Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1999 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf 5 2 3 0
Gant lf 5 1 1 1
Abreu rf 4 1 1 2
Rolen 3b 3 1 1 1
Brogna 1b 4 0 2 0
Lieberthal c 4 0 0 0
Anderson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Doster 2b 0 0 0 0
Arias ss 4 0 1 0
Shumaker p 2 0 1 0
  Ducey ph 1 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Jordan ph 1 0 0 0
  Telemaco p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Drew cf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 2 1 1 1
  Mercker pr 0 1 0 0
Lankford lf 5 2 3 1
Tatis 3b 4 1 2 0
Paquette rf,2b 5 0 1 2
Castillo c 4 0 1 2
McEwing 2b 3 0 0 0
  Heiserman p 0 0 0 0
  Howard T. ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard D. pr 0 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
Stephenson p 1 0 0 0
  Aybar p 1 0 0 0
  McGee rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Philadelphia 000 130 1005102
St. Louis 100 000 1226101
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Shumaker   6.0 3 1 1 5 6
  Aldred   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Telemaco   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Poole   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Gomes  L (3-2) 0.2 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
8
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stephenson   3.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Aybar   2.2 5 4 3 0 1
  Heiserman   1.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Acevedo  W (5-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
2
8

  E–Glanville (6), Rolen (14), McEwing (11).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Castillo (2).  2B–Philadelphia Abreu (27,off Aybar); Rolen (26,off Aybar), St. Louis McGwire (19,off Shumaker); Paquette (2,off Gomes).  HBP–Rolen (3,by Stephenson).  SF–McGwire (4,off Aldred).  SB–Brogna (5,2nd base off Stephenson/Castillo); McGee (5,2nd base off Aldred/Lieberthal).  WP–Poole (4), Heiserman (2).  BK–Shumaker (1).  HBP–Stephenson (1,Rolen).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–3:23.  A–38,557.
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