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St. Louis Cardinals @ Minnesota Twins

1998-06-26 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 29089 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:39

Minnesota Twins defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 8th. Greg Swindell earned the win. Marty Cordova went 3-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	1	0	0	1	5
MIN	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		5	12

W: Greg Swindell L: Juan Acevedo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Drew Coble · 1B: Mike Everitt · 2B: Ted Hendry · 3B: Larry Young · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willie McGee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark McGwire	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	4	1	1	1	0	1
Gary Gaetti	3	0	1	0	1	1
John Mabry	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	2	0	0	0	1	2
Luis Ordaz	3	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Otis Nixon	4	1	3	0	1
Brent Gates	4	1	1	1	0
Matt Lawton	3	1	1	1	0
Marty Cordova	4	2	3	2	1
Orlando Merced	4	0	2	0	0
Terry Steinbach	3	0	0	0	1
Todd Walker	3	0	2	0	0
Pat Meares	3	0	0	0	0
Scott Stahoviak	3	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Juan Acevedo	7.0	9	0	4
Rich Croushore	1.0	3	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Morgan	2.2	0	1	2
Greg Swindell	3.1	2	0	2
Mike Trombley	1.0	2	1	0
Eddie Guardado	0.2	0	0	1
Hector Carrasco	0.1	0	0	0
Rick Aguilera	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 7/F7LM
Willie McGee: 43/G4
Mark McGwire: 8/F78XD

Bot 1

Otis Nixon: S9/G34
Brent Gates: 6(1)3/GDP/G6
Matt Lawton: HR/F89XD
Marty Cordova: S8/L8LS
Orlando Merced: S6/G56.1-2
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 2

Brian Jordan: 63/G6
Ray Lankford: K
Gary Gaetti: W
John Mabry: 31/G3

Bot 2

Todd Walker: 5/P56S
Pat Meares: 3/P3DF
Scott Stahoviak: K

Top 3

Tom Pagnozzi: K
Luis Ordaz: 8/F8RXD
Delino DeShields: S1/G15
Willie McGee: 9/F89M

Bot 3

Otis Nixon: S6/G56
Brent Gates: CS2(26)
Brent Gates: 43/G4
Matt Lawton: 43/G34

Top 4

Mark McGwire: 7/F7D
Brian Jordan: D7/L78M
Ray Lankford: 3/G34S.2-3
Gary Gaetti: K

Bot 4

Marty Cordova: S6/L56
Orlando Merced: S4/L4.1-3
Terry Steinbach: 54(1)3/GDP/G5.3-H(NR)
Todd Walker: S7/G56
Pat Meares: PO1(13)

Top 5

John Mabry: 31/G34
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Luis Ordaz: 8/F8RD

Bot 5

Pat Meares: 63/G6
Scott Stahoviak: 3/G3
Otis Nixon: K

Top 6

Delino DeShields: 8/F78D
Willie McGee: 63/G56
Mark McGwire: 3/P3F

Bot 6

Brent Gates: 9/F89M
Matt Lawton: HP
Marty Cordova: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 7

Brian Jordan: 53/G56
Ray Lankford: HR/F89XD
Gary Gaetti: S9/L89S
John Mabry: 53/G6S.1-2
Tom Pagnozzi: W
Luis Ordaz: 2/P2LF

Bot 7

Orlando Merced: 8/F8LD
Terry Steinbach: 7/F78M
Todd Walker: S4/G4
Pat Meares: 8/F78M

Top 8

Delino DeShields: K
Willie McGee: 9/L9M
Mark McGwire: 6/P4MS

Bot 8

Scott Stahoviak: 7/F7LMF
Otis Nixon: S4/G4S
Brent Gates: SB2
Brent Gates: S5/P56D.2-H
Matt Lawton: 8/L8RM
Marty Cordova: HR/F8LXD.1-H
Orlando Merced: 3/G34

Top 9

Brian Jordan: S6/L56D
Ray Lankford: 43/G4M.1-2
Gary Gaetti: 4/P8RS
John Mabry: 63/G56

Notes & reviews

Ray Lankford ejected by 1B umpire Mike Everitt

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