Win: John Rackley (1-0) Loss: Joe Price (2-1)
Save: Joe Cordova (5)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Michael Jackson pitching. Oscar Peralta walks. Shano Banks pops out to the shortstop. Hank Bitters doubles to right field. Oscar Peralta uses his aggressiveness and scores. Crazy Corey flies out to the center fielder. Brooks Boerne singles to left field. Hank Bitters scores. Mike Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Baker Camp pitching. Jose Uribe grounds out to the second baseman. Byron Dumoulin flies out to the left fielder. Robin Yount flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Joe Bushelman strikes out. Sam Goldsmith flies out to the right fielder. Baker Camp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tripp Cromer grounds out to the shortstop. Barry Bonds walks. Tsuyoshi Shinjo hits a home run. Barry Bonds scores. Ken Moss doubles to right field. Pete Conroy grounds out to the pitcher. Michael Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Oscar Peralta walks. Shano Banks is hit by a pitch. Hank Bitters lines out to the second baseman. Crazy Corey triples. Oscar Peralta scores. Shano Banks scores. Brooks Boerne doubles to left field. Crazy Corey scores. Bill Swift comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Brooks Boerne advances to third on the play. Joe Bushelman singles to left field. Brooks Boerne scores. Joe Bushelman steals second. Ken Moss throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Sam Goldsmith grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jose Uribe walks. Byron Dumoulin flies out to the center fielder. Robin Yount flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Tripp Cromer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jose Uribe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Baker Camp pops out to the catcher. Oscar Peralta singles to center field. Shano Banks flies out to the center fielder. Hank Bitters strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Barry Bonds singles to left field. Tsuyoshi Shinjo walks. Ken Moss grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tsuyoshi Shinjo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pete Conroy singles to left field. Barry Bonds scores. Bill Swift fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Swift flies out to the right fielder. Jose Uribe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Crazy Corey grounds out to the second baseman. Brooks Boerne grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Byron Dumoulin singles to center field. Robin Yount strikes out. Tripp Cromer doubles to right field. Byron Dumoulin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Barry Bonds singles to center field. Tsuyoshi Shinjo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Barry Bonds advances to second on the play. Ken Moss walks. Pete Conroy singles to left field. Tripp Cromer scores. Charlie Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Swift strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 St. Louis Joe Bushelman flies out to the left fielder. Sam Goldsmith strikes out. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jose Uribe strikes out. Byron Dumoulin doubles to left field. Robin Yount pops out to the third baseman. Tripp Cromer singles to right field. Byron Dumoulin scores. Barry Bonds grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Oscar Peralta doubles to center field. Shano Banks flies out to the left fielder. Hank Bitters strikes out. Julian Tavarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Crazy Corey triples. Oscar Peralta scores. Brooks Boerne strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Tsuyoshi Shinjo flies out to the left fielder. Ken Moss flies out to the center fielder. Pete Conroy singles to center field. Jermaine Allensworth is pinch hitting for Julian Tavarez. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jermaine Allensworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Joe Price pitching. Mike Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Bushelman doubles to right field. Sam Goldsmith grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jose Uribe walks. Jose Uribe steals second. Byron Dumoulin hits a home run. Jose Uribe scores. John Rackley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Robin Yount grounds out to the second baseman. Tripp Cromer flies out to the center fielder. Barry Bonds walks. Tsuyoshi Shinjo pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Oscar Peralta singles to right field. Shano Banks singles to left field. Oscar Peralta aggressively advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Hank Bitters flies out to the left fielder. The defense is playing the corners in. Crazy Corey walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Brooks Boerne singles to right field. Oscar Peralta scores. Shano Banks scores. Mike Williams flies out to the left fielder. Joe Bushelman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Joe Cordova comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ken Moss flies out to the center fielder. Pete Conroy strikes out. Joe Price pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 10
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doc Navarro improves in arm Doc Navarro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Niemann improves in power_vs_lefty Rabbit Bloodworth did not respond to coaching in control Bill Niemann improves in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: J.T. Snow did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Livan Hernandez did not respond to coaching in control Livan Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Kirk Rueter improves in control Bob Melvin did not respond to coaching in 2B