Inning: 1 Atlanta Webb Ignasiak pitching. Bruce Flohr strikes out. Winn Dixie strikes out. George Arft grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Kenta Mitsuhashi pitching. Drew Benintendi singles past the second baseman. Bill Shirley singles to left field. Drew Benintendi advances to third on the hit. Bill Shirley steals second. Oscar Vaughn singles to right field. Drew Benintendi scores. Chris Paniagua walks. Smooth Ed Simpson singles to left field. Bill Shirley scores. Oscar Vaughn scores. Chris Paniagua advances to third on the hit. Smooth Ed Simpson steals second. James Helms flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Chris Paniagua scores. Mel Black triples. Smooth Ed Simpson scores. Christian Monsour walks. Webb Ignasiak grounds out to the pitcher. Christian Monsour advances to second on the play. Drew Benintendi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Atlanta Stephen Cheatley doubles to left field. Tony Palmer singles to center field. Stephen Cheatley scores. Loren Burnett strikes out. Herman Pizarro grounds out to the pitcher. Tony Palmer advances to second on the play. Joe Jackson doubles to left field. Tony Palmer scores. Kenta Mitsuhashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Shirley singles to center field. Oscar Vaughn flies out to the center fielder. Chris Paniagua flies out to the left fielder. Smooth Ed Simpson walks. James Helms grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Atlanta Bruce Flohr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Winn Dixie strikes out. George Arft grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Mel Black grounds out to the shortstop. Christian Monsour strikes out. Webb Ignasiak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Stephen Cheatley flies out to the left fielder. Tony Palmer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Loren Burnett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Drew Benintendi strikes out. Bill Shirley strikes out. Oscar Vaughn walks. Chris Paniagua strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Herman Pizarro singles to right field. Joe Jackson singles to left field. Kenta Mitsuhashi fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kenta Mitsuhashi grounds out to the third baseman. Herman Pizarro advances to third on the play. Joe Jackson advances to second on the play. Bruce Flohr flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Herman Pizarro scores. Winn Dixie reached on a fielding error by Mel Black. George Arft grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Smooth Ed Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. James Helms strikes out. Mel Black singles to center field. Nick Boston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mel Black steals second. Christian Monsour lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Stephen Cheatley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Palmer strikes out. Loren Burnett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Webb Ignasiak grounds out to the third baseman. Drew Benintendi singles to right field. Bill Shirley singles to left field. Drew Benintendi advances to third on the hit. Oscar Vaughn singles to center field. Drew Benintendi scores. Bill Shirley advances to third on the hit. Chris Paniagua strikes out. Smooth Ed Simpson singles to right field. Bill Shirley scores. Oscar Vaughn advances to third on the hit. James Helms singles past the first baseman. Oscar Vaughn scores. Jim Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mel Black triples. Smooth Ed Simpson scores. James Helms scores. Christian Monsour singles to right field. Mel Black scores. Webb Ignasiak walks. Drew Benintendi singles to left field. Christian Monsour scores. Webb Ignasiak advances to third on the hit. Stan Spence comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Shirley pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Atlanta Herman Pizarro flies out to the right fielder. Joe Jackson singles to left field. Mike Shannon is pinch hitting for Stan Spence. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Shannon strikes out. Bruce Flohr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Red Smith pitching. Oscar Vaughn grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Paniagua flies out to the right fielder. Smooth Ed Simpson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Winn Dixie flies out to the center fielder. George Arft lines out to the shortstop. Ivan Brown is pinch hitting for Stephen Cheatley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ivan Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Nick McCarthy is pinch hitting for James Helms. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nick McCarthy singles in front of the left fielder. Mel Black grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Nick McCarthy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Christian Monsour singles to center field. Mel Black advances to third on the hit. Paul Jackson is pinch hitting for Webb Ignasiak. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Christian Monsour is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Paul Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Doc Hollywood pitching. Thomas Patrick is pinch hitting for Tony Palmer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Thomas Patrick pops out to the second baseman. Loren Burnett flies out to the center fielder. Herman Pizarro hits a home run. Joe Jackson hits a home run. Will Trent comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Leonard is pinch hitting for Red Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Atlanta total runners left on base: 4 St. Louis total runners left on base: 9
Batting:3B - Mel Black 2 (5).SF - James Helms. Baserunning: SB - Bill Shirley (7), Smooth Ed Simpson (14), Mel Black (3).CS - Christian Monsour (8). Fielding: E - Mel Black.
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ches Behenna did not respond to coaching in control Rudy Suarez did not respond to coaching in range Scotty Roser did not respond to coaching in control Brownie Robertson did not respond to coaching in velocity John Palmeiro improves in SS
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Royce McGhee did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Harrington-SF improves in arm Steve Shirley did not respond to coaching in control Steve Shirley did not respond to coaching in velocity