Win: Jeff Rollins (1-0) Loss: Neal Keener (0-2)
Save: Jeff Woods (8)
Inning: 1 Montreal Hal Robertson pitching. Jerry Alexander pops out to the catcher. Chris Ventura grounds out to the second baseman. Kurt Wills grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Ty Leip pitching. Doc Galvez flies out to the left fielder. John Kaufman grounds out to the second baseman. Bartolo Schofield singles to left field. Ernie Nelson singles to center field. Mark Hague grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ernie Nelson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Montreal Galen Kaiser singles to center field. Buddy Shinnick grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Claude Mazeroski flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Burnett grounds out to the second baseman. Don White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Takahiko Kitamura hits a home run. Bill Briggs grounds out to the pitcher. Ty Leip strikes out. Jerry Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Hal Robertson strikes out. Doc Galvez strikes out. John Kaufman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Chris Ventura singles to center field. Kurt Wills grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Galen Kaiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bartolo Schofield walks. Ernie Nelson singles to left field. Bartolo Schofield advances to third on the hit. Mark Hague grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bartolo Schofield scores. Bill Burnett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Buddy Shinnick strikes out. Claude Mazeroski singles to center field. Takahiko Kitamura singles to center field. Claude Mazeroski advances to third on the hit. Bill Briggs singles to right field. Claude Mazeroski scores. Takahiko Kitamura advances to third on the hit. Ty Leip singles to center field. Takahiko Kitamura scores. Bill Briggs advances to third on the hit. Tilly Biddle 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. Jerry Alexander flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Briggs scores. Chris Ventura singles to center field. Kurt Wills walks. Galen Kaiser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 St. Louis Don White singles to center field. Mike Wright strikes out. Eddie Mattox is pinch hitting for Tilly Biddle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Eddie Mattox singles to center field. Don White advances to third on the hit. Doc Galvez singles to left field. Don White scores. Eddie Mattox advances to third on the hit. John Kaufman hits a home run. Eddie Mattox scores. Doc Galvez scores. Kenji Yamamoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bartolo Schofield grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Nelson hits an infield single to the third baseman. Mark Hague grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ernie Nelson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Osvaldo Rivas pitching. Buddy Shinnick grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Mazeroski singles to left field. Takahiko Kitamura grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Claude Mazeroski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Briggs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Bill Burnett grounds out to the third baseman. Don White pops out to the first baseman. Mike Wright pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Hiroshi Haraikawa is pinch hitting for Kenji Yamamoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hiroshi Haraikawa reached on a fielding error by Ernie Nelson. Jerry Alexander singles to right field. Chris Ventura grounds out to the second baseman. Hiroshi Haraikawa advances to third on the play. Jerry Alexander advances to second on the play. Kurt Wills singles to right field. Hiroshi Haraikawa scores. Jerry Alexander scores. Kurt Wills steals second. Galen Kaiser walks. Buddy Shinnick grounds out to the second baseman. Kurt Wills advances to third on the play. Galen Kaiser advances to second on the play. Claude Mazeroski singles to right field. Kurt Wills scores. Galen Kaiser is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Broderick Foreman pitching. David Hockette is pinch hitting for Osvaldo Rivas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. David Hockette strikes out. Doc Galvez walks. John Kaufman hits a home run. Doc Galvez scores. Frank Herring comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bartolo Schofield singles to center field. Ernie Nelson flies out to the center fielder. Mark Hague grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal George Puig pitching. Takahiko Kitamura grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Briggs grounds out to the shortstop. Jun Samejima is pinch hitting for Frank Herring. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jun Samejima strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jeff Rollins pitching. Bill Edwards is pinch hitting for Bill Burnett. Bill Edwards strikes out. Don White grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Wright singles to right field. Joe Sizemore is pinch hitting for George Puig. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Wright is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Montreal Neal Keener pitching. Jerry Alexander walks. Jerry Alexander steals second. Chris Ventura walks. Kurt Wills grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jerry Alexander advances to third on the play. Chris Ventura advances to second on the play. Galen Kaiser pops out to the third baseman. Buddy Shinnick singles to right field. Jerry Alexander scores. Chris Ventura scores. Claude Mazeroski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jeff Woods comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Miller is pinch hitting for Neal Keener. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Billy Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Galvez pops out to the third baseman. John Kaufman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Montreal total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4
Game Notes Ty Leip is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Fuller improves in arm Eric Bair did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Hoerner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tony Jones did not respond to coaching in control Tony Jones did not respond to coaching in control Chuck Hofferth did not respond to coaching in control
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Barney Hatcher improves in arm Barney Hatcher improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Kepshire improves in range Steve Shumpert improves in speed Barney Hatcher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty