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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-08-06 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 35521 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph to CF · 2:31

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 9th. Garrett Stephenson earned the win and Rich Croushore picked up the save. Joe McEwing went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Garrett Stephenson L: Jason Schmidt SV: Rich Croushore

Umpires — HP: Mark Carlson · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Hunter Wendelstedt · 3B: Gary Darling · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
J. D. Drew	4	1	1	0	1	1
Joe McEwing	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ray Lankford	5	1	2	2	0	2
Thomas Howard	3	0	1	0	0	0
Fernando Tatis	3	0	3	1	2	0
Willie McGee	5	0	0	0	0	2
Edgar Renteria	3	0	0	1	1	0
Eli Marrero	4	0	0	0	0	2
Garrett Stephenson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Paquette	2	1	1	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	4	0	0	0	0	2
Abraham Nunez	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brian Giles	4	1	1	0	0	3
Kevin Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Sveum	3	0	1	1	0	0
Warren Morris	3	0	1	0	0	1
Adrian Brown	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Oliver	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Schmidt	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brant Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Stephenson	7.0	3	0	8
Rich Croushore	2.0	0	1	5

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	8.0	7	4	9
Scott Sauerbeck	0.1	2	0	0
Brad Clontz	0.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

J. D. Drew: W
Joe McEwing: 13/G15.1-2
Ray Lankford: K
Thomas Howard: 7/F7M

Bot 1

Al Martin: K
Abraham Nunez: K
Brian Giles: K

Top 2

Fernando Tatis: W
Willie McGee: 3/G3.1-2
Edgar Renteria: 53/G5L
Eli Marrero: K

Bot 2

Kevin Young: 8/F8LM
Dale Sveum: 3/P3S
Warren Morris: S8/G4
Adrian Brown: 5/P5F

Top 3

Garrett Stephenson: 9/F9LM
J. D. Drew: E7/L78D.B-3
Joe McEwing: 53/G5
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 3

Joe Oliver: 8/F8LD
Jason Schmidt: 53/G56S
Al Martin: 8/F78D

Top 4

Thomas Howard: S7/L7LM
Fernando Tatis: S9/G34.1-2
Willie McGee: K
Edgar Renteria: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 4

Abraham Nunez: 9/F9M
Brian Giles: K
Kevin Young: 53/G56

Top 5

Eli Marrero: K
Garrett Stephenson: K
J. D. Drew: K

Bot 5

Dale Sveum: 43/G4
Warren Morris: K
Adrian Brown: 8/L8LD

Top 6

Joe McEwing: D7/G5
Ray Lankford: D7/L7LM.2-H
Thomas Howard: 43/G4.2-3
Fernando Tatis: W
Willie McGee: K
Edgar Renteria: W.1-2
Eli Marrero: 2/P23F

Bot 6

Joe Oliver: K
Jason Schmidt: K
Al Martin: 8/F89D

Top 7

Garrett Stephenson: 53/G5
J. D. Drew: 7/F7D
Joe McEwing: HR/L7D
Ray Lankford: 43/G4MD

Bot 7

Abraham Nunez: K
Brian Giles: S9/L9LS
Kevin Young: 7/F7LDF
Dale Sveum: T9/F9D.1-H
Warren Morris: 31/G34S

Top 8

Craig Paquette: S8/L8RS
Fernando Tatis: S5/G5S.1-2
Willie McGee: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Edgar Renteria: 53/G5.3-H;1-2
Eli Marrero: E6/G6.2-3
Mark McGwire: SB2
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 8

Adrian Brown: K
Joe Oliver: K
Brant Brown: K

Top 9

J. D. Drew: S4/G13
Joe McEwing: 24/SH/BG13S.1-2
Ray Lankford: S8/L8RS.2-H;B-2
Craig Paquette: K
Fernando Tatis: S7/G56.2-H
Willie McGee: 7/F7M

Bot 9

Al Martin: K
Abraham Nunez: W
Brian Giles: K+SB2
Kevin Young: 9/F9M