The Chicago Cubs were decisively beaten by the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 to 5, on May 3, 1998.

Final

Cardinals

17-13

8

Cubs

16-14

5

STL

CHC

1

0

1

2

0

3

1

3

4

0

5

0

6

3

0

7

4

1

8

0

9

0

R

8

5

H

12

8

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

STL

CHC

Home run by Sammy Sosa.

0

1

Top 3rd

STL

CHC

Single by Ray Lankford; Royce Clayton scored.

1

Bottom 3rd

STL

CHC

Triple by Mickey Morandini; Brant Brown scored.

1

2

Sacrifice fly by Mark Grace; Mickey Morandini scored.

1

3

Single by Henry Rodriguez; Sammy Sosa scored.

1

4

Top 6th

STL

CHC

Home run by Brian Jordan.

2

4

Home run by John Mabry; Ron Gant scored.

4

Top 7th

STL

CHC

Single by Brian Jordan; Error by Brant Brown; Delino DeShields scored.

5

4

Double by Gary Gaetti; Brian Jordan scored.

6

4

Single by Eli Marrero; Gary Gaetti scored.

7

4

Single by Willie McGee; Ron Gant scored.

8

4

Bottom 7th

STL

CHC

Single by Manny Alexander; Jose Hernandez scored.

8

5

Cardinals

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Royce Clayton SS	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Delino DeShields 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Jeff Brantley P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark McGwire 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
Ray Lankford CF	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Brian Jordan RF	5	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	6
Gary Gaetti 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Ron Gant LF	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2
Kent Bottenfield P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Painter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Howard 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eli Marrero C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cliff Politte P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Lampkin PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Frascatore P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Mabry PH	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Mark Petkovsek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie McGee PH,LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	37	8	12	7	2	6	7	1	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Cliff Politte	3.0	5	4	3	2	2	1
John Frascatore	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Petkovsek (W)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Bottenfield	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0
Lance Painter	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jeff Brantley (S)	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	2	6	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Brant Brown CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Morandini 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	3
Sammy Sosa RF	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	4
Mark Grace 1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Henry Rodriguez LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff Blauser SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Terry Mulholland P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amaury Telemaco P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Mieske PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Patterson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Hernandez 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Servais C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Houston PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Tapani P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manny Alexander SS	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	33	5	8	5	1	2	6	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Kevin Tapani	6.0	7	4	4	4	4	2
Terry Mulholland (L)	0.2	3	4	4	2	1	0
Amaury Telemaco	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Patterson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	12	8	8	6	7	2

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

26

8th

R

126

6th

SO

204

17th

ERA

4.03

18th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	14	8	.636
Cubs	14	9	.609	0.5
Reds	13	10	.565	1.5
Pirates	13	11	.542	2.0
Cardinals	10	14	.417	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

14-9

7

Final

2

Astros

7-17

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Trout

9

Ozuna

7

Cruz

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.351

Kwan

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Altuve

34

Kwan

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

383

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0