Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 8, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Blauser ss 7 0 1 0
Morandini 2b 5 1 3 0
Grace 1b 5 1 1 0
Sosa cf,rf 5 2 2 3
Hill rf 2 1 0 0
  Johnson cf 2 1 1 0
Hernandez 3b 3 1 2 2
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Nieves ph 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Houston ph 1 1 1 2
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 5 0 0 0
  Beck p 1 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Servais c 5 0 1 1
Clark p 2 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander 3b 4 0 1 0
Totals 47 8 13 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly 2b 6 2 2 1
Jordan rf 7 2 2 1
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 1
Lankford cf 7 1 2 3
Gant lf 4 0 1 1
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Croushore p 0 0 0 0
  McGee lf 2 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 6 0 3 0
Marrero c 6 2 3 1
Osborne p 1 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph,lf 2 1 1 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
Ordaz ss 5 0 1 1
Totals 52 9 16 9
Chicago 010 200 002 021 08132
St. Louis 000 110 300 021 19160
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   6.1 9 5 5 2 7
  Heredia   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Adams   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Karchner   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mulholland   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Beck   2.0 2 3 1 0 3
  Stevens  L (1-1) 0.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
12.0
16
9
7
5
14
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Osborne   5.0 3 3 3 2 4
  Frascatore   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Brantley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Croushore   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Painter   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Petkovsek   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  King   2.0 6 3 3 1 0
  Witt  W (2-3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
13
8
8
8
5

  E–Blauser 2 (11).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Marrero (8,off Clark); Mabry (15,off Clark); Jordan (27,off Clark); Tatis (3,off Mulholland).  HR–Chicago Hernandez (17,4th inning off Osborne 1 on, 2 out); Sosa (44,9th inning off Croushore 1 on, 0 out); Houston (6,11th inning off King 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis McGwire (46,4th inning off Clark 0 on, 0 out); Lankford (21,11th inning off Beck 1 on, 2 out); Marrero (3,12th inning off Beck 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Nieves (1,off Painter); Ordaz (2,off Clark).  SF–Servais (1,off Osborne).  IBB–Brown (2,by King); McGwire 2 (26,by Clark,by Stevens).  SB–Kelly (3,2nd base off Stevens/Servais).  BK–Clark (2).  IBB–Clark (3,McGwire); Stevens (5,McGwire); King (4,Brown).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–4:25.  A–48,064.
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