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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

1998-07-21 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 37145 · 75°F, night, dry · Wind 5 mph to RF · 2:23

San Diego Padres defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–3. San Diego Padres put up 2 in the 2nd. Kevin Brown earned the win and Trevor Hoffman picked up the save. Brian Jordan went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	10
SDN	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0		6	12

W: Kevin Brown L: Kent Mercker SV: Trevor Hoffman

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Royce Clayton	4	1	1	0	0	1
Brian Jordan	4	1	2	2	0	0
Mark McGwire	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ray Lankford	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willie McGee	3	1	1	0	1	0
John Mabry	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Lampkin	4	0	3	0	0	1
Kent Mercker	2	0	1	1	0	1
Pat Kelly	3	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Gaetti	2	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Gant	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Quilvio Veras	5	2	2	1	0	0
Tony Gwynn	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Caminiti	4	1	1	1	0	0
Greg Vaughn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Leyritz	4	1	2	0	0	1
Ruben Rivera	4	1	2	1	0	0
Carlos Hernandez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chris Gomez	2	1	0	1	1	0
Kevin Brown	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Sweeney	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	5.0	10	1	0
Mark Petkovsek	3.0	2	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Brown	8.0	8	2	9
Trevor Hoffman	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Royce Clayton: 63/G56
Brian Jordan: 53/G5
Mark McGwire: W
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 1

Quilvio Veras: HR/F7D
Tony Gwynn: 7/F7M
Ken Caminiti: 7/F7D
Greg Vaughn: 53/G5

Top 2

Willie McGee: W
John Mabry: 7/F7M
Tom Lampkin: S8/L78M.1-2
Kent Mercker: PB.2-3;1-2
Kent Mercker: S6/BG6S.3-H(UR);2-3
Pat Kelly: K
Royce Clayton: PO1(13)

Bot 2

Jim Leyritz: S5/G56
Ruben Rivera: E5/G56S.1-H(E5/TH)(UR)(NR);B-3
Carlos Hernandez: 3/P13S
Chris Gomez: 13/SH/BG15S.3-H(UR)
Kevin Brown: S6/G56
Quilvio Veras: 4/P3D

Top 3

Royce Clayton: 8/F8LD
Brian Jordan: S5/G5
Mark McGwire: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 3

Tony Gwynn: 7/F78D
Ken Caminiti: 4/P34D
Greg Vaughn: 8/F78M

Top 4

Ray Lankford: 13/G13S
Willie McGee: 43/G4
John Mabry: 43/G4

Bot 4

Jim Leyritz: 8/F78D
Ruben Rivera: S7/L78M
Carlos Hernandez: S7/G56.1-2
Chris Gomez: 7/F7D
Kevin Brown: 4(1)/FO/G4

Top 5

Tom Lampkin: K
Kent Mercker: K
Pat Kelly: K

Bot 5

Quilvio Veras: S5/BG56S
Tony Gwynn: WP.1-2
Tony Gwynn: 9/F89M.2-3
Ken Caminiti: S7/L7S.3-H
Greg Vaughn: 9/F89S
Jim Leyritz: S4/L34D.1-3
Ruben Rivera: S5/L7LS.3-H;1-2
Carlos Hernandez: S7/L7M.2XH(72);1-2

Top 6

Royce Clayton: S7/L7S
Brian Jordan: HR/F9D.1-H
Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: 7/F7M
Willie McGee: S7/L78M
John Mabry: 7/F7D

Bot 6

Chris Gomez: W
Kevin Brown: 34/SH/BG34S.1-2
Quilvio Veras: 63/G56
Tony Gwynn: S9/G4.2-H
Ken Caminiti: 31/G34S

Top 7

Tom Lampkin: S8/G4
Gary Gaetti: K
Pat Kelly: 54(1)/FO/G5
Royce Clayton: SB2
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 7

Greg Vaughn: 63/G56
Jim Leyritz: K
Ruben Rivera: 63/G56

Top 8

Brian Jordan: 9/F9LM
Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: S9/L89S
Willie McGee: SB2
Willie McGee: 9/F89M

Bot 8

Carlos Hernandez: 53/G56S
Chris Gomez: 53/G5S
Mark Sweeney: S7/L7S
Quilvio Veras: 3/G3S

Top 9

Brian Hunter: K
Tom Lampkin: S9/L9S
Gary Gaetti: SB2
Gary Gaetti: S9/L9S.2-3
Ron Gant: 4(1)3/GDP/G4MS