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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

1998-06-01 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 22156 · 68°F, night, dry · Wind 6 mph to LF · 2:33

San Diego Padres defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Sterling Hitchcock earned the win and Trevor Hoffman picked up the save. Chris Gomez went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sterling Hitchcock L: Todd Stottlemyre SV: Trevor Hoffman

Umpires — HP: Rich Rieker · 1B: Sam Holbrook · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Gant	4	0	1	0	0	1
Delino DeShields	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	1	2	1	0	1
Tom Pagnozzi	4	1	1	1	0	2
Royce Clayton	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Hunter	2	0	1	0	0	0
Todd Stottlemyre	1	0	0	0	1	0
Willie McGee	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Stottlemyre	6.0	8	3	7
Curtis King	2.0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sterling Hitchcock	6.1	7	1	5
Donne Wall	1.2	1	0	1
Trevor Hoffman	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron Gant: 9/F9LM
Delino DeShields: 8/F8RS
Mark McGwire: 31/G3

Bot 1

Quilvio Veras: 7/F7M
Steve Finley: W
Tony Gwynn: 43/G4S.1-2
Ken Caminiti: W
Greg Vaughn: S6/G56.2-3;1-2
Wally Joyner: K23

Top 2

Brian Jordan: K
Gary Gaetti: S6/G56
Tom Pagnozzi: POCS2(136)
Tom Pagnozzi: HR/F7LD
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 2

Carlos Hernandez: 63/G56
Chris Gomez: HR/F7D
Sterling Hitchcock: K
Quilvio Veras: S1/G13S
Steve Finley: 8/F8LM

Top 3

Brian Hunter: S8/G56
Todd Stottlemyre: BK.1-2
Todd Stottlemyre: 43/G4MS.2-3
Ron Gant: K
Delino DeShields: 7/F7S

Bot 3

Tony Gwynn: 9/F9M
Ken Caminiti: W
Greg Vaughn: K
Wally Joyner: 9/F9D

Top 4

Willie McGee: 8/F89XD
Brian Jordan: 53/G5
Gary Gaetti: HR/F9D
Tom Pagnozzi: K

Bot 4

Carlos Hernandez: 13/G13S
Chris Gomez: HR/F7LD
Sterling Hitchcock: S6/L56D
Quilvio Veras: 8/F78M
Steve Finley: K

Top 5

Royce Clayton: 9/F9M
Brian Hunter: 9/F9D
Todd Stottlemyre: W
Ron Gant: S5/G56.1-2
Delino DeShields: K

Bot 5

Tony Gwynn: D7/F7LD
Ken Caminiti: S8/G4M.2-3
Greg Vaughn: K
Wally Joyner: S7/L7M.3-H;1-3
Carlos Hernandez: POCSH(252)
Carlos Hernandez: K

Top 6

Willie McGee: S5/G56S
Brian Jordan: 46(1)/FO/G4S
Gary Gaetti: 64(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 6

Chris Gomez: 3/G3
Sterling Hitchcock: K
Quilvio Veras: 63/G56

Top 7

Tom Pagnozzi: 63/G56
Royce Clayton: S6/G56
Ray Lankford: K+WP.1-2
John Mabry: 43/G4MS

Bot 7

Steve Finley: 7/F7LM
Tony Gwynn: 63/G56
Ken Caminiti: 31/G3

Top 8

Ron Gant: 5/P5
Delino DeShields: S5/G5
Willie McGee: 54(1)/FO/G5
Brian Jordan: 6/L56

Bot 8

Greg Vaughn: 63/G56
Wally Joyner: 31/G34
Carlos Hernandez: HP
Chris Gomez: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 9

Gary Gaetti: K
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Royce Clayton: 8/F8RD