Win: Alex Steele (3-2) Loss: Yancey Cravat (1-7)
Save: Sal Leshnock (15)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Heath Vader pitching. Bub Groth singles to right field. Earl Harper grounds out to the pitcher. Bub Groth advances to second on the play. Harry Daviault flies out to the center fielder. Bill Kommers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Fred Sowders pitching. Lee Burks triples. Bill Appier grounds out to the third baseman. Len Zimmer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lee Burks scores. Joe Gordon doubles past the third baseman. Will Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Fred Lake strikes out. Tsutomu Misawa flies out to the center fielder. George Bell singles in front of the center fielder. George Bell steals second. George Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tom Rohdes strikes out. Tony Mills strikes out. Kensuke Fujita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Fred Sowders strikes out. Bub Groth grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Harper singles to center field. Harry Daviault walks. Bill Kommers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Heath Vader strikes out. Lee Burks strikes out. Bill Appier singles to right field. Len Zimmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Fred Lake strikes out. Tsutomu Misawa flies out to the left fielder. George Bell singles to left field. George Allen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Joe Gordon grounds out to the third baseman. Will Clark singles to left field. Tom Rohdes doubles to left field. Will Clark uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tony Mills walks. Kensuke Fujita singles to right field. Tom Rohdes scores. Heath Vader fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Heath Vader strikes out. Lee Burks pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Fred Sowders grounds out to the second baseman. Bub Groth grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Harper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bill Appier walks. Len Zimmer pops out to the shortstop. Joe Gordon strikes out. Bill Appier is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Harry Daviault singles to left field. Bill Kommers singles to center field. Harry Daviault advances to third on the hit. Fred Lake pops out to the second baseman. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Harry Daviault scores. Tsutomu Misawa grounds out to the shortstop. George Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Will Clark singles to right field. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Tony Mills strikes out. Kensuke Fujita flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis George Allen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Sowders singles to center field. Bub Groth strikes out. Earl Harper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Ryan Long is pinch hitting for Heath Vader. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ryan Long strikes out. Lee Burks walks. Bill Appier grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Burks advances to second on the play. Len Zimmer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Harry Davis pitching. Harry Daviault hits a home run. Bill Kommers walks. Fred Lake strikes out. Tsutomu Misawa singles to left field. George Bell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tsutomu Misawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Joe Gordon reached on a fielding error by Fred Lake. Will Clark singles to left field. Joe Gordon advances to third on the hit. Alex Steele 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. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Tony Mills strikes out. Kensuke Fujita strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Yancey Cravat comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Sanders is pinch hitting for Alex Steele. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Sanders singles past the shortstop. Bub Groth strikes out. Earl Harper hits a home run. Tom Sanders scores. Paxton Burnett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Daviault walks. Bill Kommers singles to center field. Fred Lake strikes out. Tsutomu Misawa singles to center field. Harry Daviault scores. Bill Kommers is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Sal Leshnock pitching. Frank Perkovich is pinch hitting for Paxton Burnett. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Perkovich singles to left field. Lee Burks singles to center field. Frank Perkovich aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill Appier walks. Len Zimmer lines out to the second baseman. Joe Gordon flies out to the left fielder. Will Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 St. Louis total runners LOB: 10 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 11
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doc Vines did not respond to coaching in control Pete White did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Sawyer improves in control Tom Adams improves in endurance Mike Escobar improves in power_vs_lefty Doc Vines did not respond to coaching in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Aaron Clark did not respond to coaching in control Ron Hurley improves in velocity Joe Butler did not respond to coaching in range Joe Butler did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Boyd did not respond to coaching in SS