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St. Louis Cardinals @ Florida Marlins

1999-05-31 · Day game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 21943 · 85°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph R to L · 3:15

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Florida Marlins 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Kent Bottenfield earned the win and Ricky Bottalico picked up the save. Edgar Renteria went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	11
FLO	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	10

W: Kent Bottenfield L: Brian Meadows SV: Ricky Bottalico

Umpires — HP: Greg Bonin · 1B: Ed Rapuano · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darren Bragg	4	2	2	0	1	1
Edgar Renteria	3	3	2	2	1	0
Mark McGwire	5	0	2	1	0	2
Ray Lankford	5	0	3	2	0	1
Fernando Tatis	4	0	1	0	1	2
Thomas Howard	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eli Marrero	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe McEwing	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kent Bottenfield	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shawon Dunston	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Bottalico	1	0	0	0	0	1

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Counsell	3	0	0	0	1	3
Alex Gonzalez	5	1	2	0	0	0
Cliff Floyd	5	0	1	1	0	1
Kevin Millar	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mark Kotsay	4	0	2	0	0	0
Preston Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Lowell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jorge Fabregas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Meadows	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Hyers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Berg	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Castillo	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Bottenfield	5.0	7	1	5
Manny Aybar	2.0	1	0	2
Ricky Bottalico	2.0	2	0	0

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brian Meadows	6.0	8	2	4
Braden Looper	0.2	1	0	1
Jesus Sanchez	1.2	0	2	1
Antonio Alfonseca	0.2	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Darren Bragg: D8/L89S
Edgar Renteria: W
Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: D9/L89S.2-H;1-H
Fernando Tatis: 4/P34
Thomas Howard: 43/G4S

Bot 1

Craig Counsell: K
Alex Gonzalez: 4/P34
Cliff Floyd: 7/F7S

Top 2

Eli Marrero: 3/P34
Joe McEwing: 5/L56S
Kent Bottenfield: 43/G34S

Bot 2

Kevin Millar: 6/P6
Mark Kotsay: 8/F8LD
Preston Wilson: 8/F8LS

Top 3

Darren Bragg: D8/F8LXD
Edgar Renteria: 53/SH/BG25.2-3
Mark McGwire: D9/P3D.3-H
Ray Lankford: S9/L4D.2-3
Fernando Tatis: K
Thomas Howard: 7/F7M

Bot 3

Mike Lowell: 8/F8RXD
Jorge Fabregas: S7/L56D
Brian Meadows: 24/SH/BG2R.1-2
Craig Counsell: W
Alex Gonzalez: 3/G3

Top 4

Eli Marrero: 43/G4MS
Joe McEwing: S9/L34D
Kent Bottenfield: 34/SH/BG2R.1-2
Darren Bragg: W
Edgar Renteria: PO1(23)

Bot 4

Cliff Floyd: K
Kevin Millar: S4/G4M
Mark Kotsay: S7/L56D.1-3
Preston Wilson: K
Mike Lowell: S5/G5L.3-H;1-2
Jorge Fabregas: K

Top 5

Edgar Renteria: HR/F78XD
Mark McGwire: K
Ray Lankford: K
Fernando Tatis: S8/G6M
Thomas Howard: 43/G4S

Bot 5

Brian Meadows: 63/G6S
Craig Counsell: K
Alex Gonzalez: D9/L3D
Cliff Floyd: D8/F8LXD.2-H
Kevin Millar: S4/G4MS.2-3
Mark Kotsay: 7/L7S

Top 6

Eli Marrero: 6/P56
Joe McEwing: 63/G6S
Shawon Dunston: 63/G6S

Bot 6

Preston Wilson: K
Mike Lowell: 63/G6S
Jorge Fabregas: E6/G6MS
Tim Hyers: 64(1)/FO/G6S

Top 7

Darren Bragg: K
Edgar Renteria: 8/F8LD
Mark McGwire: S9/G4
Ray Lankford: 6/P56D

Bot 7

Craig Counsell: K
Alex Gonzalez: S9/L4D
Cliff Floyd: 3/P15S
Kevin Millar: 2/P2RF

Top 8

Fernando Tatis: K
Thomas Howard: W
Eli Marrero: WP.1-2
Eli Marrero: 6/P6
Joe McEwing: IW
Willie McGee: 53/G56S

Bot 8

Mark Kotsay: S6/G6MS
Preston Wilson: HP.1-2
Mike Lowell: 15(2)4/GDP/BG15S.1-2
Jorge Fabregas: 7/F7S

Top 9

Darren Bragg: 7/F78S
Edgar Renteria: HR/F7D
Mark McGwire: 8/F8RD
Ray Lankford: D9/L9LD
Fernando Tatis: IW
Ricky Bottalico: K

Bot 9

Dave Berg: 9/F9M
Luis Castillo: D7/F7LD
Alex Gonzalez: 13/G13S
Cliff Floyd: 43/G4S

Notes & reviews

Protest=H
Reviewed before replays were permitted; ball hit on or above the LF scoreboard and was first ruled a double by 2B umpire Greg Gibson; the Marlins argued the ball hit facade behind scoreboard and should be a homer; after conferring umpires led by crew chief Frank Pulli changed call to home run; Cards then argued, and Pulli, who later said he was confused by the ground rules, decided to look at replays shown on a TV camera; he changed the call back to a double; Marlins protested the game, but it was denied; Pulli was admonished by the NL President, and a specific directive was issued barring future replays; the play would have been eligible for review under the replay rules adopted in 2008

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