Win: Michael Mays (7-10) Loss: Jim Qualters (4-11)
Save: Ray Miller (26)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Michael Mays pitching. Charlie Hasenmayer walks. Mike Metcalfe triples. Charlie Hasenmayer scores. Bill Thomas singles to right field. Mike Metcalfe scores. Mike Wheeler flies out to the center fielder. Darryl Strawberry reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sal Cruz. Bill Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Roger Gibson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 St. Louis Jim Qualters pitching. Salomon Groom strikes out. Rich Ford walks. Sal Cruz singles to center field. Rich Ford advances to third on the hit. Bull Allen lines out to the second baseman. Frankie Prince walks. Nin Ryerson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Gary Bell strikes out. Jim Qualters strikes out. Charlie Hasenmayer walks. Mike Metcalfe grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Tom Orengo flies out to the left fielder. Al Smith walks. Michael Mays fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Michael Mays flies out to the right fielder. Al Smith steals second. Salomon Groom pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill Thomas strikes out. Mike Wheeler grounds out to the second baseman. Darryl Strawberry grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Rich Ford strikes out. Sal Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Bull Allen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Brown singles past the first baseman. Roger Gibson walks. Gary Bell strikes out. Jim Qualters lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Charlie Hasenmayer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Frankie Prince strikes out. Nin Ryerson doubles to right field. Tom Orengo walks. Al Smith doubles to left field. Nin Ryerson scores. Tom Orengo uses his aggressiveness and scores. Michael Mays grounds out to the third baseman. Salomon Groom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mike Metcalfe pops out to the first baseman. Bill Thomas pops out to the first baseman. Mike Wheeler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Rich Ford hits a home run. Sal Cruz doubles to right field. Bull Allen walks. Frankie Prince hits a home run. Sal Cruz scores. Bull Allen scores. Nin Ryerson grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Orengo flies out to the center fielder. Al Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Darryl Strawberry strikes out. Bill Brown singles to left field. Roger Gibson strikes out. Gary Bell singles to center field. Jim Qualters strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Michael Mays flies out to the center fielder. Salomon Groom flies out to the center fielder. Rich Ford singles to center field. Sal Cruz singles to center field. Rich Ford advances to third on the hit. Bull Allen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Charlie Hasenmayer strikes out. Mike Metcalfe strikes out. Bill Thomas singles to center field. Mike Wheeler pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jeff Moore 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. Frankie Prince flies out to the left fielder. Nin Ryerson flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Tom Orengo hits a home run. Ellis Gregory is pinch hitting for Al Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ellis Gregory reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie Hasenmayer. Michael Mays grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Darryl Strawberry singles to left field. Bill Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Darryl Strawberry advances to second on the play. Bill Woods is pinch hitting for Roger Gibson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Darryl Strawberry is out trying to steal third. Bill Woods grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Salomon Groom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Ford strikes out. Sal Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Gary Bell singles to right field. Paul East is pinch hitting for Jeff Moore. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Paul East flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Hasenmayer singles to left field. Gary Bell scores. Mike Metcalfe lines out to the pitcher. Bill Thomas reached on a 2-base throwing error by Michael Mays. Ray Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Wheeler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Sal Cruz (24), Nin Ryerson (14), Al Smith (5).HR - Rich Ford (11), Frankie Prince (22), Tom Orengo (4). Baserunning: SB - Al Smith (6). Fielding: E - Sal Cruz, Michael Mays.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tom Lundstedt did not respond to coaching in control Hank Rariden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Stapleton improves in velocity Bill Elliott did not respond to coaching in control Lou Taylor did not respond to coaching in RF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dan Messenger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Scott Burpo did not respond to coaching in control Dan Dodd did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Sosa did not respond to coaching in control