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TBD 12
@BOS  3

CLE  7
MIN  5

CHW  6
@KCR  2

NYY  6
DET  0

OAK  5
SEA  4

TOR  8
BAL  6

MIL 19
@CHC 12

CIN  2
ARI  1

(10)
NYM 12
@FLA  8

STL 10
@HOU  4

ATL  4
@MON  1

PIT 12
PHI  7

SDP  6
LAD  3

SFG  7
COL  1

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 43,727

Thursday, July 1, 1999, 12:35PM
Time of Game: 3:22
Cardinals
10
38-40
Won 1
5th, 7½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  1  1   0  1  4   0  3  0   10 12  0
Astros          3  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    4 10  1
W: K Bottenfield (12-3), L: C Holt (1-8)
Astros
4
45-33
Lost 1
2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J McEwing 2B-RF               4   1   2   2    0   1  .316  .785   18    5   2   SF
J Drew CF                     5   2   2   2    0   1  .232  .813   14    4   0   HR,GDP
M McGwire 1B                  3   1   1   1    2   1  .259  .994   31    3   0   
  A Castillo C                0   0   0   0    0   0  .232  .611         2   0   
R Lankford LF                 4   2   2   0    1   2  .320  .950   22    3   0   2B
F Tatis 3B                    4   1   2   1    1   1  .301  .991   19    0   0   CS
E Renteria SS                 4   0   1   1    0   1  .286  .759   18    1   3   SF
D Bragg RF                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .259  .713   14    1   0   
  P Polanco PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .287  .701    9    0   0   
  M Aybar P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .100  .200         0   0   
  S Radinsky P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Howard PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .288  .780    1    0   0   
  R Bottalico P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
E Marrero C-1B                3   2   1   0    1   0  .212  .603   13    7   0   SB,IW
K Bottenfield P               2   0   1   2    0   0  .176  .441   11    1   1   2B,SH
  R Croushore P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         0   0   
  W McGee RF                  0   1   0   0    1   0  .263  .617    4    0   0   SB
  D Howard 2B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .190  .499         0   1   
Totals                       34  10  12   9    6   9              174   27   7
BATTING
2B: R Lankford (16, off C Holt); K Bottenfield (3, off J Cabrera).
HR: J Drew (3, off T Miller; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out).
SF: E Renteria (4, off J Cabrera); J McEwing (4, off C Holt).
SH: K Bottenfield (4, off C Holt).
IBB: E Marrero (3, by J Cabrera).
TB: J Drew 5; R Lankford 3; F Tatis 2; J McEwing 2; K Bottenfield 2; M McGwire; E Marrero; E Renteria.
GIDP: J Drew (2).
RBI: J Drew 2 (11); J McEwing 2 (28); K Bottenfield 2 (4); M McGwire (61); E Renteria (35); F Tatis (56).
2-out RBI: K Bottenfield 2; M McGwire.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 6 for 13.
FIELDING
DP: 1. E Renteria-J McEwing-M McGwire.
BASERUNNING
SB: E Marrero (8, 2nd base off C Holt/T Eusebio); W McGee (2, 2nd base off T Miller/T Eusebio).
CS: F Tatis (4, 2nd base by C Holt/T Eusebio).
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio 2B                   4   1   1   1    1   1  .279  .801   20    3   2   HR
D Bell RF                     4   0   0   0    1   1  .240  .656   24    2   0   
J Bagwell 1B                  3   1   1   1    2   0  .319 1.123   23    8   0   
C Everett CF                  5   1   1   2    0   1  .306  .847   23    2   0   HR
  J Powell P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
B Spiers 3B                   4   0   0   0    1   1  .266  .735   20    1   3   
R Hidalgo LF-CF               5   0   1   0    0   2  .248  .804   18    1   0   
T Eusebio C                   5   1   3   0    0   1  .251  .666   18    9   1   2B,GDP
R Gutierrez SS                2   0   2   0    2   0  .308  .834   19    1   2   
C Holt P                      2   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .258    4    0   2   
  J Cabrera P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Johnson PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .226  .716    6    0   0   
  T Miller P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Howell PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .182  .581    2    0   0   
  M Mieske LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .354  .998         0   0   
Totals                       36   4  10   4    7   8              177   27  10
BATTING
2B: T Eusebio (6, off K Bottenfield).
HR: C Biggio (6, off K Bottenfield; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); C Everett (9, off K Bottenfield; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF Line).
TB: C Biggio 4; C Everett 4; T Eusebio 4; R Gutierrez 2; J Howell; R Hidalgo; J Bagwell.
GIDP: T Eusebio (5).
RBI: C Everett 2 (55); C Biggio (41); J Bagwell (69).
2-out RBI: J Bagwell.
Team LOB: 12.
With RISP: 1 for 9.
FIELDING
DP: 1. C Holt-R Gutierrez-J Bagwell.
E: T Eusebio (3).

