Win: Bill McMahon (3-4) Loss: Chip Lee (1-8)
Save: Mark Everett (13)
Inning: 1 Chicago Chip Lee pitching. Takeshi Ogawa strikes out. Drummond Meadows singles to center field. Joe Thomas pops out to the shortstop. Drummond Meadows steals second. Daisuke Akiyama strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Bill McMahon pitching. Trea Tucker grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Van Slyke doubles to left field. Alex Neel strikes out. Bob Shirley lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Teddy Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Jack Groth strikes out. Carroll Corbin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Randy Caves singles to center field. Elmer Leiper strikes out. Bucky Kell singles to right field. Randy Caves advances to third on the hit. Bobby DeMerit grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Mike Schmidt doubles to left field. Bill McMahon lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Takeshi Ogawa strikes out. Drummond Meadows hits a home run. Mike Schmidt scores. Joe Thomas singles to center field. Daisuke Akiyama lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Chip Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Trea Tucker pops out to the third baseman. Andy Van Slyke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Teddy Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Jack Groth strikes out. Carroll Corbin walks. Mike Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Alex Neel walks. Bob Shirley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Randy Caves singles to right field. Elmer Leiper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Bill McMahon strikes out. Takeshi Ogawa singles to right field. Drummond Meadows walks. Joe Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Daisuke Akiyama flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bucky Kell grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby DeMerit grounds out to the pitcher. Chip Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Teddy Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Groth flies out to the right fielder. Carroll Corbin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Trea Tucker strikes out. Andy Van Slyke grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Neel hits a home run. Bob Shirley singles to left field. Randy Caves grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Mike Schmidt strikes out. Bill McMahon walks. Takeshi Ogawa walks. Drummond Meadows grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill McMahon is out at third base. Joe Thomas singles to left field. Takeshi Ogawa is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Elmer Leiper walks. Bucky Kell flies out to the center fielder. Bobby DeMerit grounds out to the second baseman. Elmer Leiper advances to second on the play. Ches Koupal is pinch hitting for Chip Lee. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ches Koupal flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Wastenot Miller pitching. Daisuke Akiyama strikes out. Teddy Cooper hits a home run. Jack Groth strikes out. Carroll Corbin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Karl Matula enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Thomas at 1B. Trea Tucker walks. Andy Van Slyke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Trea Tucker advances to second on the play. Alex Neel walks. Bob Shirley singles to left field. Trea Tucker is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Alex Neel advances to third on the play. Randy Caves flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Mike Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Bradley Kupier is pinch hitting for Bill McMahon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bradley Kupier strikes out. Takeshi Ogawa walks. Drummond Meadows grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Mark Everett pitching. Elmer Leiper flies out to the right fielder. Bucky Kell grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby DeMerit singles to center field. Jack Clark is pinch hitting for Wastenot Miller. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Clark singles to center field. Bobby DeMerit advances to third on the hit. Trea Tucker singles to center field. Bobby DeMerit scores. Jack Clark advances to third on the hit. Andy Van Slyke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Chicago total runners LOB: 7 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Teddy Cooper is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walter Twitchell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pop Warner improves in power_vs_lefty Whitey Phourd improves in power_vs_righty Hal Leifer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Liam Kneeson did not respond to coaching in CF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Homer Malone improves in arm Don Dozier improves in power_vs_lefty Art Walsh improves in control Verily Cooper improves in control Calvin Smith did not respond to coaching in 2B