St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
April 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1998 at Stade Olympique. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
DeShields 2b 4 2 4 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 2
Jordan cf 5 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 0
Gant lf 4 1 1 2
  Mabry rf 0 0 0 0
Hunter rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Lampkin c 4 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 4 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo cf 4 0 1 0
Grudzielanek ss 3 0 1 0
Guerrero rf 3 0 0 0
Fullmer 1b 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 1 1 0
Vidro 2b 3 1 1 0
Andrews 3b 4 1 1 3
Widger c 4 0 0 0
Moore p 1 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
St. Louis 002 030 0005111
Montreal 000 300 000351
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (3-0) 7.2 5 3 3 4 10
  Acevedo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brantley  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
11
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (1-2) 4.2 9 5 5 1 4
  Bennett   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Batista   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
7

  E–Lampkin (1), Grudzielanek (4).  2B–St. Louis Gaetti (5,off Moore); Hunter (3,off Moore); DeShields 2 (6,off Moore,off Batista), Montreal Santangelo (6,off Stottlemyre).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (9,3rd inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out); Gant (3,5th inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out), Montreal Andrews (4,4th inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 1 out).  SB–Hunter (1,3rd base off Moore/Widger); Jordan (2,2nd base off Moore/Widger).  CS–DeShields 2 (4,2nd base by Moore/Widger,3rd base by Batista/Widger).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:29.  A–7,384.
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