Inning: 1 St. Louis Dot Mitchell pitching. George Byrd triples. Dyxye Walker singles to left field. George Byrd scores. Otis Melton hits a home run. Dyxye Walker scores. Gene Boever singles to center field. Red Harris strikes out. Jorge Meehan pops out to the second baseman. Fred Crooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Andy Hope pitching. Billy Hancock walks. Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Luis Cerce reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Byrd. Kinya Kanamori walks. Red Decatur singles to center field. Billy Hancock scores. Luis Cerce scores. Kinya Kanamori advances to third on the hit. Joe Martinez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Vallie Carrara singles to left field. Andy Hope lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Byrd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vallie Carrara advances to third on the play. Dyxye Walker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Shissho Sekiguchi strikes out. Ryne Wise grounds out to the second baseman. Dot Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Otis Melton grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Boever grounds out to the shortstop. Red Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Billy Hancock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Luis Cerce doubles to left field. Kinya Kanamori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jorge Meehan strikes out. Fred Crooke is hit by a pitch. Fred Crooke steals second. Vallie Carrara flies out to the left fielder. Andy Hope strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Red Decatur strikes out. Joe Martinez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shissho Sekiguchi doubles to center field. Ryne Wise singles to center field. Shissho Sekiguchi scores. Dot Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis George Byrd grounds out to the second baseman. Dyxye Walker flies out to the left fielder. Otis Melton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Billy Hancock strikes out. Hiroaki Tamura flies out to the left fielder. Luis Cerce singles to center field. Kinya Kanamori grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Luis Cerce is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Gene Boever strikes out. Red Harris flies out to the left fielder. Jorge Meehan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Red Decatur flies out to the left fielder. Joe Martinez flies out to the left fielder. Billy Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Shissho Sekiguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Fred Crooke singles to right field. Vallie Carrara flies out to the center fielder. Herb Gigon is pinch hitting for Billy Thomas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herb Gigon grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Crawdad Crawford pitching. Ryne Wise grounds out to the second baseman. Dot Mitchell strikes out. Billy Hancock grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis George Byrd flies out to the left fielder. Dyxye Walker grounds out to the catcher. Otis Melton walks. Otis Melton steals second. Gene Boever singles to right field. Otis Melton scores. Red Harris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Hiroaki Tamura singles to left field. Luis Cerce doubles to right field. The defense is playing the infield in. Kinya Kanamori singles in front of the right fielder. Hiroaki Tamura scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Red Decatur pops out to the second baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Joe Martinez strikes out. Kinya Kanamori is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Kazuhiko Hatayama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jorge Meehan walks. Fred Crooke lines out to the first baseman. Jose Boone is pinch hitting for Vallie Carrara. Jose Boone flies out to the center fielder. Bill Smith is pinch hitting for Crawdad Crawford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Hy Dammann pitching. Shissho Sekiguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Ryne Wise grounds out to the second baseman. Kiyoshi Oshita is pinch hitting for Kazuhiko Hatayama. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kiyoshi Oshita singles to center field. Billy Hancock flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 St. Louis Joe Ferraro pitching. George Byrd grounds out to the shortstop. Dyxye Walker is hit by a pitch. Otis Melton triples. Dyxye Walker scores. Gene Boever singles to right field. Otis Melton scores. Lou Shuman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Harris reached on a 2-base fielding error by Billy Hancock. Jorge Meehan walks. Fred Crooke grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Atlanta Dave Buker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hiroaki Tamura grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Cerce singles to left field. Kinya Kanamori singles to right field. Red Decatur hits a home run. Luis Cerce scores. Kinya Kanamori scores. St. Louis total runners left on base: 7 Atlanta total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Dave Buker is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Tony Wares improves in range Bill Morman did not respond to coaching in range Francisco Keefe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Luther Stokes did not respond to coaching in endurance Ken Andujar did not respond to coaching in velocity Walter Colbert did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Doscher did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Dugas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Lefty Welf improves in velocity Francisco Keefe did not respond to coaching in speed
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Craig Wheat did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Chambers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Matt Bell did not respond to coaching in endurance Johnny Narum did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Varga did not respond to coaching in velocity Goat Groth improves in contact_vs_righty Jimmy Eisenhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmy Eisenhart improves in control Guy Peel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Billy Carmona did not respond to coaching in range