Win: John Marolewski (1-0) Loss: Rick Hohnhorst (6-11)
Inning: 1 Atlanta Rudy Arkey pitching. Luis Cerce strikes out. Shissho Sekiguchi grounds out to the pitcher. Tsubasa Okabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Rick Hohnhorst pitching. Fred Crooke doubles to right field. Bill Smith singles to center field. Fred Crooke scores. Hal Kaiser doubles past the first baseman. Bryan Layana grounds out to the pitcher. Dyxye Walker singles to center field. Bill Smith scores. Hal Kaiser scores. Jorge Meehan strikes out. Dyxye Walker is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Kiyoshi Oshita strikes out. Ryne Wise doubles to center field. Jim Hodkey singles to center field. Kazutaka Lee strikes out. Ryan Leslie walks. Rick Hohnhorst grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 St. Louis George Byrd singles to center field. Tommy Callahan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rudy Arkey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Luis Cerce flies out to the right fielder. Shissho Sekiguchi pops out to the shortstop. Tsubasa Okabe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Fred Crooke singles to left field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Bill Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Crooke advances to third on the play. Hal Kaiser pops out to the third baseman. Bryan Layana walks. Dyxye Walker doubles to center field. Fred Crooke scores. Bryan Layana uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gary Tsamis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jorge Meehan hits a home run. Dyxye Walker scores. George Byrd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Kiyoshi Oshita grounds out to the shortstop. Ryne Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Hodkey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Tommy Callahan flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Arkey strikes out. Fred Crooke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Kazutaka Lee walks. Ryan Leslie grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kazutaka Lee is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gary Tsamis lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Cerce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bill Smith flies out to the left fielder. Hal Kaiser flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bryan Layana strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Shissho Sekiguchi walks. Tsubasa Okabe flies out to the center fielder. Kiyoshi Oshita flies out to the center fielder. Shissho Sekiguchi steals second. Ryne Wise singles to center field. Shissho Sekiguchi scores. Jim Hodkey doubles to center field. Kazutaka Lee lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Dyxye Walker strikes out. Jorge Meehan grounds out to the second baseman. George Byrd doubles to left field. Tommy Callahan doubles to left field. George Byrd scores. Bill Burbrink comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Harrington is pinch hitting for Rudy Arkey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Harrington walks. Fred Crooke singles in front of the center fielder. Tommy Callahan scores. Bill Smith walks. Hal Kaiser grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Atlanta Hy Dammann pitching. Ryan Leslie strikes out. Bob Howell is pinch hitting for Bill Burbrink. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Howell pops out to the second baseman. Luis Cerce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Alan Campbell pitching. Bryan Layana flies out to the right fielder. Dyxye Walker walks. Jorge Meehan pops out to the second baseman. George Byrd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Shissho Sekiguchi flies out to the left fielder. Juan Urbanski is pinch hitting for Tsubasa Okabe. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Juan Urbanski grounds out to the shortstop. Kiyoshi Oshita doubles to left field. Ryne Wise grounds out to the shortstop. 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 doubles to right field. Red Harris is pinch hitting for Hy Dammann. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Red Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Crooke grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta John Moore pitching. Hiroaki Tamura is pinch hitting for Jim Hodkey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Kazutaka Lee hits a home run. Ryan Leslie singles to left field. Kinya Kanamori is pinch hitting for Alan Campbell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kinya Kanamori walks. Luis Cerce doubles to center field. Ryan Leslie scores. Kinya Kanamori uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shissho Sekiguchi triples. Luis Cerce scores. Bill Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Juan Urbanski flies out to the center fielder. Kiyoshi Oshita strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Atlanta total runners left on base: 8 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Varney Henion did not respond to coaching in velocity Wendell Shields did not respond to coaching in arm Sam Flynn did not respond to coaching in range Rob Lipon improves in range Nick Dozier did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Ted Phillips did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Narum did not respond to coaching in velocity Gene Gerhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Chambers did not respond to coaching in arm
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Ed Mottola did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Rudolph did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Curd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Phil Payton did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Payton improves in control Jerry Humphries did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Connell did not respond to coaching in control Ron Fultz improves in arm Jerry Humphries improves in arm Dick Doscher did not respond to coaching in control