Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The Milwaukee Brewers 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

Milwaukee Brewers 13, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 2 0 0 0
  Valentin ss 2 1 1 1
Loretta ss,2b 5 2 2 0
Cirillo 3b 5 3 3 1
Burnitz rf 4 1 0 0
Jaha 1b 4 1 1 0
  Hamelin ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Nilsson lf 4 2 3 4
  Jackson pr,lf 1 2 1 4
Grissom cf 5 1 3 0
Hughes c 2 0 0 0
Woodall p 2 0 1 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Newfield ph 1 0 1 1
  Fox p 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 1 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 16 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 1 0
Lankford cf 5 1 3 4
McGwire 1b 3 2 2 2
Jordan rf 5 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 3 2
Mabry lf 4 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Croushore p 0 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Marrero c 4 1 1 0
Bottenfield p 2 0 0 0
  Gant ph 1 0 1 1
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  McGee lf 2 1 1 0
Kelly 2b 4 2 2 0
Totals 40 10 15 9
Milwaukee 000 300 32513160
St. Louis 001 004 05010151
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Woodall   5.2 8 5 5 3 3
  Plunk   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Fox   1.1 4 3 3 0 2
  Myers   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Weathers  W (4-4) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Wickman  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Bottenfield   6.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Frascatore   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Petkovsek   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Painter   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Croushore  L (0-2) 0.1 3 5 5 2 1
  Brantley   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
13
13
6
6

  E–Marrero (3).  DP–Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Milwaukee Nilsson (10,off Frascatore), St. Louis Jordan (22,off Woodall); Gaetti 3 (22,off Woodall,off Fox,off Weathers); McGee (7,off Fox).  HR–Milwaukee Nilsson (3,4th inning off Bottenfield 1 on, 2 out); Jackson (3,9th inning off Croushore 3 on, 1 out), St. Louis Lankford (17,8th inning off Myers 3 on, 1 out); McGwire (45,8th inning off Myers 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McGwire (3,off Woodall).  SB–Loretta (5,Home off Bottenfield/Marrero); Cirillo (7,2nd base off Bottenfield/Marrero).  WP–Plunk (1), Painter (2).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:31.  A–36,812.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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