June 16, 1998 St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 3
SEA 2 BAL 2
NYY 0 BOS 6
@CHW 1 CLE 9
KCR 1 MIN 8
@DET 5 TBD 4
TOR 3 OAK 9
@TEX 7 ATL 7
FLA 0 MIL 11
@CHC 2 ARI 5
@CIN 1 STL 9
@HOU 4 NYM 2
@MON 0 PHI 8
PIT 7 SDP 10
LAD 6 SFG 5
COL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 34,822

Tuesday, June 16, 1998, 7:06
Time of Game: 3:10

Cardinals

33-35

Won 2

4th, 8½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       4  0  1   2  1  0   0  1  0    9 12  0
Astros          4  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    4  8  0

W: J Acevedo (2-1), L: P Schourek (3-5)

Astros

42-27

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Clayton SS                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .251  .669   21    0   1   2B,CS
D DeShields 2B                4   2   2   1    1   0  .332  .892   17    2   2   HR
M McGwire 1B                  3   2   0   0    2   1  .310 1.291   32    6   0   GDP
B Jordan CF                   4   2   2   2    1   0  .344  .993   17    5   0   HR,SB
T Pagnozzi C                  4   0   1   1    0   2  .227  .589   23    4   1   2B,SF
G Gaetti 3B                   5   2   3   3    0   1  .268  .820   15    0   1   HR,2B
  D Howard PR-3B              0   0   0   0    0   0  .274  .732         0   0   
R Gant LF                     3   0   0   0    1   1  .200  .711   16    3   0   
  R Croushore P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  W McGee PH-LF               1   0   0   0    0   1  .300  .709    7    0   0   
B Hunter RF-LF                4   0   2   2    1   0  .214  .667   25    5   0   2B
  J Frascatore P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500         0   0   
J Acevedo P                   2   0   1   0    0   1  .375  .875   11    1   1   SH
  J Mabry PH-RF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .736    4    1   0   
Totals                       35   9  12   9    7   8              188   27   6

BATTING

2B: B Hunter (5, off T Miller); T Pagnozzi (4, off P Schourek); G Gaetti (13, off T Miller); R Clayton (15, off P Schourek).

HR: D DeShields (3, off R Harris; 8th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep RF Line); B Jordan (12, off T Miller; 4th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF); G Gaetti (7, off P Schourek; 1st inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

SF: T Pagnozzi (1, off P Schourek).

SH: J Acevedo (1, off P Schourek).

TB: G Gaetti 7; D DeShields 5; B Jordan 5; B Hunter 3; T Pagnozzi 2; R Clayton 2; J Acevedo.

GIDP: M McGwire (3).

RBI: G Gaetti 3 (27); B Hunter 2 (9); B Jordan 2 (44); D DeShields (27); T Pagnozzi (7).

2-out RBI: G Gaetti 3; B Jordan 2; B Hunter.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 14.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Jordan (5, 2nd base off T Miller/B Ausmus).

CS: R Clayton (6, 3rd base by P Schourek/B Ausmus).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio 2B                   5   0   0   0    0   1  .319  .926   20    2   6   
B Spiers 3B                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .284  .822   26    1   3   
D Bell RF                     4   1   2   0    0   1  .318  .862   14    1   0   
J Bagwell 1B                  4   1   1   2    0   0  .265  .879   15    9   1   2B
M Alou CF                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .339 1.039   11    1   0   
D Clark LF                    2   1   0   0    2   0  .119  .360   18    3   0   
R Gutierrez SS                2   0   1   1    0   0  .300  .744    4    1   0   
  T Miller P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.500         0   0   
  R Montgomery PH             1   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .800    4    0   0   
  R Harris P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  J Phillips PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .152  .505    5    0   0   
  B Scanlan P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
B Ausmus C                    4   0   2   1    0   0  .222  .638   13    8   0   
P Schourek P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .143  .286    5    0   2   
  T Bogar SS                  2   0   0   0    1   0  .154  .464    9    0   2   
Totals                       34   4   8   4    3   4              144   27  14

BATTING

2B: J Bagwell (11, off J Acevedo).

TB: B Ausmus 2; D Bell 2; J Bagwell 2; R Gutierrez; B Spiers; M Alou.

