2	2	1	2	3	0
Ray Lankford	4	1	2	1	1	1
Willie McGee	5	1	2	1	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Mabry	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Lampkin	2	0	1	1	0	0
Todd Stottlemyre	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eli Marrero	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brant Brown	2	1	1	0	2	0
Mickey Morandini	4	2	2	1	0	0
Sammy Sosa	3	1	1	1	1	0
Mark Grace	4	0	1	2	0	0
Henry Rodriguez	3	1	1	1	1	2
Jeff Blauser	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Houston	3	0	0	1	0	0
Kevin Orie	3	1	0	0	1	1
Geremi Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Amaury Telemaco	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Mieske	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Stottlemyre	7.0	6	5	5
Juan Acevedo	1.0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geremi Gonzalez	5.0	5	3	4
Terry Mulholland	0.2	1	0	0
Amaury Telemaco	1.0	0	1	0
Terry Adams	0.0	0	1	0
Bob Patterson	0.2	1	0	1
Rod Beck	1.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: 9/F89M
Delino DeShields: 4/L34
Mark McGwire: 53/G5

Bot 1

Brant Brown: W
Mickey Morandini: S9/L89M.1-2
Sammy Sosa: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Grace: D7/L78M.3-H;2-H;1-3
Henry Rodriguez: W
Jeff Blauser: K
Tyler Houston: C/E2.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2;B-1
Kevin Orie: K
Geremi Gonzalez: 6/P78S

Top 2

Ray Lankford: W
Willie McGee: K
Gary Gaetti: CS2(24)
Gary Gaetti: S7/G56
John Mabry: S8/L8LM.1-3
Tom Lampkin: 9/F9S

Bot 2

Brant Brown: S9/L9S
Mickey Morandini: 3/G34S.1-2
Sammy Sosa: 9/F9LM
Mark Grace: 7/F7D

Top 3

Todd Stottlemyre: 143/G4
Royce Clayton: 8/F89D
Delino DeShields: K

Bot 3

Henry Rodriguez: K
Jeff Blauser: 53/G56
Tyler Houston: 63/G6M

Top 4

Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: D8/L8LD.1-H
Willie McGee: D7/L7LD.2-H
Gary Gaetti: 9/L9D.2-3
John Mabry: 9/L9LM
Tom Lampkin: S7/L78S.3-H
Todd Stottlemyre: K

Bot 4

Kevin Orie: W
Geremi Gonzalez: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Brant Brown: 31/G3.2-3
Mickey Morandini: D9/L9LM.3-H
Sammy Sosa: S8/G6M.2-H
Mark Grace: 8/F8RM

Top 5

Royce Clayton: 9/F9LD
Delino DeShields: 63/G6M
Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 5

Henry Rodriguez: K
Jeff Blauser: 9/L9M
Tyler Houston: 163/G6M

Top 6

Willie McGee: 53/G56
Gary Gaetti: S9/F9M
Brian Hunter: 8/L8LD
Ron Gant: 9/P4D

Bot 6

Kevin Orie: 63/G6
Amaury Telemaco: K
Brant Brown: W
Mickey Morandini: 4(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Todd Stottlemyre: 43/G34D
Royce Clayton: 13/G15
Delino DeShields: W
Mark McGwire: SB2
Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: 5/P5F

Bot 7

Sammy Sosa: 63/G6
Mark Grace: 8/F89D
Henry Rodriguez: HR/F78XD
Jeff Blauser: 9/F9D

Top 8

Willie McGee: S7/L7S
Gary Gaetti: K+SB2
Eli Marrero: 5/P25
Ron Gant: K

Bot 8

Tyler Houston: 43/G4M
Kevin Orie: 3/L34
Matt Mieske: 6/P6M

Top 9

Brian Jordan: 9/F9D
Royce Clayton: S4/G4M
Delino DeShields: SB2
Delino DeShields: 63/G6.2-3
Mark McGwire: HR/F7D.3-H
Ray Lankford: S9/G3
Willie McGee: 8/F8RD