Win: Herb Cermak (5-2) Loss: Bob Fishburn (3-7)
Save: Dave Buker (27)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Otto Uhlir pitching. French Frey grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bill Kelly grounds out to the third baseman. John Huenke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Hoot Gibson pitching. Marty Paumier singles to right field. Jeff Perry grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jeff Hostetler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Cotton Nyee singles to center field. Willie Rawley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Julio Ray bunts for a base hit. Ruden Sanchez singles to center field. Julio Ray advances to third on the hit. Glenn Mahon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Colorado Ollie Black grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Jennings strikes out. Tadao Iba singles to center field. Tadao Iba steals second. Bill Meyerle singles to left field. Tadao Iba scores. Bill Avrea strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Hoot Gibson strikes out. French Frey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Otto Uhlir grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Paumier flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Perry doubles past the right fielder. Jeff Hostetler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis John Huenke singles to right field. Cotton Nyee grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Huenke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Willie Rawley flies out to the right fielder. Julio Ray strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Ollie Black flies out to the right fielder. Junior Jennings grounds out to the shortstop. Tadao Iba hits a home run. Bill Meyerle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Ruden Sanchez singles to center field. Glenn Mahon pops out to the first baseman. Hoot Gibson pops up a bunt to the pitcher. French Frey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ruden Sanchez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Bill Avrea pops out to the first baseman. Otto Uhlir grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Paumier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Bill Kelly strikes out. John Huenke flies out to the center fielder. Cotton Nyee hits a home run. Willie Rawley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Jeff Perry strikes out. Jeff Hostetler grounds out to the shortstop. Ollie Black grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Julio Ray bunts for a base hit. Ruden Sanchez grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Julio Ray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Glenn Mahon doubles to center field. Ruden Sanchez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hoot Gibson strikes out. French Frey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Junior Jennings grounds out to the pitcher. Tadao Iba grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Meyerle hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Meyerle steals second. Bill Avrea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bill Kelly strikes out. John Huenke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cotton Nyee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Dion Baptist is pinch hitting for Otto Uhlir. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dion Baptist flies out to the center fielder. Marty Paumier singles to center field. Herb Cermak 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. Marty Paumier is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jeff Perry singles to center field. Jeff Hostetler singles to right field. Ollie Black grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Bob Fishburn pitching. Willie Rawley singles to center field. Julio Ray doubles to left field. Willie Rawley is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Ruden Sanchez doubles to left field. Julio Ray scores. Jerry Bohen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Glenn Mahon walks. Al Hampton is pinch hitting for Herb Cermak. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Hampton flies out to the left fielder. French Frey walks. Bill Kelly singles to right field. Ruden Sanchez scores. Glenn Mahon scores. French Frey is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Dave Buker pitching. Junior Jennings strikes out. Tadao Iba grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Meyerle doubles to right field. Passed ball. Bill Meyerle advances to third. Bill Avrea walks. John Alexander is pinch hitting for Jerry Bohen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Avrea is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 Colorado total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Jeff Perry (13), Bill Meyerle (5).HR - Tadao Iba (2).GIDP - Jeff Perry. Baserunning: SB - Tadao Iba (13), Bill Meyerle (8).CS - Marty Paumier (5), Bill Avrea (5).
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Andy Thoenen improves in arm Al Roser improves in power_vs_righty Doug Naton did not respond to coaching in speed Pat Bickford improves in power_vs_lefty Shane Weekly improves in contact_vs_righty Shane Weekly improves in contact_vs_lefty John Jester did not respond to coaching in arm Carroll Harmon improves in contact_vs_righty Gene Luque improves in power_vs_righty Mark Berly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave Menefee did not respond to coaching in C
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C Improvements: Ron Garcia did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Layne improves in speed Ron Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Mike Marshall did not respond to coaching in speed Red Wilhelm did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Beamon improves in power_vs_lefty Jose Beamon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pat Anderson improves in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Dave Washington did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty