Pittsburgh Pirates (4) St. Louis Cardinals (3)

| 1998

Date of Game: Sunday, August 23, 1998
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 62-68	Record: 62-68
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Attendance: 42,134 Time of Game: 3:14

Game Notes:

Fernando Tatis - 5 hits

Best at-bats

Doug Strange ? in 6th inning (15.92)

Mark McGwire HR in 8th inning (11.08)

Ron Gant ? in 5th inning (10.37)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	11	1
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	x	4	9	0

St. Louis Cardinals Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Pat Kelly	2b	30.314	5	0	1	0	0	3	.239	34	623	2	11	4
Brian Jordan	rf	31.147	4	0	0	0	1	0	.319	120	613	22	77	13
Mark McGwire	1b	34.327	3	2	2	1	2	0	.295	123	1503	53	113	1
Ray Lankford	cf	31.079	4	0	1	0	1	1	.285	123	1116	24	84	17
Ron Gant	lf	33.174	5	0	0	1	0	1	.222	90	1328	20	49	6
Fernando Tatis	3b	23.234	5	1	5	1	0	0	.280	117	177	6	39	8
Eli Marrero	c	24.279	4	0	1	0	1	1	.242	53	70	3	12	5
Kent Mercker	p	30.204	3	0	0	0	0	3	.152	26	300	0	2	0
John Frascatore	p	28.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	60	134	0	0	0
Willie McGee	ph	39.294	1	0	0	0	0	1	.255	115	2064	3	32	6
Placido Polanco	ss	22.318	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	27	27	0	5	0
John Mabry	ph	27.310	1	0	0	0	0	1	.258	114	516	8	36	0
Luis Ordaz	ss	23.011	2	0	1	0	1	1	.170	33	45	0	4	0
Delino DeShields	ph	29.220	1	0	0	0	0	1	.305	90	1148	5	33	21
Jeff Brantley	p	34.353	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	43	527	0	0	0
Totals:			38	3	11	3	6	13	.289	1168	10191

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Tony Womack	2b	28.332	3	1	2	0	1	0	.288	128	320	3	41	50
Adrian Brown	cf	24.197	2	1	1	1	2	0	.296	8	56	0	2	0
Jason Kendall	c	24.058	2	0	0	1	1	0	.338	119	393	11	65	17
Kevin Young	1b	29.068	4	1	1	1	0	0	.293	130	548	24	96	12
Jose Guillen	rf	22.098	4	0	2	0	0	1	.275	121	264	9	60	3
Manny Martinez	lf	27.324	4	0	0	0	0	2	.262	59	81	6	23	0
Freddy Garcia	3b	26.022	4	1	2	0	0	0	.299	30	92	7	17	0
Lou Collier	ss	25.002	3	0	1	0	0	2	.248	96	114	2	30	1
Jason Schmidt	p	25.206	1	0	0	0	0	0	.080	27	82	0	2	0
Jeff Tabaka	p	34.219	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	26	120	0	0	0
Doug Strange	ph	34.132	1	0	0	1	0	0	.178	70	687	0	11	1
Mike Williams	p	30.025	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	24	132	0	0	0
Ricardo Rincon	p	28.132	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	50	112	0	0	0
Al Martin	ph	30.273	1	0	0	0	0	1	.240	120	749	12	47	19
Rich Loiselle	p	26.224	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	41	118	0	0	0
Jason Christiansen	p	28.336	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	49	184	0	1	0
Totals:			29	4	9	4	4	6	.310	1098	4052

Game Stats

2B: Adrian Brown (1), Freddy Garcia (9), Jose Guillen (34), Mark McGwire (17), Luis Ordaz (1), Tony Womack (21)
HR: Mark McGwire (53), Fernando Tatis (6), Kevin Young (24)
RBIs: Adrian Brown (2), Ron Gant (49), Jason Kendall (65), Mark McGwire (113), Doug Strange (11), Fernando Tatis (39), Kevin Young (96)
SB: Fernando Tatis (8)
CS: Jose Guillen (3)
SH: Lou Collier (3), Jason Schmidt (12)
SF: Jason Kendall (6)

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Kent Mercker (L 8-11)	30.204	4	6	3	3	4	2	1	5.56	1.61	86	47	39	26	311
John Frascatore	28.200	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.92	1.35	27	16	11	60	134
Jeff Brantley	34.353	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	4.81	1.09	31	22	9	43	527
Pitching Totals:		8	9	4	4	4	6	1			144	85	59	129	972

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Jason Schmidt (W 11-9)	25.206	5.2	7	2	2	6	6	1	3.88	1.37	125	70	55	27	87
Jeff Tabaka	34.219	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.61	1.16	6	3	3	26	120
Mike Williams	30.025	0.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.43	1.19	12	10	2	24	133
Ricardo Rincon	28.132	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2.05	1.07	23	16	7	50	112
Rich Loiselle	26.224	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.56	1.74	14	10	4	41	118
Jason Christiansen (Sv 6)	28.336	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.25	1.04	6	3	3	49	184
Pitching Totals:		9	11	3	3	6	13	2			186	112	74	217	754

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Jason Schmidt;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Kent Mercker 86-47-39; John Frascatore 27-16-11; Jeff Brantley 31-22-9; Jason Schmidt 125-70-55; Jeff Tabaka 6-3-3; Mike Williams 12-10-2; Ricardo Rincon 23-16-7; Rich Loiselle 14-10-4; Jason Christiansen 6-3-3;
Batters Faced: Kent Mercker 21; John Frascatore 8; Jeff Brantley 7; Jason Schmidt 30; Jeff Tabaka 1; Mike Williams 4; Ricardo Rincon 5; Rich Loiselle 3; Jason Christiansen 1;
Time of Game: 3:14 Attendance: 42,134
Umpires: Home: Tom Hallion 1B Bob Davidson 2B Greg Gibson 3B Brian Gorman

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