Jul 20, 1998
NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 5 13 16 0 SAN DIEGO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: STL - MATT MORRIS, LANCE PAINTER (7TH), JOHN FRASCATORE (8TH), JEFF BRANTLEY (9TH) AND ELI MARRERO SDG - MARK LANGSTON, BRIAN BOEHRINGER (5TH), ROBERTO RAMIREZ (8TH) AND CARLOS HERNANDEZ
WP - MATT MORRIS (1-0) LP - MARK LANGSTON (3-3) SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: STL - ROYCE CLAYTON (4) OFF LANGSTON IN THE 3RD, 0 ON MARK MCGWIRE (43) OFF BOEHRINGER IN THE 5TH, 1 ON GARY GAETTI (9) OFF BOEHRINGER IN THE 8TH, 0 ON RAY LANKFORD (16) OFF R RAMIREZ IN THE 9TH, 3 ON SDG - GREG VAUGHN (35) OFF M MORRIS IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
TIME: 2:44 ATT: 32,339
PROBABLES: STL - KENT MERCKER (5-7, 6.09) SDG - KEVIN BROWN (11-3, 2.59)
Extended BoxST LOUIS (13) AT SAN DIEGO (1) - FINAL
ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Clayton ss 4 3 2 1 2 0 0 .238 R Lankford cf 5 3 3 5 1 0 3 .277 M Mcgwire 1b 4 1 4 3 1 0 0 .311 b-P Polanco ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 J Brantley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Jordan rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 4 .327 Gant lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .216 Painter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 J Frascatore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 a-Br Hunter ph-1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .218 Gaetti 3b 5 1 1 1 0 3 3 .254 Marrero c 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .221 M Morris p 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200 Mabry lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .261 Kelly 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .333
Totals 39 13 16 12 7 7 21
a-doubled for J Frascatore in the 9th; b-struck out for M Mcgwire in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - R Lankford (22, Langston); Marrero (4, Langston); Kelly (2, Boehringer); Br Hunter (8, R Ramirez). 3B - Clayton (1, Langston). HR - Clayton (4, 3rd inning off Langston 0 on, 1 out); M Mcgwire (43, 5th inning off Boehringer 1 on, 0 out); Gaetti (9, 8th inning off Boehringer 0 on, 0 out); R Lankford (16, 9th inning off R Ramirez 3 on, 2 out). S - M Morris. SF - Kelly. RBI - R Lankford 5 (54), Clayton (28), B Jordan (60), Kelly (3), M Mcgwire 3 (96), Gaetti (36). 2-out RBI - M Mcgwire, R Lankford 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gaetti 1, Gant 1, B Jordan 2. GIDP - Kelly. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Morris-M Mcgwire, Kelly-Clayton-M Mcgwire).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Q Veras 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .280 T Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .277 Vaughn lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .311 Sweeney lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .213 Joyner 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .318 R Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S Finley cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .246 C Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .262 C Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .241 a-Giovanola ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Langston p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Boehringer p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leyritz 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .341
Totals 28 1 3 1 3 7 6
a-grounded to second for C Gomez in the 8th.
BATTING: HR - Vaughn (35, 2nd inning off M Morris 0 on, 0 out). RBI - Vaughn (85). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Gomez 1, Sweeney 1. GIDP - Joyner. Team LOB - 3.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - Vaughn (R Lankford at home), S Finley (M Mcgwire at 2nd base). DP: 2 (S Finley-Q Veras, C Gomez-Q Veras-Joyner).
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ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era M Morris (W, 1-0) 6 1/3 3 1 1 1 4 1 1.54 Painter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.06 J Frascatore 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.06 J Brantley 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 6.00
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era Langston (L, 3-3) 4 8 5 5 2 3 1 5.73 Boehringer 3 1/3 6 3 3 2 1 2 5.33 R Ramirez 1 2/3 2 5 5 3 3 1 9.00
Langston pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.
WP - R Ramirez. Pitches-strikes: Langston 70-45; Boehringer 64-38; R Ramirez 47-22; M Morris 89-57; Painter 8-6; J Frascatore 4-3; J Brantley 23-11. Ground balls-fly balls: Langston 2-5; Boehringer 6-3; R Ramirez 1-2; M Morris 7-7; Painter 2-0; J Frascatore 1-1; J Brantley 1-0. Batters faced: Langston 20; Boehringer 17; R Ramirez 11; M Morris 22; Painter 2; J Frascatore 2; J Brantley 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Charlie Williams. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Bruce Dreckman. T--2:44. Att--32,339. Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, out to left.
How They ScoredST LOUIS (13) AT SAN DIEGO (1) - HOW THEY SCORED
ST LOUIS 1ST: Clayton tripled to deep left. R Lankford doubled to left center, Clayton scored. M Mcgwire singled to left, R Lankford thrown out at home. M Mcgwire to second advancing on throw. B Jordan flied out to center, M Mcgwire doubled off second. ST LOUIS 1, SAN DIEGO 0.
SAN DIEGO 2ND: Vaughn homered to left. Joyner fouled out to third. S Finley struck out swinging. C Hernandez struck out swinging. ST LOUIS 1, SAN DIEGO 1.
