Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The Florida Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 7, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Dunwoody cf 5 0 1 1
Renteria ss 5 2 2 0
Kotsay rf 4 1 1 1
Piazza c 5 1 2 2
Floyd lf 4 1 1 0
Zeile 3b 4 1 1 1
Lee 1b 2 1 0 0
Counsell 2b 2 0 1 2
Sanchez p 3 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 0 2 0
McGee cf,rf 3 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Jordan rf,cf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Gant lf 3 0 0 1
  Hunter lf 1 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 2 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford ph 1 1 1 1
Howard 2b 4 0 0 0
Aybar p 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Croushore p 0 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph,c 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Florida 100 400 200790
St. Louis 000 100 101361
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Sanchez  W (3-1) 7.1 5 2 2 3 2
  Powell   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Aybar  L (2-3) 3.1 7 5 5 2 2
  King   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Acevedo   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Croushore   2.0 2 2 2 3 1
  Brantley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
6

  E–Clayton (8).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Florida Kotsay (11,off Aybar); Counsell (9,off Aybar); Renteria (7,off Croushore), St. Louis Jordan (10,off Sanchez).  3B–Florida Piazza (1,off Croushore).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (17,4th inning off Sanchez 0 on, 0 out); Lankford (5,9th inning off Powell 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Sanchez (1,off Croushore).  SB–Renteria 2 (12,2nd base off Aybar/Pagnozzi,3rd base off Croushore/Pagnozzi).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:43.  A–36,820.
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