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June 17, 1998

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Cardinals 5 11 0
Astros 2 8 2
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Cardinals 5 11 0
Astros 2 8 2

Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .318
OBP .750 .490
At Bats 4 214
Hits 3 68
• Singles 2 25
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 32
Walks 0 73
RBI’s 1 81

C.J. Nitkowski Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 2
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Astrodome - June 17, 1998
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C.J. Nitkowski
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Bill Spiers
Ricky Gutierrez
Moises Alou
Carl Everett
Derek Bell
Mark McGwire
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs
Count: 3-1, 1 Out

C.J. Nitkowski now pitching. McGwire hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 8 Dave Clark pinch hits for Bob Scanlan. Jeff Brantley now pitching. Clark hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ausmus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Everett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Willie McGee now playing left field. Brian Jordan now playing right field. David Howard now playing third base. Ray Lankford now playing center fiAlou hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields it and throws to second for the out. Pagnozzi scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pagnozzi moves to third.
Top 8 Bob Scanlan now pitching. Ray Lankford pinch hits for Brian Hunter. Lankford strikes out.
Top 8 Pagnozzi bunts towards the mound. Lima fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lima. Howard scores. McGee goes all the way around to score. Pagnozzi moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 David Howard pinch runs for Gary Gaetti. McGee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 8 Gaetti bunts towards third. Spiers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Spiers hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a fly ball into right field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jordan hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes DeShields. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Top 7 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clayton moves to third.
Top 7 DeShields takes first base on ball four. Clayton moves to second.
Top 7 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stottlemyre for the out.
Top 7 Hunter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Lima hits a line drive towards the mound. Stottlemyre reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Everett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Pagnozzi hits a popup, foul, towards third. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McGee strikes out.
Top 6 Gaetti hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bagwell strikes out. There goes Bell. The throw from Pagnozzi to second, and Bell is out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spiers moves to third.
Bottom 5 Spiers takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jordan hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gutierrez. DeShields moves to third.
Top 5 DeShields takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lima fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lima bunts between the mound and first base. Stottlemyre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lima for the out. Ausmus moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ausmus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hunter hits a line drive into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pagnozzi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Pagnozzi reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 3 Everett strikes out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into center field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bagwell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jordan. Bagwell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jordan strikes out.
Top 3 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 DeShields strikes out.
Top 3 Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spiers hits a fly ball into center field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Biggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ausmus scores.
Bottom 2 Lima bunts between the mound and first base. Stottlemyre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lima for the out. Ausmus moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 2 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stottlemyre for the out.
Top 2 Hunter strikes out.
Top 2 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes McGee. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. McGee steals second.
Top 2 McGee hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou takes first base on ball four. Spiers moves to third. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Stottlemyre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Spiers moves to second.
Bottom 1 Spiers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Biggio strikes out.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jordan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ausmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields the ball and throws to Lima covering. Safe. DeShields moves to third.
Top 1 DeShields hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Clayton hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.