St. Louis Cardinals vs Cleveland Indians
June 25, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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 2, Cleveland Indians 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hunter dh 4 0 1 0
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Jordan rf 4 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 0 0 0
Mabry lf 4 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 1 0 0 0
Lampkin c 2 0 0 0
Ordaz ss 2 0 1 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Howard ss 0 0 0 0
Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 0 1 0
Justice dh 4 1 2 1
Thome 1b 4 2 2 3
Ramirez rf 3 2 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 1 0
Whiten lf 4 1 0 1
Fryman 3b 4 0 2 2
Bell 2b 4 0 1 1
Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 8
St. Louis 100 010 000261
Cleveland 001 120 04x8100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Aybar  L (3-4) 6.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Witt   1.1 4 4 3 1 0
  King   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  W (9-5) 7.2 6 2 2 1 4
  Shuey   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
4

  E–McGwire (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Fryman (16,off Aybar); Bell (15,off Witt).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (35,1st inning off Burba 0 on, 2 out); Mabry (5,5th inning off Burba 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Thome 2 (21,5th inning off Aybar 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lampkin (5,by Burba); Gaetti (5,by Burba).  SB–Lofton (25,2nd base off Aybar/Lampkin); M Ramirez (3,2nd base off Aybar/Lampkin).  HBP–Burba 2 (6,Lampkin,Gaetti).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:46.  A–43,309.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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