Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
March 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Los Angeles Dodgers 0, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss 4 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 0 0 0
Konerko 1b 4 0 2 0
Hollandsworth lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Hubbard cf 2 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 0 0 0 0
  Devereaux ph 1 0 0 0
  Bruske p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 3 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 0 1 0
DeShields 2b 3 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 4
Lankford cf 3 0 1 0
Jordan rf 4 0 0 0
Gant lf 4 1 1 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 2 3 1
Lampkin c 4 1 1 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 2 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Totals 35 6 13 6
Los Angeles 000 000 000030
St. Louis 000 040 02x6132
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (0-1) 4.2 7 4 4 2 4
  Hall   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lankford   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Bruske   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Guthrie   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 13 6 6 2 7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 2 5
  Painter   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Frascatore   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Looper   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 9.0 3 0 0 2 8

  E–Clayton (1), Frascatore (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (1,off Martinez); McGwire (1,off Martinez); Gaetti (1,off Martinez).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (1,5th inning off Martinez 3 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Lankford (1,2nd base off Hall/Piazza); Gant (1,2nd base off Bruske/Piazza).  CS–Clayton (1,2nd base by Martinez/Piazza).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:52.  A–47,972.

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