Win: Don Dittmer (15-8) Loss: Miguel Powell (2-1)
Save: Randy Hernandez (10)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Miguel Powell pitching. Urbano Lefebvre hits a home run. Mike Rettger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernie Natal flies out to the right fielder. Al Hawes singles to left field. Henry Magner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Don Dittmer pitching. Al Betts singles to center field. Rich Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Sam Crawford grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham flies out to the left fielder. Bill Jurewicz singles to center field. Ernie Nielsen hits a home run. Bill Jurewicz scores. Don Dittmer strikes out. Urbano Lefebvre grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Bill Goebel strikes out. Bill Huhn grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Mike Rettger grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Natal strikes out. Al Hawes doubles to right field. Henry Magner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Buddy Sarmiento grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Fordyce grounds out to the third baseman. Miguel Powell pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham pops out to the first baseman. Bill Jurewicz pops out to the shortstop. Ernie Nielsen walks. Don Dittmer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ernie Nielsen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Al Betts flies out to the left fielder. Rich Johnson strikes out. Sam Crawford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Urbano Lefebvre singles to left field. Mike Rettger singles to center field. Urbano Lefebvre advances to third on the hit. Sonny Clapinski 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. Ernie Natal strikes out. Al Hawes doubles to left field. Urbano Lefebvre scores. Mike Rettger uses his aggressiveness and scores. Henry Magner grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Higginbotham singles to center field. Al Hawes scores. Bill Jurewicz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Bill Goebel strikes out. Bill Huhn flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jimmy Iott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis John Torres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernie Nielsen flies out to the center fielder. Don Dittmer pops out to the second baseman. Urbano Lefebvre flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Buddy Sarmiento singles to right field. Ray Fordyce walks. John Torres lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al Betts walks. Rich Johnson singles to left field. Buddy Sarmiento scores. Ray Fordyce scores. Al Betts advances to third on the hit. Sam Crawford flies out to the right fielder. Bill Goebel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Mike Rettger grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Natal strikes out. Al Hawes doubles to center field. Henry Magner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Bill Huhn grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Iott strikes out. Buddy Sarmiento strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham hits an infield single to the shortstop. Greg Higginbotham steals second. Bill Jurewicz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Higginbotham advances to third on the play. Ernie Nielsen flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Greg Higginbotham scores. Bill Fuller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Moriarty is pinch hitting for Don Dittmer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Moriarty grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Ralph Craft pitching. Ray Fordyce grounds out to the third baseman. George Partee is pinch hitting for Bill Fuller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Partee walks. Al Betts pops out to the first baseman. Rich Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Oscar Marzano pitching. Urbano Lefebvre doubles to center field. Mike Rettger strikes out. Kei Tsukiyama is pinch hitting for Ernie Natal. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kei Tsukiyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Urbano Lefebvre advances to third on the play. Al Hawes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Sam Crawford pops out to the third baseman. Bill Goebel singles to center field. Bill Huhn singles to right field. Bill Goebel advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Iott singles to right field. Bill Goebel scores. Randy Hernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Buddy Sarmiento grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 4
Game Notes John Torres is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Charley Green did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Hesketh improves in speed Ducky Green improves in arm Joe Hesketh improves in range
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Cleo Furillo did not respond to coaching in control Jack Durant did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Howie Revering did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Milner improves in range