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
K Bottenfield, W (12-3)        5     7   4   4    4   3   2   3.69   26  107-67   40· 4·23    7· 6· 6· 0     36    -     0.81  -0.11
R Croushore, H (6)             1     0   0   0    2   3   0   2.76    5   31-16    6· 6· 4    0· 0· 0· 0          2-1    2.35   0.09
M Aybar, H (6)                 1.2   3   0   0    1   0   0   3.68    8   18-12    8· 0· 4    3· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.85   0.05
S Radinsky                     0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   5.48    1    5-3     3· 0· 0    0· 0· 1· 0          3-0    0.57   0.02
R Bottalico                    1     0   0   0    0   2   0   3.92    3   16-9     4· 2· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
Totals                         9    10   4   4    7   8   2          43  177-107  61·12·34   11· 9· 8· 0          5-1 
Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Holt, L (1-8)                5     6   5   5    3   5   0   5.11   22   83-47   24·10·13    8· 3· 3· 0     37    -     1.20  -0.21
J Cabrera                      1     2   2   2    1   1   0   7.36    6   20-10    5· 1· 4    1· 2· 1· 0          2-2    1.12  -0.20
T Miller                       2     4   3   3    2   2   1   5.14   12   51-33   19· 4·10    2· 3· 3· 0          0-0    0.44  -0.04
J Powell                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.45    3   10-8     6· 1· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9    12  10  10    6   9   1          43  164-98   54·16·28   13· 8· 7· 0          2-2 
K Bottenfield faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
C Holt faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: C Holt 2 (2); J Cabrera (1).
IBB: J Cabrera (1; E Marrero).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tom Hallion, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Terry Tata.
Time of Game: 3:22.
Attendance: 43,727.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Houston Astros                       
1. J McEwing            2B    1. C Biggio             2B 
2. J Drew               CF    2. D Bell               RF 
3. M McGwire            1B    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. R Lankford           LF    4. C Everett            CF 
5. F Tatis              3B    5. B Spiers             3B 
6. E Renteria           SS    6. R Hidalgo            LF 
7. D Bragg              RF    7. T Eusebio            C  
8. E Marrero            C     8. R Gutierrez          SS 
9. K Bottenfield        P     9. C Holt               P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   0  3-3  1--  4   14%  70% R Lankford      C Holt          Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); McGwire to 3B
   t 6   2  3-5  12-  6   14%  90% K Bottenfield   J Cabrera       Double to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF Line); Tatis Scores; Marrero Scores
   b 1   1  0-1  1--  2  -14%  22% C Everett       K Bottenfield   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Bagwell Scores
   b 6   2  7-4  123  6   10%  89% C Everett       R Croushore     Strikeout Swinging
   b 1   0  0-0  ---  6   -9%  36% C Biggio        K Bottenfield   Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Holt facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  J McEwing       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   OO     1--  2   46%  J Drew          Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  1   45%  M McGwire       Foul Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Kent Bottenfield facing 1-2-3
   R      ---  6   36%  C Biggio        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   38%  D Bell          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   36%  J Bagwell       Walk
   RR     1--  2   22%  C Everett       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Bagwell Scores
   O      ---  2   23%  B Spiers        Flyball: LF
          ---  3   22%  R Hidalgo       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  1   21%  T Eusebio       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Hidalgo to 2B
          12-  8   19%  R Gutierrez     Walk; Hidalgo to 3B; Eusebio to 2B
   O      123  2   23%  C Holt          Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 3.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Chris Holt facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   27%  R Lankford      Walk
          1--  4   32%  F Tatis         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Lankford to 2B
   O      12-  5   27%  E Renteria      Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  4   23%  D Bragg         Flyball: RF (Deep RF); Lankford to 3B
   R      1-3      29%  E Marrero       Wild Pitch; Lankford Scores/No RBI; Tatis to 2B
   O      -2-  3   26%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Kent Bottenfield facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   23%  C Biggio        Walk
   O      1--  5   26%  D Bell          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  6   28%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   30%  C Everett       Groundout: P unassisted (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Chris Holt facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   27%  K Bottenfield   Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   25%  J McEwing       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   27%  J Drew          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      28%  M McGwire       Wild Pitch; Drew to 2B
   R      -2-  5   36%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball); Drew Scores
   O      1--  6   33%  R Lankford      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Kent Bottenfield facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   36%  B Spiers        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   37%  R Hidalgo       Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   35%  T Eusebio       Double to CF (Line Drive)
          -2-  4   34%  R Gutierrez     Walk
   O      12-  2   38%  C Holt          Lineout: SS (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Chris Holt facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   43%  F Tatis         Walk
   O      1--      35%  E Renteria      Tatis Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  4   33%  " "             Lineout: 3B
   O      ---  4   32%  D Bragg         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Kent Bottenfield facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   34%  C Biggio        Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
