Win: Lucky Griffeth (1-0) Loss: Bill Fletcher (0-1)
Save: Reggie Thomas (1)
Inning: 1 Atlanta Lucky Griffeth pitching. Clyde Delahanty doubles to left field. Rocky Garbey grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Blasingame pops out to the third baseman. Mark Hosey singles to center field. Clyde Delahanty scores. Mark Hosey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Bill Fletcher pitching. Frank Sunday singles to center field. Jason Miller singles to center field. Frank Sunday advances to third on the hit. Bob Howard pops out to the shortstop. Howie Dahlgren doubles to left field. Frank Sunday scores. Jason Miller uses his aggressiveness and scores. Seiji Mimura flies out to the left fielder. Red Steevens grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Clay Sutko flies out to the right fielder. Masato Fukuyama flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Jean singles to right field. John Glenn doubles to center field. Jeff Jean is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ray Sanberg flies out to the center fielder. Tom Pearson singles to right field. Lucky Griffeth fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lucky Griffeth strikes out. Frank Sunday strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Bill Fletcher grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the shortstop. Rocky Garbey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jason Miller singles to center field. Bob Howard grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Howie Dahlgren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Johnny Blasingame grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Hosey lines out to the second baseman. Clay Sutko grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Seiji Mimura grounds out to the shortstop. Red Steevens walks. Ray Sanberg grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Masato Fukuyama strikes out. Jeff Jean strikes out. John Glenn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Tom Pearson strikes out. Lucky Griffeth singles to right field. Frank Sunday grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lucky Griffeth is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jason Miller singles to left field. Frank Sunday advances to third on the hit. Bob Howard pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Atlanta Julio Stahl is pinch hitting for Bill Fletcher. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Julio Stahl strikes out. Clyde Delahanty flies out to the left fielder. Rocky Garbey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Red Baker pitching. Howie Dahlgren flies out to the right fielder. Seiji Mimura singles to right field. Red Steevens strikes out. Ray Sanberg hits a home run. Seiji Mimura scores. Ernie Buchanan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Pearson grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Johnny Blasingame strikes out. Mark Hosey flies out to the right fielder. Clay Sutko strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Lucky Griffeth grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Sunday strikes out. Jason Miller singles to center field. Bob Howard grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jason Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Masato Fukuyama grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Jean lines out to the second baseman. John Glenn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Howie Dahlgren strikes out. Seiji Mimura flies out to the center fielder. Red Steevens flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Reggie Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Neal Bertotti is pinch hitting for Ernie Buchanan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Neal Bertotti strikes out. Clyde Delahanty doubles to right field. Rocky Garbey singles to center field. Clyde Delahanty scores. Johnny Blasingame strikes out. Rocky Garbey steals second. Mark Hosey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Atlanta total runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Lucky Griffeth is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Fuller did not respond to coaching in velocity Gene Fyhrie improves in arm Bill Robinson improves in velocity Dallas Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Andy Malloy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Art Rodgers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bert Allen did not respond to coaching in 2B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Scott Williams improves in control Joe Neal improves in velocity Joe Neal did not respond to coaching in control Phil Bando improves in contact_vs_lefty Chris Nichols did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Scott Williams improves in velocity