Win: Billy Sketchley (12-5) Loss: Arch Hornung (4-4)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jim McGlothin pitching. Ted Blong walks. Don White grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Wally Daly pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Billy Sketchley pitching. Doc Galvez strikes out. Jeff Harris singles to right field. Mickey Drake singles to center field. Jeff Harris advances to third on the hit. Steve Shumpert flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jeff Harris scores. Barney Hatcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Al Burns grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chad Slagle walks. John Melillo singles to right field. Joe Sizemore singles to center field. Joe Carew flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Chad Slagle scores. Billy Sketchley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bud Anderson grounds out to the shortstop. John Kaufman singles to center field. Passed ball. John Kaufman advances to second. Al Dear strikes out. Jim McGlothin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ted Blong walks. Don White flies out to the center fielder. Wally Daly singles to center field. Al Burns walks. Chad Slagle strikes out. John Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 St. Louis Doc Galvez reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Carew. Jeff Harris singles to left field. Doc Galvez scores. Mickey Drake flies out to the left fielder. Steve Shumpert walks. Jeff Harris gets picked off second (1-6). Barney Hatcher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Sizemore lines out to the shortstop. Joe Carew grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Sketchley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bud Anderson strikes out. John Kaufman flies out to the right fielder. Al Dear walks. Jim McGlothin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ted Blong strikes out. Don White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wally Daly doubles to right field. Al Burns walks. Chad Slagle grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Burns is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Doc Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Harris strikes out. Mickey Drake flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh John Melillo strikes out. Arch Hornung comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Sizemore strikes out. Joe Carew flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Steve Shumpert strikes out. Barney Hatcher grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Anderson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ace Luskey is pinch hitting for Billy Sketchley. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ace Luskey walks. Ted Blong triples. Ace Luskey scores. Don White grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Blong scores. Wally Daly strikes out. Al Burns flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Chris Pipgras pitching. John Kaufman flies out to the left fielder. Al Dear lines out to the second baseman. Cy Hardy is pinch hitting for Arch Hornung. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Cy Hardy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Osvaldo Rivas pitching. Chad Slagle strikes out. John Melillo singles to right field. Joe Sizemore strikes out. Joe Carew grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Doc Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Harris pops out to the second baseman. Mickey Drake pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Whitey Lira is pinch hitting for Chris Pipgras. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Whitey Lira flies out to the right fielder. Ted Blong singles to center field. Don White doubles to left field. Ted Blong uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wally Daly grounds out to the shortstop. Al Burns walks. Chad Slagle hits a home run. Don White scores. Al Burns scores. John Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jim Wilson pitching. Steve Shumpert flies out to the right fielder. Barney Hatcher doubles to left field. Bud Anderson hits a home run. Barney Hatcher scores. John Kaufman strikes out. Kazumi Tamura is pinch hitting for Al Dear. Kazumi Tamura singles to right field. Bartolo Schofield is pinch hitting for Osvaldo Rivas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bartolo Schofield pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Don White (17), Wally Daly (15).3B - Ted Blong (8).HR - Chad Slagle (8).SF - Joe Carew.GIDP - Don White. Fielding: E - Joe Carew.PB - Chad Slagle.
Game Notes Cy Hardy is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bert Poorman improves in speed Les Ryan did not respond to coaching in control Al Marsh did not respond to coaching in arm Luis Coughtry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ernie Figueroa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Luis Coughtry did not respond to coaching in range Miguel Rosen did not respond to coaching in 3B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Frank Martz did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Tragesser did not respond to coaching in control Tom Magner did not respond to coaching in control Billy Kepshire did not respond to coaching in range Frank Martz improves in speed Win Cotter improves in power_vs_righty