May 1, 1998 St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 7
CHW 1 BAL 6
MIN 3 BOS 5
TEX 3 CLE 7
TBD 5 NYY 2
@KCR 1 OAK 5
TOR 2 DET 17
@SEA 3 ATL 6
SFG 2 CHC 6
STL 5 FLA 6
SDP 5
(11) MIL 5
CIN 2 MON 7
ARI 4 HOU 12
@PHI 5 PIT 5
LAD 4

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 25,598

Friday, May 1, 1998, 2:20
Time of Game: 2:41

Cardinals

16-12

Lost 2

3rd, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  0   3  0  0   0  0  2    5 10  1
Cubs            3  0  0   2  0  0   1  0  X    6  6  0

W: G Gonzalez (2-3), L: T Stottlemyre (3-2), S: R Beck (9)

Cubs

15-13

Won 2

4th, 3 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Clayton SS                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .237  .654   18    2   4   SB
D DeShields 2B                4   0   0   0    1   1  .372 1.002   26    2   1   SB
M McGwire 1B                  2   2   1   2    3   0  .322 1.284   25    8   1   HR
R Lankford CF                 4   1   2   1    1   1  .377 1.016   22    2   0   2B,CS
W McGee LF-RF-LF              5   1   2   1    0   1  .310  .732   15    2   0   2B,SB
G Gaetti 3B                   4   0   2   0    0   1  .321  .936   23    0   1   
J Mabry RF                    2   0   1   0    0   0  .265  .756    9    2   0   
  B Hunter PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .237  .784    4    0   0   
  E Marrero C                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .240  .720    2    1   0   
T Lampkin C                   2   0   1   1    0   0  .253  .863    5    4   0   
  R Gant PH-LF                2   0   0   0    0   1  .215  .770   12    0   0   
  J Acevedo P                 0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
T Stottlemyre P               3   0   0   0    0   1  .150  .300   10    1   2   
  B Jordan RF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .318  .909    5    0   0   
Totals                       36   5  10   5    5   6              176   24   9

BATTING

2B: R Lankford (7, off G Gonzalez); W McGee (3, off G Gonzalez).

HR: M McGwire (12, off R Beck; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

TB: M McGwire 4; W McGee 3; R Lankford 3; G Gaetti 2; J Mabry; R Clayton; T Lampkin.

RBI: M McGwire 2 (38); W McGee (12); T Lampkin (16); R Lankford (15).

2-out RBI: M McGwire 2; T Lampkin.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

E: T Lampkin (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: D DeShields (8, 2nd base off T Adams/T Houston); R Clayton (7, 2nd base off R Beck/T Houston); W McGee (1, 2nd base off B Patterson/T Houston).

CS: R Lankford (2, 2nd base by G Gonzalez/T Houston).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Brown CF                    2   1   1   0    2   0  .362 1.042   17    3   0   
M Morandini 2B                4   2   2   1    0   0  .310  .817   15    2   2   2B
S Sosa RF                     3   1   1   1    1   0  .342  .957   18    7   0   
M Grace 1B                    4   0   1   2    0   0  .305  .789   21    7   0   2B
H Rodriguez LF                3   1   1   1    1   2  .258  .954   13    0   0   HR
  J Hernandez LF              0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .495         0   0   
  R Beck P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Blauser SS                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .239  .689    9    0   2   
T Houston C                   3   0   0   1    0   0  .206  .523   10    6   1   
K Orie 3B                     3   1   0   0    1   1  .196  .525   16    2   2   
G Gonzalez P                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    6    0   1   SH
  T Mulholland P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  A Telemaco P                1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .334    3    0   1   
  T Adams P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Patterson P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Mieske LF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .297    2    0   0   
Totals                       29   6   6   6    5   5              130   27   9

BATTING

2B: M Grace (6, off T Stottlemyre); M Morandini (3, off T Stottlemyre).

HR: H Rodriguez (8, off T Stottlemyre; 7th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

SH: G Gonzalez (2, off T Stottlemyre).

TB: H Rodriguez 4; M Morandini 3; M Grace 2; B Brown; S Sosa.

RBI: M Grace 2 (13); T Houston (6); S Sosa (18); H Rodriguez (19); M Morandini (18).

