Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 1 1 0
Cirillo 3b 3 2 1 2
Loretta 1b 5 1 3 0
Burnitz rf 5 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 1 2 1
  Jackson cf 1 0 0 0
Newfield lf 3 0 2 2
  Jenkins ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Valentin ss 5 0 0 0
Matheny c 5 0 1 0
Wagner p 2 0 1 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Banks ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
  Hamelin ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 11 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 2 2 1
Lankford cf 3 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 1 3
Jordan rf 5 0 3 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 2 1
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
Gant lf 3 0 1 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Howard 3b 1 1 1 0
Pagnozzi c 4 0 0 0
DeShields 2b 5 1 2 1
Mercker p 2 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  McGee lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Milwaukee 102 000 002 05110
St. Louis 100 031 000 16120
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Wagner   5.0 7 5 5 4 4
  Reyes   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Wickman   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Jones  L (2-2) 2.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
12
6
6
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker   6.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Bottenfield   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Painter   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Acevedo   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Brantley   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Busby  W (4-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Newfield (3,off Mercker); Vina (8,off Brantley).  3B–St. Louis DeShields (6,off Wagner).  HR–Milwaukee Cirillo (3,9th inning off Brantley 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis McGwire (14,5th inning off Wagner 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Pagnozzi (1,off Jones).  SF–Gaetti (1,off Wagner); Clayton (1,off Reyes).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:09.  A–25,680.
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