San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 27, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1999 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 6 0 3 1
Mueller 3b 6 0 0 0
Snow 1b 4 0 0 0
Kent 2b 5 0 1 0
Burks rf 2 1 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mayne ph 1 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
Javier lf 4 1 1 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
  Rios ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Servais c 5 0 1 0
Gardner p 1 0 0 0
  Santangelo ph 1 0 1 1
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Delgado ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 42 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bragg cf 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,cf 3 1 2 0
McEwing 2b 5 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 1
Lankford lf 3 0 0 0
  Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Radinsky p 0 0 0 0
  Renteria ss 2 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 1 1 0
Howard rf 3 0 1 0
Marrero c 5 0 0 0
Polanco ss 3 0 0 0
  Croushore p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Dunston ph 1 0 1 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Acevedo p 2 0 0 0
  McGee lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 6 1
San Francisco 000 000 200 000281
St. Louis 000 001 001 001361
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner   6.0 1 1 1 3 7
  Embree   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Johnstone   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Nen   1.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Rodriguez   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Spradlin  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.1
6
3
3
5
12
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Acevedo   6.0 3 0 0 2 3
  Aybar   0.2 1 2 2 2 1
  Radinsky   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Croushore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mohler   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Slocumb  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
8
2
2
6
6

  E–Kent (5), Tatis (9).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Davis (7,off Johnstone).  3B–St. Louis Davis (2,off Spradlin).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (14,6th inning off Gardner 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gardner (2,off Acevedo).  HBP–Burks (3,by Croushore); T Howard (1,by Gardner).  IBB–McGwire 2 (7,by Johnstone,by F Rodriguez).  WP–Spradlin (1).  HBP–Gardner (2,T Howard); Croushore (1,Burks).  IBB–Johnstone (1,McGwire); F Rodriguez (2,McGwire).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–4:08.  A–47,829.
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