2-out RBI: M Morandini; S Sosa; H Rodriguez.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Stottlemyre, L (3-2)         7     6   6   5    5   5   1   3.70   33  120-69   35·20·14   10· 7· 5· 0     43    -     0.85  -0.34
J Acevedo                      1     0   0   0    0   0   0   5.40    3   10-8     7· 1· 0    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.10   0.01
Totals                         8     6   6   5    5   5   1          36  130-77   42·21·14   11· 8· 6· 0           -

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Gonzalez, W (2-3)            5     5   3   3    3   4   0   5.70   22   90-46   24· 6·16    4· 4· 7· 0     46    -     0.98  -0.05
T Mulholland, H (2)            0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   1.72    3   13-8     5· 1· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.26   0.04
A Telemaco, H (1)              1     0   0   0    1   0   0   3.47    4   15-9     4· 1· 4    2· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.00   0.07
T Adams                        0     0   0   0    1   0   0   1.89    1    5-1     0· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.35  -0.03
B Patterson, H (1)             0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   5.40    3   18-11    7· 3· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          2-0    1.72   0.05
R Beck, S (9)                  1.2   3   2   2    0   1   1   3.29    8   28-17   12· 3· 2    3· 4· 0· 0          1-0    1.14   0.09
Totals                         9    10   5   5    5   6   1          41  169-92   52·14·26   10·11· 9· 0          5-0

T Adams faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Charlie Reliford, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Ed Montague.

Time of Game: 2:41.

