Win: Billy Smith (2-0) Loss: John Sturdivant (0-2)
Inning: 1 St. Louis John Sturdivant pitching. Urbano Lefebvre flies out to the center fielder. Forrest Kuenn flies out to the center fielder. Bill Jurewicz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Francisco Billy Smith pitching. Harry Moore singles to center field. Mardie Galarraga grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. T.J. McIlveen walks. Steve Niehaus grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! T.J. McIlveen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ellis Jones strikes out. Joe Delahanty strikes out. Carl Hermanski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Francisco Bill Theobald singles to left field. Tucker Keeley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Bill Theobald advances to second on the play. Jorge Townsend grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Theobald advances to third on the play. Gil Engel walks. John Sturdivant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the pitcher. Dickie Bane singles to right field. Billy Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Billy Smith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Francisco Harry Moore flies out to the center fielder. Mardie Galarraga flies out to the left fielder. T.J. McIlveen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Urbano Lefebvre singles to center field. Forrest Kuenn strikes out. Bill Jurewicz grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Urbano Lefebvre is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ellis Jones walks. Joe Delahanty hits a home run. Bill Jurewicz scores. Ellis Jones scores. Carl Hermanski grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Steve Niehaus strikes out. Bill Theobald flies out to the center fielder. Tucker Keeley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham strikes out. Dickie Bane strikes out. Billy Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Jorge Townsend grounds out to the pitcher. Gil Engel grounds out to the shortstop. John Sturdivant grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Urbano Lefebvre singles to right field. Forrest Kuenn flies out to the center fielder. Bill Jurewicz singles to center field. Ellis Jones singles to center field. Urbano Lefebvre scores. Joe Delahanty grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ellis Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Carl Hermanski reached on a fielding error by Gil Engel. Bill Jurewicz scores. Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 San Francisco Harry Moore strikes out. Mardie Galarraga grounds out to the second baseman. T.J. McIlveen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Al Meola comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dickie Bane flies out to the left fielder. Billy Smith flies out to the center fielder. Urbano Lefebvre doubles to center field. Forrest Kuenn singles to right field. Urbano Lefebvre scores. Bill Jurewicz singles to left field. Forrest Kuenn is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Francisco Steve Niehaus reached on a fielding error by Joe Delahanty. Bill Theobald singles to right field. Steve Niehaus advances to third on the hit. Tucker Keeley doubles to center field. Steve Niehaus scores. Bill Theobald uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jorge Townsend grounds out to the second baseman. Tucker Keeley advances to third on the play. Gil Engel singles to left field. Tucker Keeley scores. Kennie Poole is pinch hitting for Al Meola. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gil Engel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kennie Poole flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Claude Roberts pitching. Ellis Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Delahanty hits a home run. Carl Hermanski strikes out. Greg Higginbotham doubles past the third baseman. Dickie Bane pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Harry Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mardie Galarraga flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Craft 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. T.J. McIlveen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Billy Stratton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ralph Craft strikes out. Urbano Lefebvre grounds out to the second baseman. Forrest Kuenn walks. Bill Jurewicz lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Francisco Steve Niehaus grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Theobald strikes out. Tucker Keeley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5 San Francisco total runners LOB: 3
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Ducky Green improves in power_vs_righty Joe Hesketh did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Rettger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Garcia improves in power_vs_lefty Sean Daniels improves in speed Sean Daniels improves in range Joel Benton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ken Bryant improves in 1B