Win: Rick Howell (7-12) Loss: Urban Boehringer (18-7)
Save: Ralph Craft (5)
Inning: 1 Colorado Rick Howell pitching. Marquis Sherrill strikes out. Rolla Benton singles past the second baseman. Bruce Phillippe strikes out. Bill Wetzel walks. Lou Cox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 St. Louis Urban Boehringer pitching. Forrest Kuenn singles to center field. Carl Hermanski grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Forrest Kuenn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Urbano Lefebvre walks. Ernie Natal flies out to the left fielder. Carl Hermanski steals third. Ellis Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Colorado Tilly Coleman pops out to the first baseman. Pete Marte strikes out. Bryan McGraw singles to left field. Urban Boehringer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bryan McGraw is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham strikes out. Tom Schwabe singles to right field. Bill Jurewicz strikes out. Rick Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Marquis Sherrill grounds out to the second baseman. Rolla Benton doubles to left field. Bruce Phillippe pops out to the second baseman. Bill Wetzel walks. Lou Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Forrest Kuenn strikes out. Carl Hermanski grounds out to the shortstop. Urbano Lefebvre singles to right field. Ernie Natal flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Tilly Coleman flies out to the center fielder. Pete Marte grounds out to the shortstop. Bryan McGraw grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ellis Jones flies out to the left fielder. Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Schwabe doubles to right field. Bill Jurewicz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Urban Boehringer singles to right field. Marquis Sherrill flies out to the center fielder. Rolla Benton walks. Bruce Phillippe lines out to the third baseman. Bill Wetzel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Rick Howell flies out to the right fielder. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Hermanski singles to right field. Carl Hermanski steals second. Urbano Lefebvre grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Colorado Lou Cox strikes out. Tilly Coleman strikes out. Pete Marte hits a home run. Bryan McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Ernie Natal walks. Ellis Jones flies out to the right fielder. Greg Higginbotham grounds out to the pitcher. Ernie Natal advances to second on the play. Tom Schwabe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Urban Boehringer flies out to the center fielder. Marquis Sherrill walks. Rolla Benton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Bill Jurewicz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rick Howell strikes out. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Bruce Phillippe strikes out. Bill Wetzel strikes out. Lou Cox is hit by a pitch. Tilly Coleman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lou Cox is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Carl Hermanski flies out to the left fielder. Urbano Lefebvre walks. Ernie Natal singles to center field. Kevin Fischer 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. Ellis Jones doubles to left field. Urbano Lefebvre scores. Ernie Natal uses his aggressiveness and scores. Greg Higginbotham singles to center field. Ellis Jones scores. Tom Schwabe grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Greg Higginbotham is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Jurewicz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Henry Magner enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Schwabe at 3B. Kazunori Kinjo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cookie Hearne is pinch hitting for Pete Marte. Cookie Hearne singles to center field. Bryan McGraw strikes out. A.J. Sixsmith is pinch hitting for Kevin Fischer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. A.J. Sixsmith singles to left field. Cookie Hearne advances to third on the hit. Marquis Sherrill grounds out to the second baseman. Cookie Hearne scores. A.J. Sixsmith advances to second on the play. Ralph Craft comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Conway is pinch running for A.J. Sixsmith on 2nd base. Rolla Benton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Colorado total runners left on base: 9 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Tom Schwabe is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Slim Hutchinson improves in speed Dick Eastwick did not respond to coaching in control Jason Holloway did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dick Eastwick did not respond to coaching in velocity Chicken Snopek did not respond to coaching in SS
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Ducky Green did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Hesketh did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Hesketh did not respond to coaching in arm Willie Peek improves in power_vs_righty Ducky Green did not respond to coaching in RF