Win: John Thuman Loss: Ben Corridon
Save: Tom Veil
Inning: 1 St. Louis Ben Corridon pitching. Floyd Abstein lines out to the third baseman. Bill Higbee flies out to the left fielder. Karl Barry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta John Thuman pitching. Tom Lerch flies out to the right fielder. Ed Jackson strikes out. Glenn McCool flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Pinky Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Herm Mallette singles to left field. Jeff Lipetri singles to center field. Herm Mallette advances to third on the hit. Wes Niekro pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Morton walks. John Thuman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Atlanta Ernie Thrasher grounds out to the third baseman. Jack John strikes out. Ray Kennedy grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Floyd Abstein singles to center field. Bill Higbee grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Floyd Abstein is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Karl Barry grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Hugo Koob grounds out to the second baseman. John Corbett walks. Ben Corridon lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Lerch singles to center field. John Corbett is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Pinky Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Herm Mallette strikes out. Jeff Lipetri grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Ed Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Glenn McCool flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Thrasher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Wes Niekro triples. Bobby Morton flies out to the left fielder. John Thuman grounds out to the shortstop. Wes Niekro scores. Floyd Abstein strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Jack John strikes out. Ray Kennedy strikes out. Hugo Koob grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Bill Higbee strikes out. Karl Barry singles to center field. Pinky Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Herm Mallette singles past the second baseman. Jeff Lipetri strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Atlanta John Corbett grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Corridon strikes out. Tom Lerch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Wes Niekro strikes out. Bobby Morton lines out to the second baseman. John Thuman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Ed Jackson strikes out. Glenn McCool strikes out. Ernie Thrasher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Floyd Abstein grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Higbee singles to center field. Karl Barry doubles to center field. Bill Higbee uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pinky Gonzalez lines out to the shortstop. Herm Mallette strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Jack John flies out to the center fielder. Ray Kennedy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hugo Koob flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jeff Lipetri flies out to the left fielder. Wes Niekro hits a home run. Mark Larker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bobby Morton grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Delaney is pinch hitting for John Thuman. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rod Delaney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Saneo Kimura pitching. Jack Vasbinder is pinch hitting for John Corbett. Jack Vasbinder flies out to the left fielder. Jim Wheat is pinch hitting for Mark Larker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Wheat singles to left field. Jim Wheat steals second. Tom Lerch singles to left field. Jim Wheat scores. Tom Lerch steals second. Ed Jackson singles to left field. Tom Lerch scores. Tom Veil comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Glenn McCool walks. Ernie Thrasher flies out to the center fielder. Jack John strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 Atlanta total runners LOB: 3