Arizona Diamondbacks vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Arizona Diamondbacks 5, St. Louis Cardinals 15

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 1 1 0
Jones rf 3 1 0 0
Bell ss 3 1 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 1 4
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Benitez lf 4 0 0 0
Stinnett c 3 1 1 1
Stankiewicz 2b 3 0 0 0
Suppan p 2 0 0 0
  Brede ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Daal p 0 0 0 0
  Brow p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 4 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 3 1 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
DeShields 2b 4 2 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 4 3 5
Lankford cf 4 1 1 1
  Howard ss 1 0 0 0
Jordan rf,cf 4 3 3 4
Gant lf 3 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph,rf 1 2 1 2
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 0
Lampkin c 5 0 1 2
Mercker p 2 0 0 0
  McGee lf 2 1 2 1
Totals 35 15 13 15
Arizona 000 400 100540
St. Louis 103 010 64x15130
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan   6.0 6 5 5 3 5
  Sodowsky  L (0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Daal   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Brow   0.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Manuel   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
15
15
8
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker   6.0 3 4 4 2 2
  Busby  W (2-0) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Bottenfield   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Frascatore   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
5
5
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Arizona 1.  2B–Arizona Lee (2,off Mercker), St. Louis McGee (2,off Sodowsky); Jordan (3,off Brow).  HR–Arizona Williams (2,4th inning off Mercker 3 on, 0 out); Stinnett (1,7th inning off Busby 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis McGwire 3 (7,3rd inning off Suppan 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Manuel 1 on, 0 out); Jordan (2,3rd inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out); Mabry (2,8th inning off Manuel 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Clayton (2,off Sodowsky).  IBB–McGwire (2,by Sodowsky); Mabry (1,by Brow).  SB–White (2,2nd base off Mercker/Lampkin).  IBB–Sodowsky (2,McGwire); Brow (1,Mabry).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:51.  A–31,477.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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