Win: Red Rikard (13-10) Loss: Jose Busby (12-8)
Save: Kurt Ramsey (36)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Red Rikard pitching. Bill Appier strikes out. Tom Rohdes flies out to the center fielder. Will Clark hits a home run. Joe Gordon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Jose Busby pitching. Vern Moreno strikes out. Bub Groth singles to right field. Harry Daviault pops out to the second baseman. Earl Harper doubles to center field. Bub Groth uses his aggressiveness and scores. Peaches Martinez singles to left field. Earl Harper uses his aggressiveness and scores. Peaches Martinez steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Tsutomu Misawa singles to center field. Peaches Martinez scores. Rufus Potts walks. Bill Kommers walks. Red Rikard grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Len Zimmer strikes out. Tony Mills grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Vern Moreno strikes out. Bub Groth strikes out. Harry Daviault grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Joe Becker flies out to the right fielder. Jose Busby flies out to the left fielder. Bill Appier singles to right field. Tom Rohdes singles in front of the right fielder. Will Clark flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Earl Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Peaches Martinez grounds out to the shortstop. Tsutomu Misawa walks. Rufus Potts strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Joe Gordon grounds out to the shortstop. Len Zimmer flies out to the center fielder. Tony Mills pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bill Kommers lines out to the third baseman. Red Rikard reached on a fielding error by Tony Mills. Vern Moreno grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bob Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Becker flies out to the left fielder. Jose Busby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bub Groth singles to right field. Bub Groth steals second. Harry Daviault singles to right field. Bub Groth scores. Hans Mueller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Earl Harper grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Peaches Martinez singles to center field. Peaches Martinez steals second. Tsutomu Misawa pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bill Appier strikes out. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Will Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rufus Potts walks. Bill Kommers flies out to the center fielder. Red Rikard lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Rufus Potts forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Vern Moreno singles to center field. Bub Groth grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Vern Moreno is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joe Gordon singles past the shortstop. Len Zimmer singles to center field. Joe Gordon advances to third on the hit. Tony Mills flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Gordon scores. Len Zimmer steals second. Bob Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Becker singles to center field. Len Zimmer scores. Hans Mueller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Becker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Harry Daviault grounds out to the pitcher. Earl Harper strikes out. Peaches Martinez hits an infield single to the pitcher. Peaches Martinez steals second. Tsutomu Misawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Sal Leshnock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bill Appier grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Rohdes pops out to the catcher. Will Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rufus Potts hits a home run. Harry Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Kommers flies out to the right fielder. Howard Wockenfuss is pinch hitting for Sal Leshnock. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Howard Wockenfuss strikes out. Vern Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Kurt Ramsey pitching. Joe Gordon grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Len Zimmer strikes out. Tony Mills singles to right field. Masanobu Tanaka is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Masanobu Tanaka singles to right field. Joe Becker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 5 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Butler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Adolfo Lewis did not respond to coaching in control Paul Sutherland did not respond to coaching in speed Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Curt Mason improves in arm Joe Butler improves in RF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pablo Harrison did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Marrow did not respond to coaching in control Eric Kremer did not respond to coaching in velocity Eric Kremer did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Sawyer did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Desjardien did not respond to coaching in control