Win: Steve Hedlund (4-19) Loss: George Cuellar (13-13)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati George Cuellar pitching. Kelly Strom doubles to left field. Harry Rudolph singles past the shortstop. Kelly Strom is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Kenny Kamau strikes out. Esteban Evers grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Steve Hedlund pitching. Phil Rollins strikes out. Buck Avery grounds out to the third baseman. Don Skowron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Rip Braun strikes out. Osvaldo Gideon grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John McGilvray walks. Vic Pena grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John McGilvray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Alex Barrett strikes out. Howie Brown flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Carlos Moses strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Steve Hedlund strikes out. Kelly Strom grounds out to the catcher. Harry Rudolph walks. Kenny Kamau singles to left field. Esteban Evers pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis John Krawczyk singles to right field. Gavin McManus strikes out. George Cuellar lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Phil Rollins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Rip Braun hits a home run. Osvaldo Gideon singles to right field. John McGilvray strikes out. Vic Pena flies out to the left fielder. Steve Hedlund flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Buck Avery walks. Don Skowron flies out to the center fielder. Alex Barrett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Kelly Strom flies out to the left fielder. Harry Rudolph walks. Kenny Kamau walks. Esteban Evers strikes out. Rip Braun singles to right field. Osvaldo Gideon grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 St. Louis Howie Brown strikes out. Carlos Moses strikes out. John Krawczyk singles to right field. Gavin McManus grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati John McGilvray walks. Vic Pena strikes out. Steve Hedlund lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kelly Strom strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis George Cuellar grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Rollins flies out to the left fielder. Buck Avery doubles to right field. Don Skowron grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Harry Rudolph grounds out to the second baseman. Kenny Kamau flies out to the right fielder. Esteban Evers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Alex Barrett singles past the shortstop. Howie Brown grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Barrett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Carlos Moses walks. John Krawczyk grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Rip Braun reached on a 2-base fielding error by Gavin McManus. Carlos Estrada 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. Osvaldo Gideon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rip Braun advances to third on the play. Mike Hersh is pinch hitting for John McGilvray. Mike Hersh flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rip Braun is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Gavin McManus walks. Jeremy Howard is pinch hitting for Carlos Estrada. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeremy Howard grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Gavin McManus is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Phil Rollins strikes out. Buck Avery strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Carlos DeWitt pitching. Lew Girardi is pinch hitting for Vic Pena. Lew Girardi grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Hedlund flies out to the right fielder. Kelly Strom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Don Skowron grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Barrett flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Howie Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 9 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Guy Hughson improves in contact_vs_lefty Phil Williams did not respond to coaching in control Phil Williams did not respond to coaching in control Rickey Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Cangelosi improves in power_vs_righty Larry Brandt improves in power_vs_righty Bill Cangelosi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Collin Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Patrick Speed did not respond to coaching in CF