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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

1998-05-29 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 36648 · 64°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 7 mph to CF · 2:31

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Diego Padres 8–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 6 in the 8th. Mark Petkovsek earned the win. Mark McGwire went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mark Petkovsek L: Joey Hamilton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Rapuano · 1B: Bruce Dreckman · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Charlie Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Gant	4	1	0	0	1	2
Delino DeShields	3	2	0	0	2	1
Mark McGwire	4	2	2	4	1	2
Ray Lankford	4	1	1	0	1	2
Brian Jordan	5	0	1	0	0	1
John Mabry	5	1	1	2	0	1
Royce Clayton	4	0	1	2	0	2
Tom Pagnozzi	3	0	1	0	1	2
Mark Petkovsek	4	1	1	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Quilvio Veras	3	0	0	0	1	1
Steve Finley	3	1	1	0	1	0
Tony Gwynn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Caminiti	4	1	1	1	0	2
Greg Vaughn	4	1	3	2	0	0
Wally Joyner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Hamilton	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Giovanola	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Petkovsek	8.0	4	2	5
Kent Bottenfield	0.1	2	1	0
Lance Painter	0.2	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joey Hamilton	7.1	4	5	11
Brian Boehringer	0.2	2	1	1
Dan Miceli	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron Gant: 3/F3F
Delino DeShields: K
Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 1

Quilvio Veras: K
Steve Finley: S8/L8RM
Tony Gwynn: CS2(24)
Tony Gwynn: K

Top 2

Brian Jordan: 43/G4M
John Mabry: 3/G3S
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 2

Ken Caminiti: K
Greg Vaughn: 4/P4MD
Wally Joyner: 7/F7M

Top 3

Tom Pagnozzi: S7/F7LD
Mark Petkovsek: 16(1)/FO/G13S
Ron Gant: 54(1)/FO/G56
Delino DeShields: W.1-2
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 3

Carlos Hernandez: K
Chris Gomez: 63/G6
Joey Hamilton: 7/F78XD

Top 4

Ray Lankford: K
Brian Jordan: S6/G56
John Mabry: 46(1)/FO/G34
Royce Clayton: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 4

Quilvio Veras: 9/F89D
Steve Finley: 31/G3L
Tony Gwynn: 43/G4

Top 5

Tom Pagnozzi: K
Mark Petkovsek: 9/F9D
Ron Gant: K

Bot 5

Ken Caminiti: 43/G34
Greg Vaughn: S7/L7S
Wally Joyner: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 6

Delino DeShields: 43/G4S
Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: 63/G6

Bot 6

Carlos Hernandez: 63/G56
Chris Gomez: 9/F9LM
Joey Hamilton: S7/L7S
Quilvio Veras: W.1-2
Steve Finley: 8/F89D

Top 7

Brian Jordan: 43/G4MS
John Mabry: K
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 7

Tony Gwynn: 7/F7LM
Ken Caminiti: K
Greg Vaughn: S8/G6M
Wally Joyner: W.1-2
Carlos Hernandez: 43/G4S

Top 8

Tom Pagnozzi: K
Mark Petkovsek: S8/G6M
Ron Gant: W.1-2
Delino DeShields: W.2-3;1-2
Mark McGwire: D8/F78D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ray Lankford: IW
Brian Jordan: K
John Mabry: S7/F78S.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Royce Clayton: S4/L4D.3-H;2-H
Tom Pagnozzi: W.1-2
Mark Petkovsek: 8/F8RM

Bot 8

Chris Gomez: 63/G6S
Ed Giovanola: 3/G3
Quilvio Veras: 43/G34

Top 9

Ron Gant: K
Delino DeShields: E5/G56.B-2
Mark McGwire: HR/F78XD.2-H(UR)
Ray Lankford: S3/G34
Brian Jordan: 9/F89D
John Mabry: 13/G13S

Bot 9

Steve Finley: W
Tony Gwynn: BK.1-2
Tony Gwynn: 9/F9M.2-3
Ken Caminiti: S8/F89M.3-H
Greg Vaughn: HR/F7LD.1-H
Wally Joyner: 63/G6
Carlos Hernandez: 63/G56