Win: Jaime Beltre (16-4) Loss: Ray Kurowski (12-11)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ray Kurowski pitching. Bert Gwynn flies out to the right fielder. Don Penson singles to right field. Harley Rafter strikes out. Hiroyuki Matsui grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Jaime Beltre pitching. J. Fletcher Creamer walks. Joe Cerutti flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Fisher strikes out. Rod Collard singles to center field. J. Fletcher Creamer is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jack Collins flies out to the center fielder. Arturo Cuellar flies out to the left fielder. Kid Leary walks. Hector Polonia grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Earl Moss lines out to the third baseman. Ed Oliver strikes out. Augie Sterling pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jaime Beltre grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Gwynn reached on a 2-base fielding error by Earl Moss. Don Penson flies out to the left fielder. Harley Rafter grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Neil Shantz grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Kurowski strikes out. J. Fletcher Creamer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Hiroyuki Matsui walks. Jack Collins flies out to the left fielder. Arturo Cuellar walks. Kid Leary strikes out. Hector Polonia doubles to right field. Hiroyuki Matsui scores. Arturo Cuellar uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jaime Beltre singles to right field. Hector Polonia scores. Bert Gwynn grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jaime Beltre is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Joe Cerutti hits a home run. Jeff Fisher pops out to the second baseman. Rod Collard grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Moss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Don Penson flies out to the left fielder. Harley Rafter flies out to the left fielder. Hiroyuki Matsui flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Ed Oliver grounds out to the shortstop. Augie Sterling grounds out to the second baseman. Neil Shantz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jack Collins strikes out. Arturo Cuellar flies out to the right fielder. Kid Leary grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Ray Kurowski lines out to the shortstop. J. Fletcher Creamer strikes out. Joe Cerutti flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hector Polonia is hit by a pitch. Jaime Beltre fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jaime Beltre flies out to the right fielder. Bert Gwynn singles to left field. Don Penson singles in front of the center fielder. Hector Polonia scores. Red Blair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Harley Rafter strikes out. Hiroyuki Matsui doubles to center field. Bert Gwynn scores. Jack Collins reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rod Collard. Don Penson scores. Hiroyuki Matsui scores. Arturo Cuellar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jeff Fisher strikes out. Milt Teed 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. Rod Collard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Moss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Kid Leary grounds out to the shortstop. Hector Polonia grounds out to the pitcher. Milt Teed flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ed Oliver strikes out. Augie Sterling singles to left field. Larry Edington is pinch hitting for Neil Shantz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Larry Edington grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bert Gwynn singles to center field. Don Penson flies out to the center fielder. Harley Rafter flies out to the left fielder. Hiroyuki Matsui walks. Jack Collins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ruppert Knapp is pinch hitting for Red Blair. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ruppert Knapp walks. Jeff Cadaret is pinch hitting for J. Fletcher Creamer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jeff Cadaret grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ruppert Knapp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Cerutti grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 St. Louis total runners LOB: 1
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Orrick Merced improves in power_vs_lefty Hank Moss improves in range Ed Fuchs did not respond to coaching in control Roger Griesenbeck improves in speed Hank Moss did not respond to coaching in 1B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Braulio Garvin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Braulio Garvin improves in power_vs_righty King Alexander did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dante Schulte did not respond to coaching in control Dave Coluccio did not respond to coaching in SS