   O      ---  5   36%  D Bell          Lineout: CF
   O      ---  4   37%  J Bagwell       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Chris Holt facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   42%  E Marrero       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--      45%  K Bottenfield   Marrero Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   43%  " "             Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Marrero to 3B
   RO     --3  3   45%  J McEwing       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Marrero Scores
   O      ---  7   43%  J Drew          Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Tied 3-3, Kent Bottenfield facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   46%  C Everett       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  5   48%  B Spiers        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   50%  R Hidalgo       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 3.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 3-3, Chris Holt facing 3-4-5
          ---  7   55%  M McGwire       Walk
          1--  4   70%  R Lankford      Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); McGwire to 3B
                  Jose Cabrera replaces Chris Holt pitching and batting 9th
   R      -23  2   78%  F Tatis         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); McGwire Scores; Lankford to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   77%  E Renteria      Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF Line); Lankford Scores
          1--      78%  D Bragg         Wild Pitch; Tatis to 2B
   O      -2-  4   76%  " "             Strikeout Looking
          -2-  4   76%  E Marrero       Intentional Walk
   RR     12-  6   90%  K Bottenfield   Double to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF Line); Tatis Scores; Marrero Scores
   O      -2-  3   89%  J McEwing       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 3-7, Kent Bottenfield facing 7-8-9
          ---  7   86%  T Eusebio       Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
          1--  3   80%  R Gutierrez     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Eusebio to 2B
                  Rich Croushore replaces Kent Bottenfield pitching and batting 9th; Russ Johnson pinch hits for Jose Cabrera batting 9th
   O      12-  6   85%  R Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   90%  C Biggio        Strikeout Swinging
          12-  8   86%  D Bell          Walk; Eusebio to 3B; Gutierrez to 2B
   R      123  6   79%  J Bagwell       Walk; Eusebio Scores; Gutierrez to 3B; Bell to 2B
   O      123  6   89%  C Everett       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Trever Miller facing 2-3-4
                  Trever Miller replaces Russ Johnson pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1   87%  J Drew          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          --- 10   89%  M McGwire       Walk
          1--  4   90%  R Lankford      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); McGwire to 2B
   O      12-  3   88%  F Tatis         Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
          12-  3   89%  E Renteria      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); McGwire to 3B; Lankford to 2B
                  Placido Polanco pinch hits for Darren Bragg batting 7th
   O      123  9   86%  P Polanco       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-7, Manuel Aybar facing 5-6-7
                  Manuel Aybar replaces Placido Polanco pitching and batting 7th; Willie McGee replaces Rich Croushore playing RF batting 9th
          ---  4   81%  B Spiers        Walk
   O      1--  2   86%  R Hidalgo       Flyball: CF
   OO     1--  2   92%  T Eusebio       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Trever Miller facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   91%  E Marrero       Flyball: CF
          ---  4   92%  W McGee         Walk
          1--      93%  J McEwing       McGee Steals 2B
   R      -2-  2   97%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); McGee Scores; McEwing to 3B/Adv on E2
   RR     --3  3   99%  J Drew          Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive); McEwing Scores
   O      ---  6   99%  M McGwire       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   99%  R Lankford      Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 10, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-10, Manuel Aybar facing 8-9-1
                  Alberto Castillo replaces Mark McGwire playing C batting 3rd; Eli Marrero moves to 1B; David Howard replaces Willie McGee playing 2B batting 9th; Joe McEwing moves to RF
          ---  4   98%  R Gutierrez     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
                  Jack Howell pinch hits for Trever Miller batting 9th
          1--  2   96%  J Howell        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Gutierrez to 2B
   O      12-  1   98%  C Biggio        Flyball: RF
   O      12-  2   99%  D Bell          Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          12-  1   98%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Gutierrez to 3B; Howell to 2B
                  Scott Radinsky replaces Manuel Aybar pitching and batting 7th
   O      123  5  100%  C Everett       Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 10, Astros 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 10-4, Jay Powell facing 5-6-7
                  Jay Powell replaces Carl Everett pitching and batting 4th; Matt Mieske replaces Jack Howell playing LF batting 9th; Richard Hidalgo moves to CF
   O      ---  6  100%  F Tatis         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  E Renteria      Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  Thomas Howard pinch hits for Scott Radinsky batting 7th
   O      ---  1  100%  T Howard        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 10, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-10, Ricky Bottalico facing 5-6-7
                  Ricky Bottalico replaces Thomas Howard pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  4  100%  B Spiers        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6  100%  R Hidalgo       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6  100%  T Eusebio       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 10, Astros 4.

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