Win: Yukiichi Shimada (10-6) Loss: Monte Davis (3-6)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Tito Wise pitching. William Rawls singles to left field. Sumner Jeltz grounds into a force play to the first baseman. William Rawls is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Graham flies out to the left fielder. Jonathan Radford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Andre Dollar pitching. Ed Bean grounds out to the shortstop. Ryder Stetson strikes out. Dave Connors pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Corbin Hitchcock lines out to the third baseman. Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dave Backman pops out to the shortstop. Don Speier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Salvo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Lou Sadek singles to left field. Andre Dollar lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. William Rawls strikes out. Sumner Jeltz singles to right field. Lou Sadek scores. Dave Graham singles to left field. Sumner Jeltz advances to third on the hit. Jonathan Radford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doug Heflin flies out to the center fielder. Hal Lewis grounds out to the third baseman. Tito Wise strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Corbin Hitchcock flies out to the center fielder. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Mike Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ed Bean strikes out. Ryder Stetson singles to right field. Dave Connors grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Lou Sadek grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Andre Dollar strikes out. William Rawls grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dave Backman strikes out. Don Speier walks. Bob Salvo doubles to left field. Don Speier uses his aggressiveness and scores. Doug Heflin grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Salvo advances to third on the play. Hal Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Sumner Jeltz flies out to the center fielder. Dave Graham grounds out to the pitcher. Jonathan Radford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tito Wise grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Bean grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ryder Stetson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Corbin Hitchcock strikes out. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Mike Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dave Connors grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Backman flies out to the center fielder. Don Speier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Lou Sadek flies out to the right fielder. Andre Dollar strikes out. William Rawls flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bob Salvo grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Heflin grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Lewis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Sumner Jeltz walks. Yukiichi Shimada 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 1st. Dave Graham singles to center field. Sumner Jeltz advances to third on the hit. Jonathan Radford walks. Corbin Hitchcock grounds out to the second baseman. Sumner Jeltz scores. Dave Graham advances to third on the play. Jonathan Radford advances to second on the play. Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Monte Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. She Taylor is pinch hitting for Yukiichi Shimada. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. She Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Bean flies out to the center fielder. Ryder Stetson singles to right field. Drungo Bartee is pinch running for Ryder Stetson on 1st base. Dave Connors doubles to right field. Drungo Bartee uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Dave Backman singles past the second baseman. Dave Connors scores. St. Louis total runners left on base: 5 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 1
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Petkovsek did not respond to coaching in speed Hurricane Ned Lane did not respond to coaching in endurance Hurricane Ned Lane did not respond to coaching in velocity Hurricane Ned Lane did not respond to coaching in control Mark Locke did not respond to coaching in range Rick Stelmaszek did not respond to coaching in control Andy Walewander improves in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Merriman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Hudson improves in contact_vs_lefty Louie Hill did not respond to coaching in arm Ernesto Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity John McNair improves in contact_vs_righty Kris Gore did not respond to coaching in range