Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 19, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1999 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hocking 2b,ss 5 0 1 0
Guzman ss 2 0 1 0
  Walker ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Gates 3b 4 1 1 0
Coomer 1b 5 0 2 1
Steinbach c 4 1 0 0
Allen lf 3 1 1 0
  Koskie ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Lawton rf 4 0 1 1
Hunter cf 4 0 1 1
Lincoln p 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 1 0 0 0
  Cordova ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McEwing 2b 4 1 1 2
Drew cf 5 0 3 0
Renteria ss 5 0 1 0
Lankford lf 3 2 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 2 2 4
Bragg rf 4 1 1 0
Castillo c 4 1 2 1
Howard 1b 4 0 2 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
Mercker p 2 1 2 1
  Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Dunston 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
Minnesota 000 210 010490
St. Louis 006 200 00x8141
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lincoln  L (3-10) 2.2 7 6 6 1 1
  Sampson   3.1 6 2 2 1 1
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Carrasco   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  W (3-4) 6.0 6 3 2 4 2
  Aybar   1.2 2 1 1 1 3
  Bottalico  SV (14) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
5
5

  E–Renteria (17).  DP–Minnesota 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Minnesota Coomer (16,off Mercker); Hocking (11,off Mercker); Hunter (7,off Aybar), St. Louis Drew 3 (10,off Lincoln,off Sampson,off Carrasco); Bragg (11,off Lincoln).  HR–St. Louis McEwing (5,3rd inning off Lincoln 1 on, 0 out); Tatis 2 (21,3rd inning off Lincoln 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Sampson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Mercker (2,off Sampson).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:49.  A–37,408.
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