St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 18, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2000 at Veteran's Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 2 2 0
Polanco ss 1 0 0 0
  Renteria ss 3 0 2 0
Edmonds cf 4 2 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 3 3 7
Lankford lf 3 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Drew rf 4 0 1 0
Paquette 3b 5 0 2 0
Matheny c 4 0 1 0
Stephenson p 3 0 0 0
  Dunston lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf 5 0 1 0
Gant lf 5 0 2 0
Abreu rf 5 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 5 0 0 0
Lieberthal c 4 1 1 0
Jordan 1b 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 3 1
Relaford ss 2 0 2 1
Schilling p 2 0 0 0
  Pritchett ph 1 0 0 0
  Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
  Arias ph 1 0 0 0
  Brock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
St. Louis 320 000 0207130
Philadelphia 010 001 0002102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stephenson  W (6-0) 5.2 9 2 2 0 3
  James   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Thompson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Veres   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Schilling  L (1-2) 6.0 9 5 5 5 5
  Boyd   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Aldred   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Gomes   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Brock   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
5

  E–Jordan (2), Relaford (7).  DP–Philadelphia 3.  2B–St. Louis Paquette 2 (12,off Schilling,off Boyd); Vina (9,off Schilling); Renteria (8,off Schilling); Matheny (8,off Schilling), Philadelphia Lieberthal (9,off Stephenson); Morandini 2 (5,off Stephenson 2).  HR–St. Louis McGwire 3 (17,1st inning off Schilling 2 on, 1 out,2nd inning off Schilling 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Gomes 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Polanco (2,off Schilling).  HBP–Vina (10,by Aldred); Relaford (4,by Stephenson); Morandini (2,by Rodriguez).  IBB–Matheny (3,by Schilling); McGwire (5,by Schilling).  SB–Glanville (9,2nd base off Stephenson/Matheny); Gant (2,2nd base off James/Matheny).  HBP–Stephenson (4,Relaford); Rodriguez (1,Morandini); Aldred (1,Vina).  IBB–Schilling 2 (2,Matheny,McGwire).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:11.  A–17,137.
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