Inning: 1 St. Louis Monty Matula pitching. Jeff Trombley walks. Harry Cox hits a home run. Jeff Trombley scores. Jesper Blomqvist flies out to the right fielder. Tex Hood strikes out. John McGlamery strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jim Price pitching. Bruce Van Camp flies out to the center fielder. Benjamin Ogletree strikes out. Frank Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Mike Jones flies out to the right fielder. Nixey Campbell lines out to the first baseman. Dave Altizer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bake Luttrell walks. Sammy Millar walks. Frankie Aberson walks. Drew Synette strikes out. Ramon Hall strikes out. Monty Matula strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jim Price singles to center field. Jeff Trombley singles to right field. Jim Price advances to third on the hit. Harry Cox strikes out. Jesper Blomqvist grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Trombley advances to second on the play. Tex Hood grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bruce Van Camp grounds out to the second baseman. Benjamin Ogletree grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis John McGlamery grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Nixey Campbell doubles past the third baseman. Dave Altizer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bake Luttrell singles to left field. Sammy Millar walks. Frankie Aberson singles past the first baseman. Bake Luttrell scores. Sammy Millar advances to third on the hit. Drew Synette reached on a fielding error by Jim Price. Sammy Millar scores. Ramon Hall strikes out. Monty Matula lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bruce Van Camp doubles to center field. Frankie Aberson scores. Drew Synette scores. Benjamin Ogletree strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jim Price strikes out. Jeff Trombley grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Cox walks. Jesper Blomqvist walks. Tex Hood walks. John McGlamery grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Harry Cox is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Frank Murphy walks. Bake Luttrell grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Murphy advances to second on the play. Sammy Millar grounds out to the shortstop. Frankie Aberson walks. Rip Ripken comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Drew Synette grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frankie Aberson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Mike Jones walks. Nixey Campbell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dave Altizer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ramon Hall strikes out. Monty Matula grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Van Camp walks. Benjamin Ogletree grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bruce Van Camp is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Joe Lemanczyk enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frankie Aberson at LF. Oscar McKnight is pinch hitting for Rip Ripken. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Oscar McKnight walks. Oscar McKnight is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jeff Trombley strikes out. Harry Cox singles to center field. Al McGeehan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Cox is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Red Nitkowski pitching. Frank Murphy pops out to the second baseman. Bake Luttrell grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Millar walks. Joe Lemanczyk singles to center field. Sammy Millar advances to third on the hit. Drew Synette doubles to right field. Sammy Millar scores. Joe Lemanczyk scores. Gil Wilson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tex Kern is pinch hitting for Ramon Hall. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tex Kern grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jesper Blomqvist walks. Jesper Blomqvist is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tex Hood grounds out to the second baseman. John McGlamery flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jimmy Spooner is pinch hitting for Al McGeehan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jimmy Spooner hits a home run. Bruce Van Camp walks. Bruce Van Camp is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Benjamin Ogletree singles to center field. Frank Murphy walks. Bake Luttrell flies out to the right fielder. Bryan Kozar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sammy Millar flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ruby Tyrees pitching. Mike Jones flies out to the center fielder. Nixey Campbell grounds out to the second baseman. Don Robertson is pinch hitting for Dave Altizer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don Robertson singles to center field. Paul Kirby is pinch hitting for Bryan Kozar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Kirby grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Robertson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners left on base: 7 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Monty Matula is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walter Ogden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Walter Ogden did not respond to coaching in speed Chad Wagner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bert McConnell improves in contact_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lou Chervinko did not respond to coaching in velocity Andy Romberger did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Bush improves in velocity Chuck Roberts improves in control Steve Jimenez did not respond to coaching in 1B