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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-08-23 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 42134 · 85°F, sunny, dry · Wind 3 mph to LF · 3:14

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Jason Schmidt earned the win and Jason Christiansen picked up the save. Fernando Tatis went 5-for-5 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	1	0	3	11
PIT	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	9

W: Jason Schmidt L: Kent Mercker SV: Jason Christiansen

Umpires — HP: Tom Hallion · 1B: Bob Davidson · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Brian Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Kelly	5	0	1	0	0	3
Brian Jordan	4	0	0	0	1	0
Mark McGwire	3	2	2	1	2	0
Ray Lankford	4	0	1	0	1	1
Ron Gant	5	0	0	1	0	1
Fernando Tatis	5	1	5	1	0	0
Eli Marrero	4	0	1	0	1	1
Kent Mercker	3	0	0	0	0	3
Luis Ordaz	2	0	1	0	1	1
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	1
Delino DeShields	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	1	2	0	1	0
Adrian Brown	2	1	1	1	2	0
Jason Kendall	2	0	0	1	1	0
Kevin Young	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	2	0	0	1
Manny Martinez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Freddy Garcia	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lou Collier	3	0	1	0	0	2
Jason Schmidt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strange	1	0	0	1	0	0
Al Martin	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	4.0	6	4	2
John Frascatore	2.0	2	0	1
Jeff Brantley	2.0	1	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	5.2	7	6	6
Jeff Tabaka	0.1	0	0	1
Mike Williams	0.2	2	0	2
Ricardo Rincon	1.1	1	0	2
Rich Loiselle	0.2	1	0	1
Jason Christiansen	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pat Kelly: K
Brian Jordan: 8/F8LD
Mark McGwire: 43/G6

Bot 1

Tony Womack: W
Adrian Brown: D8/L8RS.1-H;B-3(E9)
Jason Kendall: 8/SF/F8RXD.3-H
Kevin Young: HR/F8RXD
Jose Guillen: K
Manny Martinez: 8/F8LD

Top 2

Ray Lankford: S8/G4M
Ron Gant: 8/F8LD
Fernando Tatis: S6/L56D.1-2
Eli Marrero: 7/F7S
Kent Mercker: K

Bot 2

Freddy Garcia: S4/G34
Lou Collier: S5/G5L.1-2
Jason Schmidt: 14/SH/BG2L.2-3;1-2
Tony Womack: 5/P5F
Adrian Brown: W
Jason Kendall: 54(1)/FO/G5

Top 3

Luis Ordaz: D5/G5
Pat Kelly: 13/G13.2-3
Brian Jordan: FC1/G13.3XH(12)
Mark McGwire: W.1-2
Ray Lankford: W.2-3;1-2
Ron Gant: 8/F78XD

Bot 3

Kevin Young: 6/L6
Jose Guillen: S6/G56
Manny Martinez: 9/F9M
Freddy Garcia: CS2(24)

Top 4

Fernando Tatis: HR/F89XD
Eli Marrero: 9/F9LD
Kent Mercker: K
Luis Ordaz: W
Pat Kelly: S6/G56.1-2
Brian Jordan: 53/G56S

Bot 4

Freddy Garcia: 7/F7S
Lou Collier: K
Jason Schmidt: 53/G5

Top 5

Mark McGwire: D8/L8RD
Ray Lankford: 43/G34.2-3
Ron Gant: 43/G4MS.3-H
Fernando Tatis: S4/L34D
Eli Marrero: SB2
Eli Marrero: W
Kent Mercker: K

Bot 5

Tony Womack: S8/G4M
Adrian Brown: W.1-2
Jason Kendall: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Young: 4/P34D
Jose Guillen: 4/P4S
Manny Martinez: K

Top 6

Luis Ordaz: K
Pat Kelly: K
Brian Jordan: W
Mark McGwire: WP.1-2
Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 6

Freddy Garcia: D5/G5L
Lou Collier: 54/SH/BG5S.2-3
Doug Strange: 43/G34S.3-H
Tony Womack: D7/F7D
Adrian Brown: 31/G34

Top 7

Ron Gant: K
Fernando Tatis: S6/G56S
Eli Marrero: S1/G15.1-2
Willie McGee: K
Delino DeShields: K

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: 9/F89XD
Kevin Young: 53/G56
Jose Guillen: D8/F89XD
Manny Martinez: K

Top 8

Pat Kelly: K
Brian Jordan: 7/L7M
Mark McGwire: HR/F7D
Ray Lankford: 43/G4

Bot 8

Freddy Garcia: 9/F9D
Lou Collier: K
Al Martin: K23

Top 9

Ron Gant: 9/L9D
Fernando Tatis: S4/G4S
Eli Marrero: K
John Mabry: K