Win: Clay Currie (17-4) Loss: Jerry Bradley (13-10)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Clay Currie pitching. Earl Moss singles past the second baseman. Joe Cerutti flies out to the right fielder. J. Fletcher Creamer flies out to the left fielder. Rod Collard singles to left field. Earl Moss aggressively advances to third on the hit. Ed Oliver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jerry Bradley pitching. Don Penson singles to left field. Harley Rafter strikes out. Hiroyuki Matsui strikes out. Jack Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jeff Fisher strikes out. Neil Shantz walks. Augie Sterling strikes out. Jerry Bradley singles to left field. Earl Moss walks. Joe Cerutti flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Hank Moss walks. Kid Leary walks. Arturo Cuellar singles to left field. Hank Moss scores. Hector Polonia singles to center field. Kid Leary scores. Clay Currie fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Clay Currie strikes out. Don Penson flies out to the left fielder. Harley Rafter grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis J. Fletcher Creamer walks. J. Fletcher Creamer steals second. Rod Collard singles to center field. J. Fletcher Creamer scores. Ed Oliver grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jeff Fisher pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Hiroyuki Matsui grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Collins walks. Hank Moss singles past the second baseman. Kid Leary grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hank Moss is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Arturo Cuellar strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Neil Shantz singles to left field. Augie Sterling strikes out. Jerry Bradley lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Earl Moss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Hector Polonia triples. Clay Currie strikes out. Don Penson flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Hector Polonia scores. Harley Rafter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Joe Cerutti grounds out to the pitcher. J. Fletcher Creamer grounds out to the pitcher. Rod Collard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Hiroyuki Matsui singles to center field. Jack Collins grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hiroyuki Matsui is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Hank Moss singles to center field. Kid Leary doubles to right field. Jack Collins scores. Hank Moss uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Kurowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Arturo Cuellar strikes out. Hector Polonia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Ed Oliver grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Fisher pops out to the second baseman. Neil Shantz singles to left field. Augie Sterling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Clay Currie grounds out to the shortstop. Don Penson grounds out to the shortstop. Harley Rafter walks. Hiroyuki Matsui walks. Jack Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Ray Kurowski strikes out. Earl Moss walks. Joe Cerutti grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Moss advances to second on the play. Mel Williams 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. J. Fletcher Creamer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hank Moss flies out to the right fielder. Kid Leary grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Arturo Cuellar strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Al Baker is pinch hitting for Rod Collard. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Baker flies out to the center fielder. Ed Oliver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Fisher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Hector Polonia singles to left field. Mel Williams lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Penson flies out to the center fielder. Harley Rafter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Larry Edington is pinch hitting for Neil Shantz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Larry Edington walks. Augie Sterling strikes out. Ruppert Knapp is pinch hitting for Ray Kurowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ruppert Knapp flies out to the right fielder. Earl Moss flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners left on base: 9 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dave Coluccio did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty King Alexander did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Morton improves in velocity Dave Coluccio did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Coluccio did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rafael Perkins improves in contact_vs_righty Cherokee Cruz improves in power_vs_righty George Shumaker did not respond to coaching in control Darrel Parkinson did not respond to coaching in speed