St. Louis Cardinals (16) Chicago Cubs (3)

| 1998

Date of Game: Friday, August 07, 1998
Stadium: Busch Stadium II

Chicago Cubs (NL)	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
Record: 64-52	Record: 54-60
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Attendance: 47,911 Time of Game: 2:53

Game Notes:

Brian Jordan - 3 Doubles

Jose Nieves - 1st career game

Best at-bats

Fernando Tatis 2B in 1st inning (30.52)

Mark McGwire 1B in 1st inning (20.36)

Mark Grace 1B in 1st inning (13.16)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chicago Cubs	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	2
St. Louis Cardinals	(	1	1	)	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	x		16	17	2

Chicago Cubs Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Brant Brown	cf	27.046	3	0	1	0	1	1	.303	84	159	13	36	4
Mickey Morandini	2b	32.107	4	1	1	0	0	0	.326	108	982	6	42	8
Matt Karchner	p	31.040	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	36	169	0	0	0
Terry Mulholland	p	35.151	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	48	317	0	1	0
Sammy Sosa	rf	29.268	3	1	0	0	1	1	.307	112	1200	43	111	13
Mark Grace	1b	34.040	3	1	2	1	0	1	.323	111	1559	12	60	4
Jose Nieves	ss	23.052	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Henry Rodriguez	lf	30.273	3	0	0	1	1	0	.243	105	659	27	74	1
Jose Hernandez	3b	29.024	4	0	0	0	0	1	.262	103	552	16	54	3
Tyler Houston	c-1b	27.202	4	0	0	0	0	0	.259	61	212	5	22	1
Manny Alexander	ss-2b	27.140	4	0	1	0	0	0	.232	75	317	5	20	4
Dave Stevens	p	28.156	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	18	157	0	0	0
Jeff Blauser	ph	32.272	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	99	1282	2	22	2
Terry Adams	p	25.154	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	52	213	0	0	0
Felix Heredia	p	22.050	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	45	122	0	0	0
Sandy Martinez	ph-c	25.308	1	0	0	0	1	0	.260	38	179	0	7	1
Totals:			32	3	5	2	4	5	.156	1096	8080

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	30.298	4	2	1	2	1	1	.268	20	609	1	8	2
Placido Polanco	2b	22.302	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	17	17	0	2	0
Brian Jordan	rf	31.131	4	3	3	2	1	0	.326	104	597	17	66	12
John Mabry	rf	27.294	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259	99	501	7	33	0
Mark McGwire	1b	34.311	4	1	1	2	1	2	.287	107	1487	45	102	0
Gary Gaetti	1b	39.353	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	91	2351	11	43	1
Ray Lankford	cf	31.063	3	3	2	4	1	0	.285	107	1100	20	69	15
Willie McGee	ph-cf	39.278	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267	101	2050	3	29	5
Ron Gant	lf	33.158	5	1	1	2	0	1	.221	78	1316	18	45	5
Fernando Tatis	3b	23.218	5	1	3	1	0	1	.266	101	161	3	34	6
Eli Marrero	c	24.263	4	1	3	0	1	0	.248	39	56	2	10	2
Curtis King	p	27.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	30	60	0	0	0
Rich Croushore	p	28.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	27	27	0	0	0
Kent Bottenfield	p	29.266	2	2	1	1	0	1	.091	36	211	0	2	0
Tom Lampkin	ph-c	34.156	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241	69	458	4	24	3
Luis Ordaz	ss	22.361	5	2	2	1	0	0	.158	21	33	0	3	0
Totals:			40	16	17	15	5	6	.425	1047	11034

Game Stats

2B: Mark Grace (27), Brian Jordan 3 (26), Pat Kelly (4), Eli Marrero 2 (7), Fernando Tatis 2 (19)
HR: Ron Gant (18), Ray Lankford (20)
RBIs: Kent Bottenfield (2), Ron Gant 2 (45), Mark Grace (60), Brian Jordan 2 (66), Pat Kelly 2 (8), Ray Lankford 4 (69), Mark McGwire 2 (102), Luis Ordaz (3), Henry Rodriguez (74), Fernando Tatis (34)
SH: Kent Bottenfield 2 (5)

Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats

Chicago Cubs	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Steve Trachsel (L 11-6)	27.280	0.1	5	9	7	3	0	0	4.29	1.40	37	17	20	23	143
Dave Stevens	28.156	3.2	7	5	5	1	5	2	3.68	1.36	77	51	26	18	163
Terry Adams	25.154	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	1.42	10	5	5	52	213
Felix Heredia	22.050	1	4	2	2	1	0	0	5.52	1.68	25	12	13	45	122
Matt Karchner	31.040	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.54	1.54	14	8	6	36	169
Terry Mulholland	35.151	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	1.21	9	6	3	48	351
Pitching Totals:		8	17	16	14	5	6	2			172	99	73	222	1161

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 Bottenfield (W 4-5)	29.266	7	5	3	1	3	5	0	4.16	1.38	113	69	44	39	214
Curtis King	27.286	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	1.44	12	5	7	30	60
Rich Croushore	28.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	1.23	11	7	4	27	27
Pitching Totals:		9	5	3	1	4	5	0			136	81	55	96	301

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Trachsel 37-17-20; Dave Stevens 77-51-26; Terry Adams 10-5-5; Felix Heredia 25-12-13; Matt Karchner 14-8-6; Terry Mulholland 9-6-3; Kent Bottenfield 113-69-44; Curtis King 12-5-7; Rich Croushore 11-7-4;
Batters Faced: Steve Trachsel 10; Dave Stevens 20; Terry Adams 3; Felix Heredia 7; Matt Karchner 4; Terry Mulholland 3; Kent Bottenfield 29; Curtis King 4; Rich Croushore 3;
Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 47,911
Umpires: Home: Brian Gorman 1B Jerry Crawford 2B Tom Hallion 3B Bob Davidson

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