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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1999-09-20 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 38085 · 61°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph from LF · 2:26

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 7–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 7 in the 7th. Mark Thompson earned the win. Shane Andrews went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mark Thompson L: Jon Lieber SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ian Lamplugh · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: Mark Carlson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Edgar Renteria	4	0	1	1	0	0
Adam Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	4	1	1	1	0	2
Ray Lankford	4	1	2	0	0	1
Thomas Howard	3	1	1	2	0	1
Fernando Tatis	3	1	1	0	1	2
J. D. Drew	4	1	1	2	0	0
Marcus Jensen	4	1	1	0	0	2
Mark Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eduardo Perez	1	1	1	1	0	0
Craig Paquette	1	0	0	0	0	0
Placido Polanco	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Roosevelt Brown	3	0	0	0	0	2
Sammy Sosa	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mark Grace	4	1	1	0	0	1
Shane Andrews	4	1	1	2	0	1
Benito Santiago	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jose Nieves	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chad Meyers	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jon Lieber	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cole Liniak	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bo Porter	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Morandini	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Thompson	6.0	4	2	5
Heathcliff Slocumb	1.1	1	0	1
Lance Painter	0.2	0	0	1
Ricky Bottalico	1.0	3	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	6.2	6	0	9
Rodney Myers	1.1	3	0	0
Brian McNichol	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Edgar Renteria: FLE3/P3SF
Edgar Renteria: 53/G56
Adam Kennedy: 8/F8LXD
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 3/G3
Roosevelt Brown: K
Sammy Sosa: 9/F89D

Top 2

Ray Lankford: 43/G4
Thomas Howard: K
Fernando Tatis: K

Bot 2

Mark Grace: K
Shane Andrews: 13/G15
Benito Santiago: S8/L6D
Jose Nieves: S8/G4.1-3
Chad Meyers: K

Top 3

J. D. Drew: 3/G3L
Marcus Jensen: K
Mark Thompson: 8/L89S

Bot 3

Jon Lieber: K
Lance Johnson: 43/G4
Roosevelt Brown: 7/F78XD

Top 4

Edgar Renteria: 9/F9LD
Adam Kennedy: K
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 4

Sammy Sosa: W
Mark Grace: 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3
Shane Andrews: 8/F89S

Top 5

Ray Lankford: K
Thomas Howard: 3/G3
Fernando Tatis: K

Bot 5

Benito Santiago: 63/G6
Jose Nieves: 43/G4S
Chad Meyers: S7/L6D
Jon Lieber: 7/L7S

Top 6

J. D. Drew: 43/G4
Marcus Jensen: K
Mark Thompson: 3/L34

Bot 6

Lance Johnson: W
Roosevelt Brown: K
Sammy Sosa: S9/L9S.1-3
Mark Grace: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 7

Edgar Renteria: 3/G3
Adam Kennedy: 3/G3
Mark McGwire: HR/F8RXD
Ray Lankford: S5/BG5S
Thomas Howard: HR/F9D.1-H
Fernando Tatis: S8/L8LS
J. D. Drew: HR/F78XD.1-H
Marcus Jensen: S9/L34D
Eduardo Perez: WP.1-2
Eduardo Perez: S8/G4M.2-H;B-2
Edgar Renteria: D8/F8LXD.2-H
Adam Kennedy: 7/F7D

Bot 7

Shane Andrews: K
Benito Santiago: 63/G56
Jose Nieves: 4/P3D

Top 8

Mark McGwire: 8/F8RD
Ray Lankford: S7/L56D
Craig Paquette: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 8

Chad Meyers: 9/P89S
Cole Liniak: S9/G34
Lance Johnson: 63/G6S.1-2
Bo Porter: K

Top 9

Fernando Tatis: W
J. D. Drew: 4/P4
Marcus Jensen: 53/G5.1-2
Placido Polanco: K

Bot 9

Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: S9/G3
Shane Andrews: HR/L7LD.1-H
Benito Santiago: D8/L78S
Jose Nieves: 53/G5
Mickey Morandini: K