Cardinals @ Pirates
August 23, 1998

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Cardinals 2 9 1
Pirates 4 9 0
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Cardinals 3 10 1
Pirates 4 9 0

Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .293
OBP .750 .474
At Bats 2 403
Hits 1 118
• Singles 0 49
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 52
Walks 2 137
RBI’s 0 112

Ricardo Rincon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 14
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Three Rivers Stadium - August 23, 1998
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Home Run
Ricardo Rincon
Jason Kendall
Kevin Young
Tony Womack
Freddy Garcia
Lou Collier
Manny Martinez
Adrian Brown
Jose Guillen
Mark McGwire
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs

McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Jordan hits a line drive into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 7 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Guillen hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Guillen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Placido Polanco now playing shortstop. Jeff Brantley now pitching. Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Delino DeShields pinch hits for Luis Ordaz. Ricardo Rincon now pitching. DeShields strikes out.
Top 7 Willie McGee pinch hits for John Frascatore. McGee strikes out.
Top 7 Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tatis moves to second.
Top 7 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Mike Williams now pitching. Gant strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Frascatore covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Womack hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Womack reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Doug Strange pinch hits for Jeff Tabaka. Strange hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garcia scores.
Bottom 6 Collier bunts towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to third.
Bottom 6 Garcia hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Tatis, and into shallow left field. Garcia reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Jeff Tabaka now pitching. Lankford strikes out.
Top 6 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Jordan moves to second.
Top 6 Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kelly strikes out.
Top 6 Ordaz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Guillen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 John Frascatore now pitching. Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kendall takes first base on ball four. Womack moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brown takes first base on ball four. Womack moves to second.
Bottom 5 Womack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mercker strikes out.
Top 5 Marrero takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Tatis. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Tatis steals second.
Top 5 Tatis hits a line drive beyond second. Womack can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 5 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGwire scores.
Top 5 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGwire moves to third.
Top 5 McGwire hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brown. McGwire reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Collier strikes out.
Bottom 4 Garcia hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ordaz moves to second.
Top 4 Ordaz takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mercker strikes out.
Top 4 Marrero hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tatis hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 There goes Guillen. The throw from Marrero and he is out, Kelly applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Young hits a line drive towards short. Ordaz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gant hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lankford takes first base on ball four. Jordan moves to third. McGwire moves to second.
Top 3 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Jordan moves to second.
Top 3 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to home to get Ordaz. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Ordaz moves to third.
Top 3 Ordaz hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Garcia, and into shallow left field. Ordaz reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Womack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schmidt bunts towards the mound. Mercker fields it and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to third. Collier moves to second.
Bottom 2 Collier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garcia moves to second.
Bottom 2 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Mercker strikes out.
Top 2 Marrero hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tatis hits a line drive beyond short. Collier can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Lankford moves to second.
Top 2 Gant hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lankford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a line drive to right center field. That will be extra bases. Jordan and Lankford chase after the ball. Jordan fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Jordan. Womack goes all the way around to score. Brown moves to third.
Bottom 1 Womack takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jordan hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kelly strikes out.