Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Florida Marlins 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Floyd lf 4 2 2 0
Renteria ss 4 0 1 1
Kotsay rf 3 1 0 0
Dunwoody cf 4 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 2
Zaun c 4 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 3 1 1 0
Berg 3b 3 0 1 0
Hernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Piazza ph 0 0 0 1
  Darensbourg p 0 0 0 0
  Henriquez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 3 0 1 0
Lankford cf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 1
Jordan rf 4 2 2 1
McGee lf 4 1 2 0
Mabry 3b 3 0 1 1
  Clayton ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 4 0 0 0
Howard ss,3b 3 1 1 1
Stottlemyre p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Florida 201 000 100470
St. Louis 001 300 10x590
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   6.0 7 4 4 4 9
  Darensbourg  L (0-5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Henriquez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
5
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (5-3) 9.0 7 4 4 2 9
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Florida 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Florida Floyd (10,off Stottlemyre); Counsell (8,off Stottlemyre), St. Louis McGee 2 (5,off Hernandez 2); Mabry (5,off Hernandez).  3B–Florida Jackson (1,off Stottlemyre).  HR–St. Louis Howard (2,3rd inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out); McGwire (16,4th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out); Jordan (7,7th inning off Darensbourg 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Piazza (2,off Stottlemyre).  IBB–Howard (2,by Hernandez).  CS–DeShields (6,2nd base by Hernandez/Zaun); Lankford (3,2nd base by Darensbourg/Zaun).  BK–Hernandez (2), Stottlemyre (2).  IBB–Hernandez (3,Howard).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:32.  A–41,464.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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