Win: Jim Powers (3-0) Loss: Terry Curd (0-3)
Save: John Metha (12)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Brent Billings pitching. Sarge Stadanko strikes out. Julius Rock flies out to the center fielder. Adam Fisher walks. Jimmy Woodeshick walks. Mike Watson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jimmy Woodeshick is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 St. Louis Hobie Baker pitching. Rico Partenheimer grounds out to the second baseman. Frenchy York grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Smith doubles to left field. Kiyoharu Hara singles to right field. Tom Smith scores. Bill Stein pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Buck Lipscomb flies out to the center fielder. Luke Sheely grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jim Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ollie Howard grounds out to the third baseman. Howie Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Futoshi Kobayashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Hobie Baker flies out to the center fielder. Sarge Stadanko grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Julius Rock flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Brent Billings singles to right field. Rico Partenheimer strikes out. Brent Billings is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Frenchy York strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Adam Fisher flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Woodeshick walks. Mike Watson doubles to right field. Jimmy Woodeshick uses his aggressiveness and scores. Buck Lipscomb strikes out. Luke Sheely strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Tom Smith strikes out. Kiyoharu Hara grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jim Smith walks. Hobie Baker lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sarge Stadanko singles to center field. Jim Smith scores. Julius Rock strikes out. Adam Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Ollie Howard walks. Howie Foster grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ollie Howard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Howie Foster steals second. Futoshi Kobayashi hits an infield single to the shortstop. Futoshi Kobayashi steals second. Jimmy Woodeshick throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Howie Foster scores. Brent Billings strikes out. Rico Partenheimer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jimmy Woodeshick flies out to the left fielder. Mike Watson strikes out. Buck Lipscomb grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Frenchy York grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Kiyoharu Hara lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jim Powers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Luke Sheely strikes out. Jim Smith strikes out. Frank Huson is pinch hitting for Hobie Baker. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Frank Huson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Terry Curd pitching. Bill Stein singles to right field. Bill Stein is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ollie Howard hits a home run. Howie Foster singles to right field. Futoshi Kobayashi singles to left field. Howie Foster advances to third on the hit. Grant Schaffer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Burke is pinch hitting for Jim Powers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Burke flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Howie Foster scores. Futoshi Kobayashi steals second. Rico Partenheimer hits a home run. Futoshi Kobayashi scores. Frenchy York grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Buck Malinosky pitching. Sarge Stadanko strikes out. Julius Rock walks. Adam Fisher strikes out. Jimmy Woodeshick singles to left field. Julius Rock advances to third on the hit. Mike Watson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Tom Smith flies out to the center fielder. Kiyoharu Hara grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Stein pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Buck Lipscomb flies out to the left fielder. Luke Sheely singles to center field. Jim Smith singles past the shortstop. John Metha comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Grant Schaffer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sarge Stadanko flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8 St. Louis total runners left on base: 2
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Don Widmar did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bernie Wallace did not respond to coaching in control Clay Chiti did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Don Widmar improves in power_vs_righty Don Widmar did not respond to coaching in LF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nelson Maguire did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Patterson did not respond to coaching in range Ramon Gardner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ty Kelly improves in arm