Inning: 1 St. Louis Ivy Todd pitching. Joe Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde Diggs strikes out. Jeff Fisher flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Fred Haywood pitching. Solly Rooker strikes out. Frank Swingle grounds out to the second baseman. Ryan Jaha flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Onan Silva flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Hodges strikes out. Tom Harris singles to left field. Tom Harris steals second. Tom Stanton walks. Mike Shanner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Diego Bill Haad strikes out. Joe Dykstra grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gene Manto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Fred Haywood grounds out to the catcher. Joe Taylor singles to right field. Joe Taylor is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clyde Diggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Shag Gardner singles to center field. Ed Matthews strikes out. Ivy Todd lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Solly Rooker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jeff Fisher grounds out to the third baseman. Onan Silva reached on a fielding error by Ivy Todd. Onan Silva is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kevin Hodges flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Frank Swingle flies out to the right fielder. Ryan Jaha singles to left field. Ryan Jaha is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Haad pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Tom Harris walks. Tom Stanton hits a home run. Tom Harris scores. Mike Shanner singles to center field. Fred Haywood fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred Haywood singles to right field. Mike Shanner advances to third on the hit. Joe Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Shanner scores. Fred Haywood advances to second on the play. Clyde Diggs bunts for a base hit. Jeff Fisher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Joe Dykstra flies out to the right fielder. Gene Manto pops out to the second baseman. Shag Gardner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Onan Silva singles to center field. Kevin Hodges singles to right field. Onan Silva advances to third on the hit. Tom Harris flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Onan Silva scores. Tom Stanton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Hodges advances to second on the play. Mike Shanner singles to right field. Kevin Hodges scores. Yoshitake Sugiura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Haywood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Ed Matthews flies out to the center fielder. Yoshitake Sugiura strikes out. Solly Rooker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Joe Taylor strikes out. Clyde Diggs singles past the second baseman. Jeff Fisher grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Clyde Diggs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Onan Silva singles past the first baseman. Jeff Fisher advances to third on the hit. Kevin Hodges grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Diego Frank Swingle flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Jaha flies out to the left fielder. Bill Haad singles to right field. Joe Dykstra pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Tom Harris grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Stanton lines out to the third baseman. Mike Shanner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Gene Manto grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Shag Gardner grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Matthews grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Fred Haywood flies out to the right fielder. Joe Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Clyde Diggs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Paul Howe is pinch hitting for Yoshitake Sugiura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Howe flies out to the center fielder. Solly Rooker flies out to the left fielder. Frank Swingle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 San Diego total runners LOB: 2
Game Notes Clyde Diggs is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Oscar Liddell did not respond to coaching in control Oscar Liddell improves in control Eric Dibut improves in power_vs_righty Wayne Robitaille improves in velocity
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Byung-Hyun Ford did not respond to coaching in control William Cruthers improves in power_vs_righty Bill Letchas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Al Barrows did not respond to coaching in arm Al Barrows did not respond to coaching in 2B