Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1998 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 2 2 0
Brown A. cf 5 0 3 1
Kendall c 4 0 0 1
Garcia 1b 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 5 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown E. lf 4 0 0 0
Nunez ss 1 0 0 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Strange ph 1 0 1 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Laker ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 2 2 2
Jordan rf 3 0 1 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 2 2
Lankford cf 4 1 1 0
Tatis 3b 4 1 1 0
Drew lf 2 1 1 1
Ordaz ss 4 1 3 0
Jimenez p 2 0 0 1
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Marrero c 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 6
Pittsburgh 001 000 002371
St. Louis 140 020 00x7111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (11-12) 5.0 10 7 6 3 5
  Van Poppel   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  McCurry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
3
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jimenez  W (1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 5 3
  Petkovsek   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Frascatore   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Busby   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
3

  E–Kendall (8), Ordaz (9).  2B–Pittsburgh Womack (25,off Jimenez), St. Louis DeShields (20,off Schmidt); Tatis (13,off Schmidt).  HR–Pittsburgh Laker (1,9th inning off Frascatore 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Garcia (2,by Busby).  SH–Jimenez (1,off Schmidt).  SF–Drew (1,off Schmidt).  SB–Womack (53,2nd base off Frascatore/Marrero); DeShields 2 (23,2nd base off Schmidt/Kendall,3rd base off Schmidt/Kendall); Jordan (15,2nd base off Schmidt/Kendall).  HBP–Busby (4,Garcia).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:40.  A–42,265.
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