Win: Joe Kurosaki (4-5) Loss: Ever Zuvella (7-12)
Save: Newt Kaiser (32)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Frank Taylor pitching. Rickey Fetzer doubles to center field. Shoji Narita strikes out. Pat Clark singles to center field. Rickey Fetzer scores. Jose Moon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Frank Orsulak pitching. Doc Galvez strikes out. John Kaufman strikes out. Bartolo Schofield hits a home run. Ernie Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Inglett pops out to the second baseman. John Hairston lines out to the shortstop. Juan Pennington pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Burnett strikes out. Mike Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Edwards grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Omar Alomar grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Orsulak strikes out. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Eric Kennedy grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Taylor strikes out. Doc Galvez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Shoji Narita singles past the second baseman. Pat Clark strikes out. Jose Moon grounds out to the pitcher. Shoji Narita advances to second on the play. Bob Inglett hits a home run. Shoji Narita scores. John Hairston flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis John Kaufman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bartolo Schofield grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Juan Pennington pops out to the third baseman. Omar Alomar singles to center field. Frank Orsulak lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bill Burnett walks. Mike Wright flies out to the center fielder. Bill Edwards flies out to the right fielder. Eric Kennedy walks. Frank Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Kennedy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Shoji Narita reached on a 2-base fielding error by Mike Wright. Pat Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Shoji Narita advances to third on the play. Jose Moon grounds out to the shortstop. Shoji Narita scores. Bob Inglett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Doc Galvez singles to center field. John Kaufman flies out to the center fielder. Bartolo Schofield singles to center field. Ernie Nelson singles to center field. Doc Galvez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Burnett singles to center field. Bartolo Schofield scores. Mike Wright grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ernie Nelson is out at third base. Bill Edwards grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Wright is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati John Hairston grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Pennington walks. Omar Alomar strikes out. Frank Orsulak grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Juan Pennington is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Eddie Mattox is pinch hitting for Eric Kennedy. Eddie Mattox flies out to the right fielder. Joe Sizemore is pinch hitting for Frank Taylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Sizemore flies out to the left fielder. Doc Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Ever Zuvella pitching. Rip Mahoney enters the game as a defensive replacement for Eddie Mattox at C. Rickey Fetzer lines out to the second baseman. Shoji Narita singles to right field. Shoji Narita is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pat Clark walks. Jose Moon flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis John Kaufman triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Joe Kurosaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bartolo Schofield flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John Kaufman scores. Ernie Nelson flies out to the right fielder. Bill Burnett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bob Inglett singles to right field. John Hairston walks. Juan Pennington hits a home run. Bob Inglett scores. John Hairston scores. Omar Alomar doubles to center field. Patrick Johnson is pinch hitting for Joe Kurosaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Patrick Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Rickey Fetzer flies out to the center fielder. Shoji Narita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Newt Kaiser pitching. Mike Wright strikes out. Bill Edwards reached on a fielding error by Rickey Fetzer. Rip Mahoney strikes out. Tony Landis is pinch hitting for Ever Zuvella. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Landis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 4 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Don Causey did not respond to coaching in range Steve Colton did not respond to coaching in control Roy Twombly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Candy Cooper did not respond to coaching in control Doc Beasley did not respond to coaching in arm Candy Cooper did not respond to coaching in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Mike Stoops did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Miller improves in power_vs_lefty Gary Irvine improves in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.