Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 4, St. Louis Cardinals 13

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 5 1 2 0
Renteria ss 3 2 3 0
Kotsay rf 5 0 3 2
Piazza c 5 0 1 1
Zeile 3b 5 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 1
Wehner lf 4 0 0 0
Berg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Counsell ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hammond p 2 0 1 0
  Stanifer p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 1 1 0
  Pall p 0 0 0 0
  Dunwoody ph 1 0 0 0
  Ojala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 1 0
Lankford cf 4 3 2 2
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 0
  McGee rf 0 0 0 0
Jordan rf 5 2 5 4
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 1
Gant lf 3 0 0 0
  Mabry lf 1 1 0 1
Pagnozzi c 5 2 3 0
DeShields 2b 4 2 2 2
  Howard 2b 1 0 1 3
Mercker p 2 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 1 0 0 0
  Hunter ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 15 13
Florida 101 002 0004120
St. Louis 202 320 04x13150
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Hammond  L (0-2) 3.1 7 6 6 1 2
  Stanifer   1.2 4 3 3 1 2
  Pall   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Ojala   1.0 2 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
5
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  W (3-2) 5.2 11 4 4 2 4
  Frascatore   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Florida 1.  2B–Florida Cangelosi (2,off Mercker), St. Louis Lankford (10,off Stanifer); Pagnozzi (2,off Stanifer); Jordan (9,off Ojala).  3B–St. Louis Howard (1,off Ojala).  HR–St. Louis Jordan (8,1st inning off Hammond 1 on, 2 out); DeShields (1,5th inning off Stanifer 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Mercker (2,off Hammond).  HBP–Gaetti (2,by Pall); Mabry (1,by Ojala).  IBB–Gaetti (1,by Ojala).  SB–Renteria (10,3rd base off Mercker/Pagnozzi).  HBP–Pall (1,Gaetti); Ojala (1,Mabry).  IBB–Ojala (1,Gaetti).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:49.  A–41,836.
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