Win: Don Dittmer (1-0) Loss: Frank Gehrman (0-1)
Save: Fergie Miller (1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Frank Gehrman pitching. Urbano Lefebvre strikes out. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the shortstop. Tom McCarty grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Don Dittmer pitching. Adrian Roche grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Chris Ferguson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Brusstar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Jurewicz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Henry Magner walks. Jim Moriarty strikes out. Henry Magner steals second. Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Billy Nieman strikes out. Henry Schmidt singles to right field. Al Linde flies out to the right fielder. Dave Embrey lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Darren Roof strikes out. Don Dittmer grounds out to the pitcher. Urbano Lefebvre singles to center field. Forrest Kuenn grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Urbano Lefebvre is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jim Foytack walks. Frank Gehrman fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Gehrman strikes out. Adrian Roche grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Foytack advances to second on the play. Chris Ferguson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Tom McCarty flies out to the center fielder. Bill Jurewicz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Billy Nieman. Henry Magner bunts for a base hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Jim Moriarty singles to left field. Bill Jurewicz scores. Henry Magner advances to third on the hit. Jim Moriarty steals second. Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the third baseman. Darren Roof strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Brusstar strikes out. Billy Nieman flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Henry Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Don Dittmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Urbano Lefebvre pops out to the shortstop. Forrest Kuenn pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Al Linde singles to left field. Dave Embrey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jim Foytack strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Tom McCarty flies out to the center fielder. Bill Jurewicz doubles to left field. Henry Magner strikes out. Jim Moriarty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Frank Gehrman triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Adrian Roche singles to center field. Frank Gehrman scores. Adrian Roche steals second. Chris Ferguson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Adrian Roche advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Bob Brusstar grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Nieman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham walks. Darren Roof hits an infield single to the third baseman. Joe Delahanty is pinch hitting for Don Dittmer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Greg Higginbotham is out trying to steal third. Carl Hermanski is pinch running for Darren Roof on 1st base. Joe Delahanty singles to right field. Urbano Lefebvre flies out to the right fielder. Forrest Kuenn walks. Tom McCarty walks. Carl Hermanski scores. Bill Jurewicz strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Sam Riddle pitching. Al Hawes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Carl Hermanski at CF. Henry Schmidt strikes out. Dale Hale is pinch hitting for Al Linde. Dale Hale grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Senerchia is pinch hitting for Dave Embrey. Buck Senerchia flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jerry Rabe enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dale Hale at 3B. Bobby Hutchinson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Buck Senerchia at C. Henry Magner strikes out. Jim Moriarty strikes out. Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jim Foytack strikes out. Jeff Scherman is pinch hitting for Frank Gehrman. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jeff Scherman grounds out to the pitcher. Dixie Gardella is pinch hitting for Adrian Roche. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dixie Gardella pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ira Blasingame pitching. Al Hawes singles to right field. Sam Riddle lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Urbano Lefebvre flies out to the right fielder. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Chris Ferguson singles to left field. Fergie Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Brusstar walks. Billy Nieman grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Chris Ferguson advances to third on the play. Bob Brusstar advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the corners in. Henry Schmidt strikes out. Jerry Rabe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Ernie Nielsen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Cocreham did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Nielsen improves in arm Tom Schwabe improves in contact_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Tom Eason improves in range Guy Norman improves in power_vs_lefty Kerry Heep improves in arm Herb Richards improves in power_vs_righty John Dade did not respond to coaching in LF