St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
May 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 1 1 0
DeShields 2b 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 2 1 2
Lankford cf 4 1 2 1
McGee lf,rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 0
Mabry rf 2 0 1 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 0 0
  Marrero c 1 0 0 0
Lampkin c 2 0 1 1
  Gant ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 0 0
  Jordan rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 2 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 2 2 1
Sosa rf 3 1 1 1
Grace 1b 4 0 1 2
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 1
  Hernandez lf 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Houston c 3 0 0 1
Orie 3b 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Telemaco p 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Mieske lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 6
St. Louis 000 300 0025101
Chicago 300 200 10x660
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (3-2) 7.0 6 6 5 5 5
  Acevedo   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  W (2-3) 5.0 5 3 3 3 4
  Mulholland   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Telemaco   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Adams   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Beck  SV (9) 1.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
6

  E–Lampkin (3).  2B–St. Louis Lankford (7,off Gonzalez); McGee (3,off Gonzalez), Chicago Grace (6,off Stottlemyre); Morandini (3,off Stottlemyre).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (12,9th inning off Beck 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Rodriguez (8,7th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzalez (2,off Stottlemyre).  SB–DeShields (8,2nd base off Adams/Houston); McGee (1,2nd base off Patterson/Houston); Clayton (7,2nd base off Beck/Houston).  CS–Lankford (2,2nd base by Gonzalez/Houston).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:41.  A–25,598.
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