Inning: 1 St. Louis Sandy Morris pitching. Oscar Vaughn singles to right field. Oscar Vaughn steals second. Christian Monsour doubles to center field. Oscar Vaughn scores. James Helms singles to left field. Christian Monsour scores. Bill Shirley strikes out. Ty Graham flies out to the right fielder. Scott Kretsch grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Webb Ignasiak pitching. Henry Okrie singles to left field. Sam House singles to right field. Henry Okrie aggressively advances to third on the hit. Sam House gets picked off first. Toki Ichikawa flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Henry Okrie scores. Sadao Nakayama strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Travis Joe Miller walks. Smooth Ed Simpson grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Travis Joe Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Webb Ignasiak lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Smooth Ed Simpson forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Oscar Vaughn walks. Christian Monsour hits a home run. Webb Ignasiak scores. Oscar Vaughn scores. James Helms flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Juan Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Joe Bella strikes out. Mike Coulter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Bill Shirley walks. Ty Graham flies out to the center fielder. Scott Kretsch grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pete Lyons flies out to the center fielder. Sandy Morris grounds out to the third baseman. Henry Okrie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Travis Joe Miller walks. Smooth Ed Simpson singles to left field. Travis Joe Miller advances to third on the hit. Webb Ignasiak pops out to the first baseman. Oscar Vaughn strikes out. Christian Monsour hits an infield single to the second baseman. Travis Joe Miller scores. James Helms grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Christian Monsour is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Sam House pops out to the second baseman. Toki Ichikawa walks. Sadao Nakayama strikes out. Toki Ichikawa steals second. Juan Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bill Shirley walks. Ty Graham walks. Scott Kretsch pops out to the second baseman. Travis Joe Miller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ty Graham is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Travis Joe Miller steals second. Smooth Ed Simpson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Bella pops out to the second baseman. Mike Coulter strikes out. Pete Lyons singles to left field. Sandy Morris singles to right field. Pete Lyons advances to third on the hit. Henry Okrie flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Webb Ignasiak grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Vaughn flies out to the center fielder. Christian Monsour walks. Christian Monsour steals second. James Helms grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Sam House grounds out to the shortstop. Toki Ichikawa singles to left field. Sadao Nakayama doubles to center field. Toki Ichikawa uses his aggressiveness and scores. Juan Ortiz singles to right field. Sadao Nakayama scores. Joe Bella flies out to the center fielder. Juan Ortiz is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Mel Smalley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Shirley strikes out. Ty Graham singles to right field. Scott Kretsch singles to right field. Travis Joe Miller singles to center field. Ty Graham scores. Smooth Ed Simpson flies out to the center fielder. Webb Ignasiak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mike Coulter reached on a fielding error by Scott Kretsch. Mike Coulter steals second. Pete Lyons lines out to the shortstop. Dan Alvarez is pinch hitting for Mel Smalley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dan Alvarez pops out to the first baseman. Henry Okrie triples. Mike Coulter scores. Ray Blaylock 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. Sam House grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Satans Angel pitching. Oscar Vaughn grounds out to the third baseman. Christian Monsour grounds out to the third baseman. James Helms singles to center field. Bill Shirley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. James Helms is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Trea Tucker enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Shirley at 2B. Andy Van Slyke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Travis Joe Miller at CF. Toki Ichikawa hits a home run. Sadao Nakayama walks. Juan Ortiz hits an infield single to the shortstop. Joe Bella grounds out to the third baseman. Sadao Nakayama advances to third on the play. Juan Ortiz advances to second on the play. Mike Coulter strikes out. Pete Lyons strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ty Graham grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Kretsch strikes out. Andy Van Slyke singles to center field. Smooth Ed Simpson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bobby Jackson is pinch hitting for Satans Angel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bobby Jackson lines out to the shortstop. Henry Okrie singles to center field. Sam House flies out to the center fielder. Toki Ichikawa pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 10 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Christian Monsour (19).HR - Christian Monsour (13).GIDP - Scott Kretsch. Baserunning: SB - Oscar Vaughn (39), Christian Monsour (30), Travis Joe Miller (31). Fielding: E - Scott Kretsch.
Batting:2B - Sadao Nakayama (29).3B - Henry Okrie (11).HR - Toki Ichikawa (17).SF - Toki Ichikawa. Baserunning: SB - Toki Ichikawa (20), Mike Coulter (11).CS - Juan Ortiz (7).
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Doc Hollywood did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Volpe improves in range Jerry Cantrell did not respond to coaching in control Stoney Kidwell improves in speed
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Hampton did not respond to coaching in control Roy Fowlkes did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Dyer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rick Velazquez did not respond to coaching in control