Inning: 1 St. Louis Al Sisk pitching. Bill Higbee flies out to the left fielder. Wes Niekro flies out to the left fielder. Dave Dunn pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Del Lennox pitching. Jack Vasbinder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Willie Narron grounds out to the third baseman. Glenn McCool grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Herm Mallette strikes out. Rod Delaney strikes out. Pinky Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Ray Kennedy strikes out. Denny Grant doubles to right field. Mickey Davies pops out to the shortstop. Jack John singles to right field. Denny Grant scores. Barry Dibut is hit by a pitch. Al Sisk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jeff Lipetri singles to center field. Walt Hollmig walks. Del Lennox lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Higbee strikes out. Wes Niekro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Atlanta Jack Vasbinder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Willie Narron walks. Glenn McCool grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Dave Dunn flies out to the center fielder. Herm Mallette doubles to center field. Rod Delaney triples. Herm Mallette scores. Pinky Gonzalez strikes out. Jeff Lipetri grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Ray Kennedy singles to left field. Denny Grant strikes out. Mickey Davies flies out to the right fielder. Jack John flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Walt Hollmig singles to center field. Del Lennox lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Higbee flies out to the right fielder. Wes Niekro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Barry Dibut grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Sisk singles to right field. Jack Vasbinder flies out to the center fielder. Willie Narron grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al Sisk is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Dave Dunn walks. Herm Mallette strikes out. Rod Delaney flies out to the left fielder. Pinky Gonzalez singles to center field. Dave Dunn advances to third on the hit. Jeff Lipetri grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Atlanta Glenn McCool pops out to the second baseman. Ray Kennedy strikes out. Denny Grant strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Walt Hollmig pops out to the catcher. Del Lennox grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Higbee pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Kenny McConnell is pinch hitting for Mickey Davies. Kenny McConnell grounds out to the third baseman. Jack John grounds out to the third baseman. Barry Dibut grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Wes Niekro singles to left field. Dave Dunn flies out to the left fielder. Wes Niekro steals second. Barry Dibut throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. The defense is playing the infield in. Herm Mallette strikes out. Rod Delaney walks. Bill Lowrey 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. Pinky Gonzalez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dutch Thompson is pinch hitting for Bill Lowrey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dutch Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Vasbinder flies out to the right fielder. Willie Narron grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Tom Hardin pitching. Jeff Lipetri strikes out. Walt Hollmig strikes out. Floyd Abstein is pinch hitting for Del Lennox. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Floyd Abstein strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Vin Hausmann pitching. Glenn McCool grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Kennedy walks. Denny Grant pops out to the second baseman. Kenny McConnell walks. Jack John hits a home run. Ray Kennedy scores. Kenny McConnell scores. St. Louis total runners left on base: 8 Atlanta total runners left on base: 4
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Clise Siebert did not respond to coaching in control Al Brinker did not respond to coaching in range Bob Thomas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dutch Allie improves in range Dutch Allie did not respond to coaching in RF
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: J.R. Kreitz improves in speed J.R. Kreitz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Red Gray did not respond to coaching in speed Al Boyle did not respond to coaching in range Polly Zahniser did not respond to coaching in LF