Win: Dan Papish (12-3) Loss: Lefty Bruner (5-9)
Save: Eddie Britton (28)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Lefty Bruner pitching. Gordon Perry grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Howard grounds out to the pitcher. Matty Martinez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dan Papish pitching. Bill Stowe pops out to the third baseman. Bobby Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Lidle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Seiji Mimura strikes out. Howie Dahlgren grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Sunday strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Willie Meyers walks. Bob Hoover strikes out. Bob Kramer strikes out. Yasuhiko Ueda grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Willie Meyers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Tom Pearson grounds out to the shortstop. Red Steevens strikes out. Dan Papish grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Nathan Jones grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Lefty Bruner strikes out. Bill Stowe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Gordon Perry flies out to the center fielder. Bob Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Matty Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bobby Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Lidle grounds out to the shortstop. Willie Meyers singles to center field. Bob Hoover singles to right field. Willie Meyers advances to third on the hit. Bob Kramer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Seiji Mimura flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Howie Dahlgren flies out to the left fielder. Frank Sunday lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Yasuhiko Ueda singles to right field. Nathan Jones flies out to the right fielder. Lefty Bruner lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Stowe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Tom Pearson singles past the second baseman. Red Steevens walks. Dan Papish lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Gordon Perry walks. Gordon Perry steals second. Nathan Jones throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Tom Pearson scores. Bob Howard singles to left field. Gordon Perry scores. Matty Martinez singles to right field. Seiji Mimura singles to center field. Bob Howard scores. Howie Dahlgren flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bobby Clark lines out to the third baseman. Phil Lidle singles past the shortstop. Willie Meyers strikes out. Bob Hoover hits a home run. Phil Lidle scores. Bob Kramer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Frank Sunday strikes out. Tom Pearson grounds out to the pitcher. Red Steevens singles to center field. Dan Papish grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Red Steevens is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Yasuhiko Ueda strikes out. Nathan Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Tracy is pinch hitting for Lefty Bruner. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ed Tracy walks. Bill Stowe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Lou Starr pitching. Gordon Perry grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Howard grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Matty Martinez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Don Noriega enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frank Sunday at 3B. Bobby Clark strikes out. Phil Lidle strikes out. Willie Meyers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Seiji Mimura walks. Howie Dahlgren grounds out to the pitcher. Seiji Mimura advances to second on the play. Don Noriega singles to left field. Seiji Mimura is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Don Noriega is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Eddie Britton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Bob Kramer flies out to the center fielder. Yasuhiko Ueda grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 3 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Gearhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick DeMiller did not respond to coaching in control Bob Wilson did not respond to coaching in arm Terry Walker improves in range Elvis Howell did not respond to coaching in speed Dick DeMiller did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Sanberg did not respond to coaching in RF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jesse Snell improves in power_vs_lefty Darren Dugan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Darren Dugan did not respond to coaching in speed Jake Wingfield improves in range Eddie Kelly did not respond to coaching in velocity Jake Wingfield did not respond to coaching in speed