Attendance: 25,598.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 55° F, Wind 6mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Chicago Cubs                         
1. R Clayton            SS    1. B Brown              CF 
2. D DeShields          2B    2. M Morandini          2B 
3. M McGwire            1B    3. S Sosa               RF 
4. R Lankford           CF    4. M Grace              1B 
5. W McGee              LF    5. H Rodriguez          LF 
6. G Gaetti             3B    6. J Blauser            SS 
7. J Mabry              RF    7. T Houston            C  
8. T Lampkin            C     8. K Orie               3B 
9. T Stottlemyre        P     9. G Gonzalez           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   2  3-3  --3  3   12%  67% M Morandini     T Stottlemyre   Double to RF (Line Drive); Orie Scores
   b 1   0  0-0  123  6   12%  83% M Grace         T Stottlemyre   Double to LF (Line Drive); Brown Scores; Morandini Scores; Sosa to 3B
   t 4   0  3-0  1--  4  -11%  66% R Lankford      G Gonzalez      Double to CF (Line Drive); McGwire Scores
   t 4   0  3-1  -2-  3  -11%  55% W McGee         G Gonzalez      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Lankford Scores
   t 4   2  3-2  --3  2  -11%  53% T Lampkin       G Gonzalez      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); McGee Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Geremi Gonzalez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  R Clayton       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   54%  D DeShields     Lineout: 2B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   55%  M McGwire       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   58%  B Brown         Walk
          1--  4   64%  M Morandini     Single to RF (Line Drive); Brown to 2B
          12-  8   70%  S Sosa          Walk; Brown to 3B; Morandini to 2B
   RR     123  6   83%  M Grace         Double to LF (Line Drive); Brown Scores; Morandini Scores; Sosa to 3B
          -23  4   84%  H Rodriguez     Walk
   O      123  3   80%  J Blauser       Strikeout Swinging
   R      123      85%  T Houston       Reached on Interference on C; Sosa Scores/unER; Grace to 3B; Rodriguez to 2B; Houston to 1B
   O      123  3   81%  K Orie          Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  3   78%  G Gonzalez      Popfly: SS (Short LF-CF)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 3.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Geremi Gonzalez facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   74%  R Lankford      Walk
   O      1--  3   77%  W McGee         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--      81%  G Gaetti        Lankford Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
          ---  4   80%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--  7   78%  J Mabry         Single to CF (Line Drive); Gaetti to 3B
   O      1-3  3   82%  T Lampkin       Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   84%  B Brown         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  4   83%  M Morandini     Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B); Brown to 2B
   O      -2-  2   81%  S Sosa          Flyball: RF
   O      -2-  5   79%  M Grace         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Geremi Gonzalez facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   81%  T Stottlemyre   Groundout: P-2B-1B
   O      ---  3   83%  R Clayton       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   84%  D DeShields     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   83%  H Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   82%  J Blauser       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  1   81%  T Houston       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 3.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Geremi Gonzalez facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   77%  M McGwire       Walk
   R      1--  4   66%  R Lankford      Double to CF (Line Drive); McGwire Scores
   R      -2-  3   55%  W McGee         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Lankford Scores
   O      -2-  4   57%  G Gaetti        Lineout: RF (Deep RF); McGee to 3B
   O      --3  2   64%  J Mabry         Lineout: RF
   R      --3  2   53%  T Lampkin       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); McGee Scores
   O      1--  4   56%  T Stottlemyre   Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Tied 3-3, Todd Stottlemyre facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   60%  K Orie          Walk
   O      1--  3   58%  G Gonzalez      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Orie to 2B
   O      -2-  5   55%  B Brown         Groundout: 1B-P; Orie to 3B
   R      --3  3   67%  M Morandini     Double to RF (Line Drive); Orie Scores
   R      -2-  6   77%  S Sosa          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Morandini Scores
   O      1--  5   75%  M Grace         Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Geremi Gonzalez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   78%  R Clayton       Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
   O      ---  5   80%  D DeShields     Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  5   78%  M McGwire       Walk
   O      1--  5   81%  R Lankford      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-3, Todd Stottlemyre facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   80%  H Rodriguez     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   78%  J Blauser       Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4   78%  T Houston       Groundout: P-SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Terry Mulholland facing 5-6-7
                  Terry Mulholland replaces Geremi Gonzalez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   81%  W McGee         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  6   77%  G Gaetti        Single to RF (Fly Ball)
                  Brian Hunter pinch hits for John Mabry batting 7th
   O      1--  4   81%  B Hunter        Lineout: CF
                  Amaury Telemaco replaces Terry Mulholland pitching and batting 9th; Ron Gant pinch hits for Tom Lampkin batting 8th
   O      1--  5   84%  R Gant          Popfly: RF (Deep 2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-3, Todd Stottlemyre facing 8-9-1
                  Eli Marrero replaces Brian Hunter playing C batting 7th; Ron Gant moves to LF; Willie McGee moves to RF
   O      ---  4   83%  K Orie          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   82%  A Telemaco      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   83%  B Brown         Walk
   O      1--  4   81%  M Morandini     Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Amaury Telemaco facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   85%  T Stottlemyre   Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   87%  R Clayton       Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
          ---  6   85%  D DeShields     Walk
                  Terry Adams replaces Amaury Telemaco pitching and batting 9th
          1--      84%  M McGwire       DeShields Steals 2B
          -2-  5   82%  " "             Walk
                  Bob Patterson replaces Terry Adams pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  8   89%  R Lankford      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-3, Todd Stottlemyre facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   87%  S Sosa          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   87%  M Grace         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   R      ---  2   93%  H Rodriguez     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  1   93%  J Blauser       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-6, Bob Patterson facing 5-6-7
                  Jose Hernandez replaces Henry Rodriguez playing LF batting 5th
          ---  4   88%  W McGee         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  6   92%  G Gaetti        Strikeout Swinging, McGee Steals 2B
                  Rod Beck replaces Jose Hernandez pitching and batting 5th; Matt Mieske replaces Bob Patterson playing LF batting 9th
   O      -2-  2   95%  E Marrero       Popfly: 3B (Short 3B Line)
   O      -2-  7   97%  R Gant          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-3, Juan Acevedo facing 7-8-9
                  Juan Acevedo replaces Ron Gant pitching and batting 8th; Willie McGee moves to LF; Brian Jordan replaces Todd Stottlemyre playing RF batting 9th
   O      ---  5   97%  T Houston       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   97%  K Orie          Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   96%  M Mieske        Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-6, Rod Beck facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   99%  B Jordan        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  3   96%  R Clayton       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
          1--      96%  D DeShields     Clayton Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   99%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B; Clayton to 3B
   RR     --3  4   96%  M McGwire       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Clayton Scores
          ---  1   92%  R Lankford      Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2  100%  W McGee         Flyball: CF
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation