Inning: 1 St. Louis Bob Stone pitching. Norm Gick grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmie Ruffin grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Reese walks. Paul Colon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Irv Lansing pitching. Wish Karp flies out to the left fielder. Greg DeBarr flies out to the right fielder. Gil Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Art Feliz strikes out. Hiroshi Taniguchi flies out to the right fielder. Bill Benjamin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Vic Thompson pops out to the shortstop. Rick Lawrence singles past the shortstop. Rick Lawrence steals second. Floyd Vandenberg strikes out. Ed Wicker singles to center field. Rick Lawrence scores. Israel Stevens grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Wicker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Leon Miller strikes out. Irv Lansing pops out to the second baseman. Norm Gick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bob Stone grounds out to the second baseman. Wish Karp strikes out. Greg DeBarr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jimmie Ruffin strikes out. Bob Reese grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Colon singles to center field. Art Feliz walks. Hiroshi Taniguchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gil Smith hits a home run. Vic Thompson walks. Passed ball. Vic Thompson advances to second. Rick Lawrence flies out to the center fielder. Floyd Vandenberg singles to right field. Vic Thompson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ed Wicker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bill Benjamin strikes out. Leon Miller flies out to the right fielder. Irv Lansing strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Israel Stevens grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Stone grounds out to the third baseman. Wish Karp singles to center field. Wish Karp steals second. Greg DeBarr pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Norm Gick walks. Jimmie Ruffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Norm Gick advances to second on the play. Bob Reese grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Colon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gil Smith singles to right field. Vic Thompson grounds out to the pitcher. Gil Smith advances to second on the play. Rick Lawrence reached on a fielding error by Paul Colon. Floyd Vandenberg strikes out. Ed Wicker hits a home run. Gil Smith scores. Rick Lawrence scores. Israel Stevens grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Art Feliz grounds out to the shortstop. Hiroshi Taniguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Benjamin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bob Stone flies out to the right fielder. Wish Karp walks. Greg DeBarr walks. Gil Smith singles to left field. Wish Karp scores. Greg DeBarr advances to third on the hit. Dutch Fry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vic Thompson singles to center field. Greg DeBarr scores. Gil Smith advances to third on the hit. Rick Lawrence flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gil Smith scores. Floyd Vandenberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Leon Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Lafayette Lassetter is pinch hitting for Dutch Fry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Lafayette Lassetter flies out to the center fielder. Norm Gick singles to right field. Norm Gick steals second. Jimmie Ruffin singles to center field. Norm Gick scores. Bob Reese flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Fred Gainer pitching. Ed Wicker grounds out to the pitcher. Israel Stevens flies out to the left fielder. Bob Stone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Paul Colon strikes out. Art Feliz grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Knotts is pinch hitting for Hiroshi Taniguchi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Billy Knotts strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Gil Smith is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Pettit improves in arm Paul Williams did not respond to coaching in endurance Bobby Wolf did not respond to coaching in velocity Sid Klieman improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Aderholt did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Zane Stuart improves in arm Buzzy Kravec did not respond to coaching in velocity Fabian Booker did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Abbott did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty