Inning: 1 St. Louis Gary Tsamis pitching. Bill Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Crooke flies out to the right fielder. Hal Kaiser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Billy Thomas pitching. Luis Cerce flies out to the center fielder. Kazutaka Lee strikes out. Kiyoshi Oshita walks. Tsubasa Okabe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bryan Layana strikes out. Dyxye Walker doubles to right field. Jorge Meehan lines out to the shortstop. George Byrd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Jim Hodkey grounds out to the third baseman. Ryne Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ryan Leslie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Tommy Callahan flies out to the center fielder. Billy Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Bill Smith hits a home run. Fred Crooke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Shissho Sekiguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Tsamis strikes out. Luis Cerce singles to center field. Luis Cerce steals second. Kazutaka Lee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Hal Kaiser singles to center field. Bryan Layana singles to left field. Hal Kaiser advances to third on the hit. Dyxye Walker doubles to right field. Hal Kaiser scores. Bryan Layana scores. Jorge Meehan flies out to the left fielder. George Byrd singles to center field. Dyxye Walker scores. George Byrd steals second. Tommy Callahan grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Kiyoshi Oshita strikes out. Tsubasa Okabe singles to left field. Jim Hodkey grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tsubasa Okabe is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Hodkey is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bill Smith hits a home run. Fred Crooke lines out to the second baseman. Hal Kaiser walks. Bryan Layana hits a home run. Hal Kaiser scores. Charles McManus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dyxye Walker hits a home run. Jorge Meehan grounds out to the pitcher. George Byrd grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Ryne Wise singles to left field. Ryne Wise is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ryan Leslie reached on a fielding error by Billy Thomas. Shissho Sekiguchi singles past the second baseman. Ryan Leslie advances to third on the hit. Charles McManus strikes out. Shissho Sekiguchi steals second. Luis Cerce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Tommy Callahan singles to left field. Billy Thomas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Billy Thomas singles to right field. Tommy Callahan is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Bill Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Billy Thomas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Fred Crooke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Kazutaka Lee grounds out to the shortstop. Kiyoshi Oshita singles past the second baseman. Tsubasa Okabe pops out to the third baseman. Kiyoshi Oshita steals second. Kiyoshi Oshita is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Hal Kaiser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bryan Layana strikes out. Dyxye Walker singles to center field. Jorge Meehan singles to center field. George Byrd grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jorge Meehan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Atlanta Hiroaki Tamura is pinch hitting for Jim Hodkey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Ryne Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ryan Leslie hits an infield single to the third baseman. Ryan Leslie steals second. Shissho Sekiguchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Gene Boever is pinch hitting for Tommy Callahan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Boever flies out to the right fielder. Billy Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Bill Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Patton is pinch hitting for Fred Crooke. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Patton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Bob Howell is pinch hitting for Charles McManus. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Howell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Cerce grounds out to the shortstop. Kazutaka Lee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Bill Burbrink pitching. Fred Salazar is pinch hitting for Hal Kaiser. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Salazar singles to center field. Bryan Layana pops out to the second baseman. Dyxye Walker singles to left field. Fred Salazar aggressively advances to third on the hit. John Harrington is pinch hitting for Jorge Meehan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Harrington grounds out to the pitcher. Dyxye Walker advances to second on the play. George Byrd walks. Gene Boever flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Atlanta Dave Buker 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. Kiyoshi Oshita pops out to the second baseman. Juan Urbanski is pinch hitting for Tsubasa Okabe. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Juan Urbanski singles to right field. Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Ryne Wise walks. Ryan Leslie singles to center field. Juan Urbanski scores. Shissho Sekiguchi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9 Atlanta total runners LOB: 7
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Mike Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Connell improves in endurance Tony Wares did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Mottola did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Arlich did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Connell did not respond to coaching in control Ben Buschhorn did not respond to coaching in endurance Joe Adams did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Mottola improves in arm Gordon Lelivelt improves in control
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Johnny Narum did not respond to coaching in velocity Gene Gerhart did not respond to coaching in control Eddie Washburn improves in arm Wendell Shields did not respond to coaching in range Dave Andrews improves in contact_vs_lefty Nick Dozier did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Carmona improves in speed Jimmy Eisenhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Johnston did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Flynn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty