Inning: 1 San Diego Boyd Siebert pitching. Rex Howard strikes out. Bill Currie grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Cookson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Doug Messenger pitching. Davey Kent is hit by a pitch. Cy Davis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Davey Kent is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Calvin Knight strikes out. Cy Davis steals second. Swede Nance flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Don Blank grounds out to the pitcher. Alexei Rivera pops out to the first baseman. Rip Drake strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Geis walks. Doug Sievers flies out to the right fielder. John Huppert grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Dennis Thobe grounds out to the shortstop. Bill King grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Messenger lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Pat Bilbrey flies out to the right fielder. Boyd Siebert strikes out. Davey Kent strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Rex Howard doubles to center field. Bill Currie grounds out to the second baseman. Rex Howard advances to third on the play. Jim Cookson flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rex Howard is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Cy Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Calvin Knight grounds out to the shortstop. Swede Nance triples. Bill Geis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Don Blank grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Alexei Rivera grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Drake walks. Dennis Thobe grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rip Drake is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Doug Sievers reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rex Howard. John Huppert walks. Pat Bilbrey singles to right field. Doug Sievers scores. Boyd Siebert lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Davey Kent grounds out to the third baseman. John Huppert scores. Pat Bilbrey advances to third on the play. Cy Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Bill King singles in front of the left fielder. Doug Messenger lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rex Howard walks. Bill Currie flies out to the center fielder. Jim Cookson singles to right field. Don Blank hits a home run. Bill King scores. Rex Howard scores. Jim Cookson scores. Alexei Rivera doubles to center field. Rip Drake grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Calvin Knight walks. Swede Nance pops out to the third baseman. Bill Geis singles to center field. Calvin Knight advances to third on the hit. Doug Sievers strikes out. John Huppert strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Diego Kris Kelliher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dennis Thobe walks. Bob Shemo is pinch hitting for Bill King. Bob Shemo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dennis Thobe is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Doug Messenger lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Rex Howard grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Doug Messenger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Rick Tyler enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Shemo at 1B. Pat Bilbrey grounds out to the pitcher. John Wilcox is pinch hitting for Kris Kelliher. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Wilcox doubles past the center fielder. Brian Herrmann 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. Davey Kent doubles to center field. John Wilcox scores. Cy Davis walks. Calvin Knight flies out to the right fielder. Swede Nance flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 San Diego Charlie Davidson pitching. Bill Currie strikes out. Jim Cookson hits a home run. Don Blank singles to right field. Alexei Rivera doubles to right field. Don Blank is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Rip Drake flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bill Geis strikes out. Doug Sievers grounds out to the shortstop. John Huppert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Kim Gaines comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dennis Thobe grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Tyler grounds out to the second baseman. Whitey Bosman is pinch hitting for Brian Herrmann. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Whitey Bosman singles to left field. Rex Howard grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Whitey Bosman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ron Darnell pitching. Pat Bilbrey singles to center field. Spider Guese is pinch hitting for Kim Gaines. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Spider Guese flies out to the center fielder. Davey Kent grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Bilbrey advances to second on the play. Cy Davis doubles to left field. Pat Bilbrey scores. Calvin Knight flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 San Diego total runners LOB: 5 St. Louis total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Davey Kent (23), Cy Davis (14), John Wilcox (5).3B - Swede Nance (9).GIDP - John Huppert.HBP - Davey Kent (3). Baserunning: SB - Cy Davis (11).
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Powers did not respond to coaching in control Tink Hansen improves in control Grant Medwick improves in power_vs_lefty Bud Worden improves in speed Ray Niles did not respond to coaching in LF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ernie Coco did not respond to coaching in control Pat Womack improves in arm Larvell Littlejohn did not respond to coaching in control Morrie Sinatro improves in control Al Gardner did not respond to coaching in C