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» New York Mets 9 St. Louis Cardinals 2

Date: May 8, 1998
Stadium: Shea Stadium (New York,NY)

SLN:	17-17	Prev Game (NYN)	Next Game (MIL)
NYN:	18-14	Prev Game (SLN)	Next Game (SDN)

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
NYN	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	x	9	12	0

St. Louis Cardinals	Career	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	PIT	AVG

1. Royce Clayton	cr	ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.242
2. Delino DeShields	cr	2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.325
3. Mark McGwire	cr	1b	3	1	1	2	1	1	18	.311
Brian Hunter	cr	1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
4. Ray Lankford	cr	cf	4	0	0	0	0	1	8	.304
5. Brian Jordan	cr	rf	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	.340
John Mabry	cr	ph-rf	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.259
6. Ron Gant	cr	lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.209
7. Gary Gaetti	cr	3b	3	0	1	0	0	1	9	.282
Mike Busby	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Willie McGee	cr	ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.291
8. Tom Lampkin	cr	c	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	.235
9. Cliff Politte	cr	p	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077
David Howard	cr	3b	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.245

Totals - 14 players			31	2	5	2	3	6	112	.272

New York Mets	Career	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	PIT	AVG

1. Brian McRae	cr	cf	4	2	1	3	1	0	18	.217
2. Preston Wilson	cr	rf	4	3	3	1	1	1	21	.750
3. Matt Franco	cr	3b	3	0	3	1	0	0	9	.323
Rey Ordonez	cr	pr-ss	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	.232
4. John Olerud	cr	1b	4	0	0	1	0	0	12	.343
Jim Tatum	cr	1b	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.241
5. Carlos Baerga	cr	2b	5	0	2	2	0	1	23	.230
6. Rich Becker	cr	lf	2	1	0	0	1	1	15	.186
7. Luis Lopez	cr	ss-3b	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.283
8. Alberto Castillo	cr	c	3	1	1	0	0	1	15	.244
9. Rick Reed	cr	p	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	.143
Shawn Gilbert	cr	ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Turk Wendell	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
John Hudek	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--

Totals - 14 players			35	9	12	9	4	6	142	.249

E: Tom Lampkin (4)

2B: None
3B: None
HR: Mark McGwire (13)

RBI: Mark McGwire 2(40)

SB: None
CS: None

S: None
SF: None
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: Cliff Politte (1)

E: None

2B: Carlos Baerga (7), Matt Franco (2), Preston Wilson 2(2)
3B: None
HR: Brian McRae (2)

RBI: Carlos Baerga 2(11), Matt Franco (4), Brian McRae 3(11), John Olerud (14), Rey Ordonez (11), Preston Wilson (2)

SB: None
CS: None

S: Alberto Castillo (3)
SF: None
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: None

SLN Pitchers	Car	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PIT/Str	ERA

Cliff Politte L (2-2)	cr	5.1	9	7	7	2	3	1	87-53	5.20
Mike Busby	cr	2.2	3	2	2	2	3	0	55-31	4.56

Totals - 2 pitcher(s)		8.0	12	9	9	4	6	1	142-84	5.05

WP: Cliff Politte (1)
BK: None
TBF: Cliff Politte 27, Mike Busby 14
GB/FB: Cliff Politte 4-8, Mike Busby 4-2

NYN Pitchers	Car	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PIT/Str	ERA

Rick Reed W (3-2)	cr	7	5	2	2	3	4	1	94-60	2.90
Turk Wendell	cr	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-7	6.59
John Hudek	cr	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	3.38

Totals - 3 pitcher(s)		9.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	112-73	3.14

WP: None
BK: None
TBF: Rick Reed 28, Turk Wendell 3, John Hudek 3
GB/FB: Rick Reed 7-9, Turk Wendell 2-0, John Hudek 0-2

Umpires: H: wendh901 1B: laynj901 2B: riekr901 3B: holbs901
Time of game: 2:37
Attendance: 16,132
Temperature: 56 degrees F - 3
Wind: 15 mph -

Streaks in Progress: Delino DeShields 1, Gary Gaetti 1, Brian Jordan 2, Mark McGwire 2

Streaks Ended:

Streaks in Progress: Carlos Baerga 1, Alberto Castillo 1, Matt Franco 3, Luis Lopez 1, Brian McRae 4, Rey Ordonez 1, Preston Wilson 2

Streaks Ended:

Milestones

Mark McGwire hit his 400th career home run.
Tom Lampkin received his 100th career walk.
Cliff Politte threw his 1st wild pitch in his career.

Milestones

Preston Wilson scored his 1st career run.
Preston Wilson hit his 1st career double.
Preston Wilson received his 1st career walk.
Preston Wilson struck out for the 1st time in his career.

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