RBI: J Bagwell 2 (31); R Gutierrez (14); B Ausmus (11).

2-out RBI: B Ausmus; R Gutierrez.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Bogar-C Biggio-J Bagwell.

BASERUNNING

PO: D Bell (1st base by T Pagnozzi).

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
J Acevedo, W (2-1)             6     7   4   4    1   2   0   4.68   25   90-57   41· 5·11   10· 7· 5· 0     43    -     0.93  -0.07
R Croushore                    2     1   0   0    2   2   0   1.84    9   39-20    9· 5· 6    2· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.94   0.05
J Frascatore                   1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.43    3   12-7     4· 0· 3    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.12   0.01
Totals                         9     8   4   4    3   4   0          37  141-84   54·10·20   12·13· 5· 0           -

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Schourek, L (3-5)            3     5   6   6    7   2   1   4.70   20  102-53   30· 8·15    5· 3· 3· 0     20    -     1.51  -0.41
T Miller                       3     5   2   2    0   4   1   3.86   13   43-31   17· 4·10    4· 3· 2· 0          2-1    0.64  -0.10
R Harris                       2     1   1   1    0   1   1   4.50    7   19-13    8· 1· 4    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.13  -0.00
B Scanlan                      1     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.68    4   13-9     7· 2· 0    1· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         9    12   9   9    7   8   3          44  177-106  62·15·29   13· 8· 8· 0          2-1

P Schourek faced 1 batter in the 4th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

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

Time of Game: 3:10.