ST LOUIS 3RD: Kelly grounded out to pitcher. Clayton homered to left. R Lankford walked. M Mcgwire singled to right, R Lankford to third. B Jordan singled to left, R Lankford scored, M Mcgwire to second. Gant popped out to second. Gaetti struck out looking. ST LOUIS 3, SAN DIEGO 1.
ST LOUIS 4TH: Marrero doubled to left. M Morris sacrificed Marrero to third. Kelly hit sacrifice fly to left, Marrero scored. Clayton flied out to left. ST LOUIS 4, SAN DIEGO 1.
ST LOUIS 5TH: R Lankford singled to left center. Brian Boehringer relieved Mark Langston. M Mcgwire homered to left center, R Lankford scored. B Jordan fouled out to first. Gant grounded out to shortstop. Gaetti struck out looking. ST LOUIS 6, SAN DIEGO 1.
ST LOUIS 8TH: Gaetti homered to left center. Marrero grounded out to shortstop. Mabry singled to right. Kelly doubled to left, Mabry to third. Clayton walked. Roberto Ramirez relieved Brian Boehringer. R Lankford popped out to third. M Mcgwire walked, Mabry scored, Kelly to third, Clayton to second. B Jordan struck out swinging. ST LOUIS 8, SAN DIEGO 1.
ST LOUIS 9TH: Br Hunter hit for J Frascatore. Br Hunter doubled to left. Gaetti grounded out to second, Br Hunter to third. Marrero walked. Mabry flied out to shallow left center. Kelly struck out swinging, Br Hunter scored, Marrero to second on R Ramirez wild pitch, Kelly safe at first. Clayton walked, Marrero to third, Kelly to second. R Lankford homered to center, Marrero, Kelly and Clayton scored. P Polanco hit for M Mcgwire. P Polanco struck out looking. ST LOUIS 13, SAN DIEGO 1.
Game StoryMark McGwire tied a franchise record with his major league-leading 43rd homer and drove in three runs and Ray Lankford belted a grand slam and knocked in five as the St. Louis Cardinals coasted to a 13-1 rout of the San Diego Padres.
Lankford led off the fifth with a single against starter Mark Langston (3-3) and Brian Boehringer came on in relief. McGwire deposited Boehringer's 2-1 pitch into the left-field loge, 458 feet away, to extend St. Louis' lead to 6-1.
McGwire, who collected four hits for the seventh time in his career, tied Johnny Mize, who hit 43 homers in 1940, for the Cardinals' single-season record. McGwire is on pace to hit 72 homers and drive in 159 runs.
"I don't know, I have to think about it, it's a pretty cool thing," McGwire said about the record. "We did a lot of things right. We got a lot of key hits, it would be really nice if we put two or three weeks like this together. It's been a real weird year so far, we win three or four then lose three or four."
Matt Morris (1-0) allowed one run and three hits over 6 1/3 innings, walking one and striking out four. Morris, who missed nearly three months with a shoulder injury, has allowed just four runs and 19 hits in 23 1/3 innings since returning from the disabled list.
"I stayed with my gameplan, I did make a mistake to Vaughn there, it was a slider that didn't really slide," Morris said. "That's why he has 35 home runs. I was kind of going with what felt right and I was locating the pitches well. Sometimes it's hard to pitch being up that many runs. I'm just going to take every start and go at it as hard as I can."
"Morris was throwing well coming in and he was on again tonight," Bochy said. "That's a solid lineup and you have to make your pitches against these guys. We knew it."
Lance Painter, John Frascatore and Jeff Brantley combined to ptich 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
After popping up with the bases loaded in the eighth, Lankford connected for his fourth career grand slam and 16th home run of the season in the ninth off Roberto Ramirez to cap the scoring.
"The at-bat before with the bases loaded I had a good, quality at-bat. I got a curve and just popped it up," Lankford said. "This time I was a little more aggressive. I don't even know what the pitch was, I just saw it and reacted."
Royce Clayton and Gary Gaetti hit solo homers for the Cardinals, who have won three of four.
Greg Vaughn continued his spectacular season with a solo homer, his 35th. The Padres, who suffered their worst loss of the season, had a five-game winning streak stopped.
"Vaughn doesn't hit many cheapies either, both those balls were hit pretty well," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said. "McGwire has to be the strongest power hitter of all-time, he certainly got all of that one. You have to make your pitches and tonight we just didn't do that."
Langston was hit hard for the third straight start, yielding five runs and eight hits over four innings. In his last three outings, the left-hander has been rocked for 18 runs and 25 hits in 12 innings.
Lankford opened the scoring in the first with an RBI single but Vaughn's homer in the second tied the score.
Clayton's solo homer, his fourth, in the third put the Cardinals ahead for good and Brian Jordan added a run-scoring single for a 3-1 lead.
Pat Kelly's sacrifice fly in the fourth made it 4-1 before McGwire struck an inning later.
Gary Gaetti hit his ninth home run and McGwire drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth, increasing the lead to 8-1. Brian Hunter came home on Ramirez's wild pitch in the ninth.