San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 1 2 0
Mueller 3b 2 1 0 0
Bonds lf 4 1 0 0
Kent 2b 5 0 2 2
Javier rf 5 0 1 0
Snow 1b 4 0 1 1
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 1 0
Lankford cf 5 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 2
Jordan rf 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Mabry lf 3 0 1 0
Clayton ss 2 0 1 0
Lampkin c 2 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph,c 1 0 1 0
Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 0 0
  Aybar p 1 0 1 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Gant ph 0 0 0 0
  Croushore p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco 003 000 000370
St. Louis 200 000 000281
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (6-3) 6.0 6 2 2 5 4
  Poole   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Rodriguez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Nen  SV (17) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
6
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Bottenfield  L (1-3) 3.0 4 3 3 3 3
  Aybar   2.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Painter   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Croushore   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Brantley   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
6

  E–Clayton (10).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Kent (20,off Bottenfield), St. Louis Lankford (13,off Hershiser); Clayton (11,off Hershiser).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (28,1st inning off Hershiser 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Clayton (3,off Reed).  HBP–Gaetti (3,by Hershiser).  IBB–McGwire (8,by Hershiser); Lampkin (3,by Hershiser).  SB–Javier (4,2nd base off Bottenfield/Lampkin).  HBP–Hershiser (5,Gaetti).  IBB–Hershiser 2 (3,McGwire,Lampkin).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:09.  A–43,239.
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