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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-05-05 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 10329 · 64°F, night, dry · Wind 5 mph to LF · 2:20

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 3rd. Francisco Cordova earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Royce Clayton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Francisco Cordova L: Kent Mercker SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Gary Darling · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Larry Poncino · 3B: Steve Rippley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Royce Clayton	4	1	2	1	0	0
Delino DeShields	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mark McGwire	3	0	2	0	1	0
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Jordan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	3	1	0	0	1	1
Eli Marrero	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Mercker	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Mabry	1	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	2	1	0	0	0
Al Martin	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Kendall	3	1	1	1	1	1
Kevin Young	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jermaine Allensworth	4	0	2	2	0	1
Jose Guillen	4	1	1	1	0	2
Doug Strange	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Collier	4	0	1	0	0	1
Francisco Cordova	3	0	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	4.0	7	2	3
Mark Petkovsek	2.0	2	0	3
John Frascatore	2.0	1	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	6.1	5	3	1
Ricardo Rincon	1.2	1	0	1
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: 53/G5S
Delino DeShields: W
Mark McGwire: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L5S

Bot 1

Tony Womack: S7/L7S
Al Martin: BK.1-2
Al Martin: SB3
Al Martin: W
Jason Kendall: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S.3-H(NR)
Kevin Young: S7/L7LS
Jermaine Allensworth: POCS2(136)

Top 2

Ray Lankford: 7/F7D
Brian Jordan: 3/P3
Ron Gant: 9/F89M

Bot 2

Jermaine Allensworth: K
Jose Guillen: HR/F7D
Doug Strange: 13/G15S
Lou Collier: S4/L4MD
Francisco Cordova: 43/G34

Top 3

Gary Gaetti: 7/F7LD
Eli Marrero: 6/P6S
Kent Mercker: 53/G56S

Bot 3

Tony Womack: E6/G56
Al Martin: SB2
Al Martin: 3/G3.2-3
Jason Kendall: S8/F89S.3-H(UR)
Kevin Young: W.1-2
Jermaine Allensworth: D7/G5.2-H;1-H
Jose Guillen: 63/G6S.2-3
Doug Strange: 63/G6S

Top 4

Royce Clayton: HR/F7LD
Delino DeShields: K
Mark McGwire: D7/L7LD
Ray Lankford: 43/G34.2-3
Brian Jordan: 53/G6S

Bot 4

Lou Collier: K
Francisco Cordova: S3/G34
Tony Womack: 9/F9D
Al Martin: K

Top 5

Ron Gant: S9/L9S
Gary Gaetti: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Eli Marrero: 13/BG15S.1-2
John Mabry: S8/G4S.2-H
Royce Clayton: S3/G34S.1-2
Delino DeShields: 8/F8LM

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: K23
Kevin Young: 53/G56S
Jermaine Allensworth: S5/G56S
Jose Guillen: K

Top 6

Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: 7/F7M
Brian Jordan: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Ron Gant: 8/F8RS

Bot 6

Doug Strange: S4/G4M
Lou Collier: 63/G6S.1-2
Francisco Cordova: K
Tony Womack: 43/G4

Top 7

Gary Gaetti: W
Eli Marrero: 4/L4
Brian Hunter: 64(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 7

Al Martin: 43/G4S
Jason Kendall: W
Kevin Young: 7/F7LD
Jermaine Allensworth: 54(1)/FO/G5

Top 8

Royce Clayton: 9/F89M
Delino DeShields: 43/G4S
Mark McGwire: S7/L78S
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 8

Jose Guillen: K
Doug Strange: S8/G4M
Lou Collier: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 9

Brian Jordan: 63/G6MS
Ron Gant: 53/G5
Gary Gaetti: K