Win: Tim Please (7-14) Loss: Billy Mercedes (2-5)
Save: Joe Price (26)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Billy Mercedes pitching. John Browne triples. Tripp Cromer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! John Browne scores. Angel Escobar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Melvin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Tim Please pitching. Shano Banks flies out to the center fielder. Hank Bitters singles to right field. Mike Williams strikes out. Hank Bitters steals second. Kevin Miller singles to center field. Hank Bitters scores. Kevin Miller steals second. George Stechschulte pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Kevin Mitchell strikes out. Candy Maldonado hits an infield single to the pitcher. Moe Thacker walks. Dick Sothern flies out to the center fielder. Tim Please grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Crazy Corey flies out to the left fielder. Red Evans flies out to the center fielder. Sam Goldsmith singles to right field. Billy Mercedes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh John Browne grounds out to the shortstop. Tripp Cromer triples. Angel Escobar strikes out. Bob Melvin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Shano Banks flies out to the left fielder. Hank Bitters singles past the second baseman. Mike Williams flies out to the left fielder. Hank Bitters steals second. Kevin Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Kevin Mitchell flies out to the left fielder. Candy Maldonado flies out to the center fielder. Moe Thacker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis George Stechschulte lines out to the second baseman. Crazy Corey strikes out. Red Evans grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Dick Sothern grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Please lines out to the first baseman. John Browne strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Sam Goldsmith strikes out. Billy Mercedes strikes out. Shano Banks pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tripp Cromer lines out to the shortstop. Angel Escobar hits a home run. Bob Melvin flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Hank Bitters singles to center field. Mike Williams grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hank Bitters advances to second on the play. Kevin Miller grounds out to the pitcher. George Stechschulte flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Candy Maldonado singles to left field. Moe Thacker singles to left field. Dick Sothern singles to center field. Tim Please singles to center field. Candy Maldonado scores. Moe Thacker is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Dick Sothern advances to third on the play. John Browne flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dick Sothern scores. Tripp Cromer singles to center field. Angel Escobar lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Glenn Adams enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Melvin at CF. Geoff Plantt is pinch hitting for Crazy Corey. Geoff Plantt strikes out. Red Evans strikes out. Sam Goldsmith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Lefty Gearin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Geoff Plantt at C. Glenn Adams pops out to the second baseman. Kevin Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Candy Maldonado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Felix Figueroa is pinch hitting for Billy Mercedes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Felix Figueroa singles to left field. Shano Banks walks. Hank Bitters grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Shano Banks is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Renie Martin 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 1st. Mike Williams strikes out. Kevin Miller walks. George Stechschulte grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Paddy Cleveland pitching. Moe Thacker reached on a fielding error by Sam Goldsmith. Moe Thacker is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dick Sothern pops out to the first baseman. Joe Strain is pinch hitting for Renie Martin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Joe Strain walks. John Browne pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Joe Price pitching. Lefty Gearin pops out to the shortstop. Red Evans flies out to the right fielder. Sam Goldsmith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Burkett did not respond to coaching in velocity Robin Yount did not respond to coaching in arm Michael Jackson did not respond to coaching in velocity Rikkert Faneyte improves in power_vs_lefty Aaron Weilman did not respond to coaching in 1B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Bushelman did not respond to coaching in range Joe Bushelman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Oscar Peralta did not respond to coaching in speed Kevin Stephens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Rapp did not respond to coaching in LF