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St. Louis Cardinals @ Minnesota Twins

1998-06-27 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 35002 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:40

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Minnesota Twins 7–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 6th. Todd Stottlemyre earned the win. Brian Hunter went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Eric Milton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Terry Craft · 1B: Jim McKean · 2B: Al Clark · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	4	2	3	1	0	0
Mark McGwire	4	2	1	2	1	1
Brian Jordan	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ray Lankford	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Pagnozzi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Brian Hunter	3	1	1	2	0	0
John Mabry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Ordaz	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Stottlemyre	9.0	5	1	8

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Milton	5.1	6	2	3
Mike Trombley	1.2	2	0	0
Dan Naulty	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 7/F78M
Gary Gaetti: 53/G5
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 1

Otis Nixon: S1/G34S
Brent Gates: K
Matt Lawton: WP.1-2
Matt Lawton: 13/G13
Marty Cordova: K

Top 2

Brian Jordan: 8/F8RXD
Ray Lankford: 8/F78M
Tom Pagnozzi: K

Bot 2

Orlando Merced: S8/L8RS
Terry Steinbach: K
Todd Walker: K
Pat Meares: 8/P8LS

Top 3

Brian Hunter: HR/F78XD
John Mabry: K
Luis Ordaz: 9/F89S
Delino DeShields: 43/G34

Bot 3

Scott Stahoviak: S6/L6
Otis Nixon: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L5S
Brent Gates: 9/F89M

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: D7/F7LM
Mark McGwire: 7/F7D.2-3
Brian Jordan: 3/P9LSF
Ray Lankford: W
Tom Pagnozzi: 9/F89M

Bot 4

Matt Lawton: E9/F9M
Marty Cordova: 64(1)/FO/G56
Orlando Merced: 6/P6D
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 5

Brian Hunter: 7/F78XD
John Mabry: S6/L56D
Luis Ordaz: 64(1)/FO/G56
Delino DeShields: 6(1)/FO/G6

Bot 5

Todd Walker: W
Pat Meares: 63/G6.1-2
Scott Stahoviak: E8/F8LM.2-3
Otis Nixon: WP.3-H(UR);1-2
Otis Nixon: 7/F7LM
Brent Gates: E4/G4.2-3
Matt Lawton: 8/F8RS

Top 6

Gary Gaetti: S6/L56D
Mark McGwire: W.1-2
Brian Jordan: S9/G4.2-H;1-2
Ray Lankford: 5/P56S
Tom Pagnozzi: D7/L7LD.2-H;1-3
Brian Hunter: 43/G4S.3-H;2-3
John Mabry: 8/F78D

Bot 6

Marty Cordova: 9/F9M
Orlando Merced: 6/P6MD
Terry Steinbach: 63/G56

Top 7

Luis Ordaz: 63/G6
Delino DeShields: 8/F7D
Gary Gaetti: S15/G56S
Mark McGwire: HR/F78XD.1-H
Brian Jordan: 3/P3F

Bot 7

Todd Walker: 63/G6
Pat Meares: 8/F78M
Scott Stahoviak: HR/F9D
Otis Nixon: K

Top 8

Ray Lankford: K
Tom Pagnozzi: 9/F9LS
Willie McGee: 3/G34S

Bot 8

Brent Gates: K
Matt Lawton: 4/P4MD
Marty Cordova: 9/F89M

Top 9

John Mabry: 3/G34S
Luis Ordaz: S4/L4
Delino DeShields: S8/G6M.1-3
Gary Gaetti: 9/SF/F89D.3-H
Mark McGwire: 8/F8RXD

Bot 9

Orlando Merced: S8/G6M
Terry Steinbach: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Todd Walker: K