St. Louis Cardinals vs Arizona Diamondbacks
June 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1998 at Bank One Ballpark. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 9, Arizona Diamondbacks 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 3 1 1 1
Lankford cf 4 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 1 4
Jordan rf 5 0 1 0
McGee lf 4 1 2 0
Mabry 3b 5 1 1 0
Clayton ss 2 3 2 3
Lampkin c 4 0 2 1
Stottlemyre p 2 1 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 2b,rf 4 1 1 1
White cf 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Brede ph 1 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Lee 1b 3 1 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 2 0
Dellucci lf 4 0 2 1
Bell ss 4 0 0 1
Garcia rf,cf 3 1 0 0
Stinnett c 4 0 1 1
Benes p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 1 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
St. Louis 008 000 0109101
Arizona 100 000 300480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (7-5) 8.0 8 4 3 1 6
  Painter   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Brantley   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
8
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  L (4-7) 3.0 6 8 8 2 4
  Banks   3.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Rodriguez   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Olson   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
6
11

  E–Clayton (12).  DP–St. Louis 1, Arizona 1.  PB–Stinnett (1).  2B–St. Louis Lampkin (6,off Benes); Mabry (10,off Benes); Clayton (13,off Banks).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (31,3rd inning off Benes 3 on, 1 out); Clayton (2,3rd inning off Benes 2 on, 2 out), Arizona Fox (4,1st inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stottlemyre (2,off Rodriguez).  SF–DeShields (4,off Rodriguez).  SB–Clayton (14,2nd base off Benes/Stinnett).  WP–Painter (1), Banks (1).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:41.  A–48,169.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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