Inning: 1 St. Louis Ghee Butters pitching. Mickey Short strikes out. Webbo Pryor singles to center field. Jess McCormick grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Brian Howell pitching. Wilfred Weidman flies out to the right fielder. Vince Van Poppel strikes out. Benny Cruz doubles to center field. Eddie Coleman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Andy Gunderson strikes out. Chuck Crutcher grounds out to the second baseman. Myles Wiggins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jeff Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Bunny Nettles flies out to the center fielder. Taku Nakatani pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Javier Haddock strikes out. Dixie Nash grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Warren Flaherty walks. Ghee Butters lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Warren Flaherty forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Wilfred Weidman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Mickey Short singles to left field. Webbo Pryor flies out to the right fielder. Jess McCormick pops out to the catcher. Andy Gunderson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel walks. Benny Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Coleman pops out to the second baseman. Vince Van Poppel steals second. Jeff Jones singles to left field. Vince Van Poppel scores. Bunny Nettles singles past the first baseman. Taku Nakatani hits a home run. Jeff Jones scores. Bunny Nettles scores. Warren Flaherty singles to left field. Ghee Butters grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Chuck Crutcher hits a home run. Myles Wiggins grounds out to the second baseman. Javier Haddock flies out to the right fielder. Dixie Nash grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Wilfred Weidman flies out to the center fielder. Vince Van Poppel singles past the second baseman. Vince Van Poppel steals second. Benny Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Coleman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Brian Howell grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey Short pops out to the third baseman. Webbo Pryor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jeff Jones flies out to the right fielder. Bunny Nettles grounds out to the shortstop. Taku Nakatani flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jess McCormick walks. Andy Gunderson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Chuck Crutcher reached on a fielding error by Vince Van Poppel. Myles Wiggins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hank Allen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Warren Flaherty walks. Ghee Butters fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ghee Butters flies out to the right fielder. Wilfred Weidman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bill Hernandez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Wilfred Weidman at LF. Javier Haddock walks. Dixie Nash walks. Sid Mason 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 2nd. Brian Crumbum is pinch hitting for Hank Allen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brian Crumbum lines out to the second baseman. Mickey Short grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jamie Pasek pitching. Vince Van Poppel singles to center field. Benny Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vince Van Poppel advances to second on the play. Eddie Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Jones pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Webbo Pryor strikes out. Jess McCormick flies out to the left fielder. Andy Gunderson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Myles Wiggins is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Simmons did not respond to coaching in range Ralph Wade did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fran Edwards did not respond to coaching in control Fran Edwards did not respond to coaching in velocity Duane Schmidt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ralph Wade did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jayson Fegeley did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mark Hunter improves in speed Bill Weaver did not respond to coaching in velocity Chet Cantwell improves in contact_vs_righty Mark Hunter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rudy Pettit improves in contact_vs_righty Tex Meadows improves in speed Rudy Pettit did not respond to coaching in 1B