Inning: 1 St. Louis Jim Talbot pitching. Lerrin Grant grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Martin Alberro grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dave Moran pitching. Roy Phillips grounds out to the second baseman. Dale Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Gent singles to center field. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Fred Kuhel grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Korcheck strikes out. Tim Decker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Johnny Sorrento strikes out. Henry Lowry walks. Eduardo Mowry walks. Django Smith strikes out. Jim Talbot flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Chris Montanez flies out to the center fielder. Doc Lachowicz strikes out. Dave Moran strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Roy Phillips pops out to the second baseman. Dale Moore singles to left field. Pete Gent flies out to the left fielder. Varney Crutcher walks. Johnny Sorrento doubles to left field. Dale Moore scores. Varney Crutcher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Henry Lowry singles to left field. Johnny Sorrento scores. Eduardo Mowry singles to center field. Henry Lowry advances to third on the hit. Django Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Lerrin Grant doubles to right field. Martin Alberro pops out to the shortstop. Sean Wright flies out to the right fielder. Fred Kuhel pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jim Talbot strikes out. Roy Phillips strikes out. Dale Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bruce Korcheck walks. Tim Decker strikes out. Chris Montanez flies out to the center fielder. Doc Lachowicz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Pete Gent singles to left field. Varney Crutcher flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Sorrento lines out to the pitcher. Henry Lowry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Dave Moran strikes out. Lerrin Grant flies out to the left fielder. Martin Alberro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Eduardo Mowry strikes out. Django Smith singles to left field. Jim Talbot fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Talbot flies out to the left fielder. Roy Phillips pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Sean Wright flies out to the left fielder. Fred Kuhel flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Korcheck flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dale Moore strikes out. Steve Moss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Pete Gent pops out to the shortstop. Varney Crutcher grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Kurt Tam enters the game as a defensive replacement for Roy Phillips at 2B. Jose Doyle enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dale Moore at 3B. John Austin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Django Smith at CF. Tim Decker strikes out. Chris Montanez pops out to the catcher. Doc Lachowicz walks. Marcelino Stargell is pinch hitting for Steve Moss. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Marcelino Stargell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Al Magner pitching. Johnny Sorrento strikes out. Henry Lowry strikes out. Eduardo Mowry hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Austin walks. Jose Rios is pinch hitting for Jim Talbot. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jose Rios singles to center field. Eduardo Mowry scores. John Austin advances to third on the hit. Kurt Tam singles to center field. John Austin scores. Guy Terrell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Doyle walks. Pete Gent flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 St. Louis Rod Smith pitching. Lerrin Grant strikes out. Martin Alberro strikes out. Sean Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Rod Smith is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Carl Staller did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Frank did not respond to coaching in control Hilton Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Barthold improves in arm Dale Reilly did not respond to coaching in velocity Hector Kane improves in range
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Rose did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Rose did not respond to coaching in control Cal Moss did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Johnson did not respond to coaching in velocity Doc Brabender did not respond to coaching in control Orville Christmas did not respond to coaching in control Joe Nichols did not respond to coaching in 3B