Houston Astros 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Regular Season Game 70
Played on Wednesday, June 17, 1998 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 5 11 1 HOU N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 - 6 12 2
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Clayton ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 DeShields 2b 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 McGwire 1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 Jordan cf,rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Howard pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 McGee rf,lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 Pagnozzi c 4 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 Hunter lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 Lankford ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Stottlemyre p 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 Brantley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 5 11 3 2 7 26 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Pagnozzi. E: Jordan (3). BATTING - 2B: Pagnozzi (5,off Lima). HR: McGwire (32,3rd inning off Lima 0 on 2 out); Hunter (3,7th inning off Lima 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING - SB: McGee (4,2nd base off Lima/Ausmus); DeShields (15,2nd base off Lima/Ausmus).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 Spiers 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 Bell rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 2 1 2 7 0 Alou lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Everett cf 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 Ausmus c 4 1 3 1 1 0 8 0 Lima p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Scanlan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 12 6 6 6 27 6 FIELDING - E: Gutierrez (6), Lima (3). BATTING - 2B: Bagwell (12,off Stottlemyre). HR: Everett (6,6th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on 0 out); Bagwell (11,9th inning off Brantley 1 on 1 out). SH: Lima 2 (4,off Stottlemyre 2). SF: Bell (6,off Brantley). HBP: Biggio (10,by Brantley). Team LOB: 12. BASERUNNING - SB: Biggio (24,2nd base off Brantley/Pagnozzi).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Stottlemyre 7.2 8 2 2 5 6 1 35 Brantley L(0-4) 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 7 King 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Totals 8.2 12 6 6 6 6 2 44 HBP: Brantley (1,Biggio). Inherited Runners - Scored: Brantley 2-0; King 1-1. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lima 7 10 5 3 2 5 2 34 Scanlan 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Nitkowski W(2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 9 11 5 3 2 7 2 41 Lima faced 3 batters in the 8th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Scanlan 1-1. . Umpires: HP - Charlie Reliford, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Dana DeMuth Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 37147 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Clayton ss Biggio 2b 2. DeShields 2b Spiers 3b 3. McGwire 1b Bell rf 4. Jordan cf Bagwell 1b 5. Gaetti 3b Alou lf 6. McGee rf Everett cf 7. Pagnozzi c Gutierrez ss 8. Hunter lf Ausmus c 9. Stottlemyre p Lima p CARDINALS 1ST: Clayton flied to left; DeShields singled to center; McGwire singled to first [DeShields to third]; Jordan popped to catcher; Gaetti flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Biggio struck out; Spiers walked; Bell grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Spiers to second]; Bagwell walked; Alou walked [Spiers to third, Bagwell to second]; Everett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: McGee singled to center; McGee stole second; Pagnozzi grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunter struck out; Stottlemyre grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Gutierrez struck out; Ausmus singled to center; Lima out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Ausmus to second]; Biggio singled to center [Ausmus scored]; Spiers flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Clayton flied to right; DeShields struck out; McGwire homered; Jordan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Bell grounded out (second to first); Bagwell doubled to center; Alou lined to center; Everett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Gaetti struck out; McGee grounded out (second to first); Pagnozzi doubled to left; Hunter lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Gutierrez flied to right; Ausmus walked; Lima out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Ausmus to second]; Biggio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Stottlemyre grounded out (pitcher to first); Clayton grounded out (shortstop to first); DeShields walked; McGwire singled to shortstop [DeShields to third (error by Gutierrez)]; Jordan flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Spiers walked; Bell singled to shortstop [Spiers to third]; Bagwell struck out [Bell out at second (catcher unassisted)]; Alou flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Gaetti popped to shortstop; McGee struck out; Pagnozzi popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Everett homered; Gutierrez was called out on strikes; Ausmus grounded out (third to first); Lima lined to pitcher (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Hunter homered; Stottlemyre grounded out (first unassisted); Clayton singled to shortstop; DeShields walked [Clayton to second]; McGwire flied to center [Clayton to third]; DeShields stole second; Jordan flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: Biggio flied to right; Spiers popped to shortstop; Bell singled to center; Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 2. CARDINALS 8TH: On a bunt Gaetti singled to third; HOWARD RAN FOR GAETTI; McGee singled to right [Howard to second]; On a bunt Pagnozzi reached on a fielder's choice [Howard scored (unearned) (no RBI), McGee scored (no RBI), Pagnozzi to second (error by Lima) (on throw)]; SCANLAN REPLACED LIMA (PITCHING); LANKFORD BATTED FOR HUNTER; Lankford was called out on strikes; Stottlemyre singled to center [Pagnozzi to third]; Clayton forced Stottlemyre (second to shortstop) [Pagnozzi scored (unearned)]; DeShields grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: MCGEE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); JORDAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LANKFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Alou popped to shortstop; Everett singled to left; Gutierrez forced Everett (second to shortstop); Ausmus singled to center [Gutierrez to third]; CLARK BATTED FOR SCANLAN; BRANTLEY REPLACED STOTTLEMYRE (PITCHING); Clark lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 2. CARDINALS 9TH: NITKOWSKI REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); McGwire lined to right; Jordan lined to left; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: Biggio was hit by a pitch; Biggio stole second; On a bunt Spiers singled to pitcher [Biggio to third]; Bell lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Biggio scored]; Bagwell homered [Spiers scored]; Alou flied to center; Everett singled to second [Everett to second (error by Jordan)]; KING REPLACED BRANTLEY (PITCHING); Gutierrez walked; Ausmus singled to center [Everett scored, Gutierrez to second]; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 5 11 1 9 Astros 6 12 2 12
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