Win: Ben Helms (3-3) Loss: Mike Sanford (1-1)
Save: Danny Brubaker (5)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Bill Boucher pitching. Cam Wolf walks. Charley Eaves grounds out to the third baseman. Cam Wolf advances to second on the play. Scott Buehrle walks. Iker Carrara grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Scott Buehrle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Hillegas doubles to center field. Cam Wolf scores. Iker Carrara is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Ben Helms pitching. Jose Wood strikes out. Garry Kuhel doubles to center field. Brian Wade flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Gus Smyth grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Gael Reyes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Tierney flies out to the left fielder. Mac Nicholson walks. Ben Helms strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Tige Nastu singles to left field. Ed Moraga singles to left field. Tige Nastu advances to third on the hit. Maury Wills singles to center field. Tige Nastu scores. Alexander Zaldivar singles to center field. Bill Boucher walks. Ed Moraga scores. Jose Wood strikes out. Garry Kuhel pops out to the catcher. Brian Wade walks. Maury Wills scores. Gus Smyth grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Alexander Zaldivar is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 St. Louis Cam Wolf is hit by a pitch. Charley Eaves singles to center field. Cam Wolf advances to third on the hit. Scott Buehrle singles to center field. Cam Wolf scores. Charley Eaves advances to third on the hit. Iker Carrara singles to left field. Charley Eaves scores. Scott Buehrle advances to third on the hit. Mike Hillegas grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Buehrle scores. Iker Carrara advances to second on the play. Gael Reyes grounds out to the second baseman. Iker Carrara advances to third on the play. Jack Tierney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Tige Nastu strikes out. Ed Moraga strikes out. Maury Wills grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Mac Nicholson strikes out. Ben Helms strikes out. Cam Wolf walks. Charley Eaves singles to center field. Cam Wolf advances to third on the hit. Scott Buehrle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Atlanta Alexander Zaldivar singles to left field. Bill Boucher fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Boucher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alexander Zaldivar advances to second on the play. Jose Wood strikes out. Garry Kuhel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Iker Carrara hits an infield single to the shortstop. Mike Hillegas walks. Mike Sanford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gael Reyes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Iker Carrara advances to third on the play. Mike Hillegas advances to second on the play. Jack Tierney pops out to the first baseman. Mac Nicholson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Atlanta Brian Wade singles to left field. Gus Smyth singles to center field. Tige Nastu grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Brian Wade advances to third on the play. Ed Moraga singles to right field. Brian Wade scores. Maury Wills grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Moraga is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Ben Helms flies out to the left fielder. Cam Wolf hits a home run. Charley Eaves pops out to the first baseman. Scott Buehrle singles to center field. Iker Carrara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Alexander Zaldivar doubles past the right fielder. Steve Etherton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Sanford fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Sanford pops out to the second baseman. Jose Wood flies out to the center fielder. Garry Kuhel lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Mike Hillegas walks. Gael Reyes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Hillegas advances to second on the play. Jack Tierney flies out to the left fielder. Mac Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Brian Wade grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Smyth pops out to the shortstop. Tige Nastu singles to right field. Ed Moraga pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Gus Assenmacher is pinch hitting for Steve Etherton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Gus Assenmacher flies out to the center fielder. Cam Wolf strikes out. Charley Eaves lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Danny Brubaker pitching. Maury Wills walks. Maury Wills steals second. Alexander Zaldivar strikes out. Jocko Luebber is pinch hitting for Mike Sanford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Maury Wills advances to third on the play. Jose Wood flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Andy Allen pitching. Scott Buehrle singles to left field. Iker Carrara pops out to the first baseman. Mike Hillegas singles to right field. Scott Buehrle advances to third on the hit. Jack Sulik comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gael Reyes reached on a fielding error by Brian Wade. Scott Buehrle scores. Jack Tierney pops out to the second baseman. Mac Nicholson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Atlanta Billy Nevers enters the game as a defensive replacement for Scott Buehrle at 1B. Rafer Barnes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jack Tierney at LF. Ray Ryan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mac Nicholson at C. Garry Kuhel walks. Brian Wade pops out to the second baseman. Gus Smyth strikes out. Tige Nastu grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Garry Kuhel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 11 Atlanta total runners LOB: 10
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Frank Ganzel improves in power_vs_lefty Johnny Haney did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Steinecke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Gaston did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Johnny Haney did not respond to coaching in control Jimmy Gantenbein did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Gil Mejia did not respond to coaching in 3B
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Magee did not respond to coaching in speed Billy Vance did not respond to coaching in control King Hamill improves in velocity T.J. Priddy did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Schultz improves in velocity Roger Gwosdz improves in control Joe Magee did not respond to coaching in SS