Attendance: 34,822.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Houston Astros                       
1. R Clayton            SS    1. C Biggio             2B 
2. D DeShields          2B    2. B Spiers             3B 
3. M McGwire            1B    3. D Bell               RF 
4. B Jordan             CF    4. J Bagwell            1B 
5. T Pagnozzi           C     5. M Alou               CF 
6. G Gaetti             3B    6. D Clark              LF 
7. R Gant               LF    7. R Gutierrez          SS 
8. B Hunter             RF    8. B Ausmus             C  
9. J Acevedo            P     9. P Schourek           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-1  12-  5   22%  81% G Gaetti        P Schourek      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); McGwire Scores; Jordan Scores
   t 4   2  4-5  --3  2   18%  80% B Jordan        T Miller        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Clayton Scores
   b 1   1  4-0  12-  2  -14%  63% J Bagwell       J Acevedo       Double to 1B (Ground Ball); Spiers Scores; Bell Scores
   t 3   2  4-4  123  9   11%  64% B Hunter        P Schourek      Walk; McGwire Scores; Pagnozzi to 3B; Gant to 2B
   t 4   0  4-5  12-  3  -10%  61% M McGwire       T Miller        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Clayton to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Pete Schourek facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   53%  R Clayton       Walk
          1--  6   59%  D DeShields     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Clayton to 2B
   O      12-      50%  M McGwire       Clayton Caught Stealing 3B (P-2B-3B-SS)
          1--  9   54%  " "             Walk; DeShields to 2B
          12-  6   60%  B Jordan        Walk; DeShields to 3B; McGwire to 2B
   RO     123  6   59%  T Pagnozzi      Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); DeShields Scores
   RRR    12-  5   81%  G Gaetti        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); McGwire Scores; Jordan Scores
   O      ---  5   81%  R Gant          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-4, Juan Acevedo facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   83%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF
          ---  8   81%  B Spiers        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
          1--  1   77%  D Bell          Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Spiers to 2B
   RR     12-  2   63%  J Bagwell       Double to 1B (Ground Ball); Spiers Scores; Bell Scores
   O      -2-  3   66%  M Alou          Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF); Bagwell to 3B
          --3  6   65%  D Clark         Walk
   R      1-3  1   55%  R Gutierrez     Single to 1B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Bagwell Scores; Clark to 3B
   R      1-3  2   46%  B Ausmus        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Clark Scores; Gutierrez to 2B
   O      12-  5   50%  P Schourek      Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 4.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 4-4, Pete Schourek facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   54%  B Hunter        Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   52%  J Acevedo       Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Hunter to 2B
   O      -2-  4   49%  R Clayton       Groundout: 2B-1B; Hunter to 3B
   O      --3  1   45%  D DeShields     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 4-4, Juan Acevedo facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   47%  C Biggio        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   49%  B Spiers        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  2   50%  D Bell          Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 4.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 4-4, Pete Schourek facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   54%  M McGwire       Walk
   O      1--  4   50%  B Jordan        Flyball: LF
          1--  3   60%  T Pagnozzi      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); McGwire to 3B
   O      -23  5   51%  G Gaetti        Strikeout Swinging
          -23  5   53%  R Gant          Walk
   R      123  9   64%  B Hunter        Walk; McGwire Scores; Pagnozzi to 3B; Gant to 2B
   O      123  4   57%  J Acevedo       Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Juan Acevedo facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   59%  J Bagwell       Lineout: RF
          ---  2   56%  M Alou          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   60%  D Clark         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  3   62%  R Gutierrez     Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-4, Pete Schourek facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   69%  R Clayton       Double to LF (Ground Ball)
                  Trever Miller replaces Ricky Gutierrez pitching and batting 7th; Tim Bogar replaces Pete Schourek playing SS batting 9th
          -2-  4   71%  D DeShields     Walk
   OO     12-  3   61%  M McGwire       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Clayton to 3B
   RR     --3  2   80%  B Jordan        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Clayton Scores
   O      ---  4   79%  T Pagnozzi      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-7, Juan Acevedo facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   81%  B Ausmus        Popfly: P (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   83%  T Bogar         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   84%  C Biggio        Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Trever Miller facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   87%  G Gaetti        Double to CF (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  5   85%  R Gant          Strikeout Looking
   R      -2-  5   91%  B Hunter        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Gaetti Scores
          -2-  3   92%  J Acevedo       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Hunter to 3B
   O      1-3  4   90%  R Clayton       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  5   88%  D DeShields     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-8, Juan Acevedo facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   90%  B Spiers        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  7   88%  D Bell          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--      91%  J Bagwell       Bell Picked off 1B (C-1B)
   O      ---  6   92%  " "             Flyball: RF (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-4, Trever Miller facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   91%  M McGwire       Flyball: RF
          ---  3   92%  B Jordan        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      93%  T Pagnozzi      Jordan Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   92%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  1   91%  G Gaetti        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-8, Juan Acevedo facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   92%  M Alou          Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   94%  D Clark         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  Ray Montgomery pinch hits for Trever Miller batting 7th
   O      ---  4   94%  R Montgomery    Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-4, Reggie Harris facing 7-8-9
                  Reggie Harris replaces Ray Montgomery pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  1   94%  R Gant          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   93%  B Hunter        Flyball: CF
                  John Mabry pinch hits for Juan Acevedo batting 9th
   O      ---  4   93%  J Mabry         Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-8, Rich Croushore facing 8-9-1
                  Rich Croushore replaces Ron Gant pitching and batting 7th; Brian Hunter moves to LF; John Mabry moves to RF
          ---  5   90%  B Ausmus        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--  4   84%  T Bogar         Walk; Ausmus to 2B
   O      12-  4   86%  C Biggio        Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line); Ausmus to 3B; Bogar to 2B
   O      -23  8   92%  B Spiers        Strikeout Looking
   O      -23  4   96%  D Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-4, Reggie Harris facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   96%  R Clayton       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   R      ---  1   98%  D DeShields     Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   O      ---  6   98%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   98%  B Jordan        Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-9, Rich Croushore facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   99%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   99%  M Alou          Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          ---  5   99%  D Clark         Walk
                  J.R. Phillips pinch hits for Reggie Harris batting 7th
   O      1--  5   99%  J Phillips      Popfly: 2B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Astros 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 9-4, Bob Scanlan facing 5-6-7
                  Bob Scanlan replaces J.R. Phillips pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  1   99%  T Pagnozzi      Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  2   99%  G Gaetti        Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  Willie McGee pinch hits for Rich Croushore batting 7th; David Howard pinch runs for Gary Gaetti batting 6th
   O      1--  7   99%  W McGee         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   99%  B Hunter        Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-9, John Frascatore facing 8-9-1
                  John Frascatore replaces Brian Hunter pitching and batting 8th; David Howard moves to 3B; Willie McGee moves to LF
   O      ---  5  100%  B Ausmus        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3  100%  T Bogar         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4  100%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Astros 4.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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