Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 16, 1998 Box Score

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

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 1 2 1
Brown cf 3 1 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 2 1
Young 1b 4 0 3 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 1
Martin lf 4 1 1 0
Garcia 3b 1 0 0 0
Collier ss 4 0 0 0
Cordova p 4 1 1 0
  Lieber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 1 2 0
Jordan rf 5 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 5 0 2 0
Lankford cf 4 0 0 0
Mabry lf 3 0 1 1
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 2 0 0 0
Lampkin c 4 0 0 0
  Marrero c 0 0 0 0
Morris p 2 0 0 0
  McGee lf 1 0 0 0
Polanco ss 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 003 000 0014102
St. Louis 001 000 000171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (11-10) 8.2 7 1 1 3 8
  Lieber  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (3-3) 8.0 8 3 3 4 3
  Acevedo   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
5

  E–Womack 2 (15), Morris (1).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Young (32,off Morris); Cordova (1,off Morris); Womack (20,off Acevedo).  SH–A Brown (2,off Morris); Morris (6,off Cordova).  HBP–Kendall (24,by Morris).  SB–Womack (48,2nd base off Morris/Lampkin).  CS–Kendall (4,2nd base by Morris/Lampkin).  WP–Morris (1).  HBP–Morris (2,Kendall).  U-HP–Brian Gibbons, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:47.  A–46,904.
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