Arizona Diamondbacks vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 16, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Arizona Diamondbacks 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 1 3 0
Fox 2b,rf 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 5 0 2 1
Lee 1b 5 1 2 0
Williams 3b 3 2 1 1
Brede lf 2 0 0 0
  Benitez ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Fabregas c 2 0 1 0
  Stinnett ph,c 1 0 1 2
Garcia rf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Adamson p 2 0 1 0
  Stankiewicz ph 1 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Batista ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 3 1 0 0
Gant lf 3 0 1 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Jordan cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 1 2 0 0
Hunter rf 3 0 1 3
  Lankford ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Lampkin c 2 0 0 0
Howard 2b 3 1 1 2
Stottlemyre p 3 0 1 0
  McGee lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 5
Arizona 001 001 0204111
St. Louis 300 002 00x550
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Adamson  L (0-2) 6.0 5 5 5 5 3
  Olson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (2-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 5
  Bottenfield   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Painter   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Brantley  SV (2) 1.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
7

  E–Adamson (1).  DP–Arizona 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Arizona White (2,off Stottlemyre); Adamson (1,off Stottlemyre), St. Louis Hunter (1,off Adamson).  HR–Arizona Williams (3,6th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Howard (1,6th inning off Adamson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Fox (1,by Stottlemyre); Benitez (1,by Painter); Lampkin (3,by Adamson).  IBB–Williams (1,by Brantley).  CS–Jordan (2,2nd base by Adamson/Fabregas).  HBP–Adamson (3,Lampkin); Stottlemyre (1,Fox); Painter (1,Benitez).  IBB–Brantley (1,Williams).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:30.
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