Win: Lefty Smith (10-14) Loss: Bruce Brown (8-7)
Save: Nelson Command (44)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Lefty Smith pitching. Squire Alten grounds out to the second baseman. Red Sasaki walks. Rod Darnell grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Red Sasaki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Shinault singles to right field. Rod Darnell advances to third on the hit. Joe Dressendorfer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Bruce Brown pitching. Speed Zachary pops out to the second baseman. Pete Wills flies out to the center fielder. Keiichi Nakazawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jim Bellinger strikes out. Red Bannon strikes out. Bill Brown doubles to center field. Bruce Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Pete Grimes singles to left field. Hiroyuki Fujii grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Grimes advances to second on the play. Ray Thompson walks. Jimmy Felton doubles to center field. Pete Grimes scores. Ray Thompson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Magdiel Brito strikes out. Lefty Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Squire Alten strikes out. Red Sasaki pops out to the first baseman. Rod Darnell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Speed Zachary walks. Pete Wills grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Speed Zachary is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Keiichi Nakazawa strikes out. Pete Grimes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bill Shinault reached on a fielding error by Speed Zachary. Joe Dressendorfer flies out to the center fielder. Bill Shinault steals second. Jim Bellinger grounds out to the third baseman. Red Bannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Hiroyuki Fujii flies out to the left fielder. Ray Thompson strikes out. Jimmy Felton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bill Brown flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Brown singles past the second baseman. Squire Alten flies out to the left fielder. Red Sasaki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Magdiel Brito flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Speed Zachary pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rod Darnell singles to center field. Bill Shinault walks. Joe Dressendorfer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rod Darnell is out at third base. Jim Bellinger walks. Red Bannon flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Shinault scores. Bill Brown singles to center field. Joe Dressendorfer scores. Jim Bellinger advances to third on the hit. Bruce Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Pete Wills doubles to center field. Keiichi Nakazawa singles to left field. Pete Wills scores. Keiichi Nakazawa steals second. Pete Grimes grounds out to the second baseman. Keiichi Nakazawa advances to third on the play. Hiroyuki Fujii strikes out. Ray Thompson singles to right field. Keiichi Nakazawa scores. Jimmy Felton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Squire Alten strikes out. Red Sasaki strikes out. Rod Darnell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Joe Graham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Magdiel Brito hits a home run. Lefty Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Speed Zachary strikes out. Pete Wills grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bill Shinault flies out to the right fielder. Joe Dressendorfer singles to right field. Jim Bellinger grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Dressendorfer advances to second on the play. Takayuki Ito 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. Red Bannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Keiichi Nakazawa singles to center field. Keiichi Nakazawa steals second. Pete Grimes flies out to the right fielder. Hiroyuki Fujii grounds out to the second baseman. Keiichi Nakazawa advances to third on the play. Ray Thompson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Nelson Command comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Clutterbuck is pinch hitting for Joe Graham. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Clutterbuck strikes out. Squire Alten pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Red Bannon is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Buck Mingori did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Rafael Allen improves in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Rube Hock did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube Hock did not respond to coaching in control Bruce Lewis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Stu Routcliffe improves in arm