Win: Chris Pipgras (5-7) Loss: Ever Zuvella (13-7)
Save: Jeff Gotay (1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Rucker pitching. Ted Blong strikes out. Kazuto Yamazaki flies out to the right fielder. Greg Partenheimer singles to left field. Greg Partenheimer steals second. Danny Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Fritz Cain pitching. Doc Galvez flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Harris strikes out. Cy Hardy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Carew singles to right field. Ace Luskey singles to right field. Joe Carew advances to third on the hit. Dave Rodriguez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Carew scores. Juan Hyzdu flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Mickey Drake flies out to the left fielder. Steve Shumpert grounds out to the second baseman. John Kaufman singles to center field. Mike Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Fritz Cain strikes out. Ted Blong flies out to the right fielder. Kazuto Yamazaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Joe Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Rucker grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Galvez walks. Doc Galvez steals second. Jeff Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Joe Carew singles to center field. Ace Luskey singles to left field. Dave Rodriguez singles to left field. Joe Carew scores. Ace Luskey is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Cy Hardy doubles to center field. Mickey Drake flies out to the left fielder. Steve Shumpert grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cy Hardy advances to third on the play. John Kaufman singles to left field. Cy Hardy scores. Mike Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Juan Hyzdu pops out to the first baseman. Fritz Cain grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Blong flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Joe Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Rucker flies out to the center fielder. Doc Galvez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Kazuto Yamazaki grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Partenheimer flies out to the center fielder. Danny Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jeff Harris grounds out to the pitcher. Cy Hardy flies out to the left fielder. Mickey Drake grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Carew flies out to the left fielder. Ace Luskey grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Rodriguez doubles to center field. Juan Hyzdu walks. Fritz Cain grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Juan Hyzdu is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Steve Shumpert flies out to the right fielder. John Kaufman grounds out to the second baseman. Bartolo Schofield is pinch hitting for Mike Hernandez. Bartolo Schofield walks. Joe Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mark Hague enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bartolo Schofield at C. Hugh Lefler 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. Ted Blong lines out to the shortstop. Kazuto Yamazaki grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Danny McNamara is pinch hitting for Hugh Lefler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Danny McNamara walks. Doc Galvez strikes out. Jeff Harris singles to right field. Chris Pipgras 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. Cy Hardy flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Drake hits a home run. Danny McNamara scores. Jeff Harris scores. Steve Shumpert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ever Zuvella pitching. Danny Weaver grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Carew flies out to the right fielder. Ace Luskey singles to center field. Dave Rodriguez singles to left field. Juan Hyzdu bunts for a base hit. Joe Sizemore is pinch hitting for Chris Pipgras. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Sizemore reached on a fielding error by Doc Galvez. Ace Luskey scores. Ted Blong singles to center field. Dave Rodriguez scores. Juan Hyzdu scores. Joe Sizemore advances to third on the hit. Kazuto Yamazaki singles to center field. Joe Sizemore scores. Ted Blong advances to third on the hit. Greg Partenheimer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jeff Gotay pitching. John Kaufman doubles to center field. Mark Hague strikes out. Ernie Nelson is pinch hitting for Joe Valdez. Ernie Nelson pops out to the shortstop. Joe Neale is pinch hitting for Ever Zuvella. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Neale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dan Diaz did not respond to coaching in velocity Miguel Rosen improves in contact_vs_lefty Art Hoey improves in power_vs_righty Ernie Figueroa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Algie Belitz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Andy Murphy improves in endurance Algie Belitz did not respond to coaching in 3B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Arch Hornung did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Chambliss improves in contact_vs_lefty Jack Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Chambliss improves in range Mike Stoops did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jeff Chambliss improves in contact_vs_righty