Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Mike McCready pitching. Henry Okrie strikes out. Dana Lyle strikes out. Heinie Melton walks. Heinie Melton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Keith Pote pitching. Atsushi Tanaka strikes out. Mel Black strikes out. Carl Hoey singles to center field. Drew Benintendi walks. Yoshitaka Oishi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Bella flies out to the right fielder. Clay Jackson strikes out. Ed Williams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Joe Musgraves strikes out. Oscar Vaughn grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Mike Coulter grounds out to the shortstop. Gabe Melendez strikes out. Keith Pote reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mel Black. Henry Okrie reached on a fielding error by Mike McCready. Dana Lyle hits a home run. Keith Pote scores. Henry Okrie scores. Heinie Melton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Mike McCready strikes out. Atsushi Tanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Mel Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Bella flies out to the right fielder. Clay Jackson singles past the shortstop. Ed Williams walks. Mike Coulter lines out to the shortstop. Gabe Melendez singles to right field. Keith Pote strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 St. Louis Carl Hoey walks. Drew Benintendi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Yoshitaka Oishi walks. Joe Musgraves flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Henry Okrie flies out to the right fielder. Dana Lyle walks. Heinie Melton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dana Lyle advances to second on the play. Joe Bella grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Oscar Vaughn doubles to left field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Paul Jackson singles to right field. Oscar Vaughn scores. Mike McCready lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Atsushi Tanaka strikes out. Mel Black grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Jackson advances to third on the play. Mike McCready advances to second on the play. Carl Hoey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Clay Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Coulter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Drew Benintendi flies out to the left fielder. Yoshitaka Oishi singles to center field. Joe Musgraves grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Gabe Melendez strikes out. Keith Pote grounds out to the second baseman. Henry Okrie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Oscar Vaughn grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Smooth Ed Simpson is pinch hitting for Mike McCready. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Smooth Ed Simpson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ben McEntire pitching. Dana Lyle grounds out to the second baseman. Heinie Melton pops out to the third baseman. Joe Bella reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ben McEntire. Clay Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Atsushi Tanaka strikes out. Mel Black singles past the first baseman. Carl Hoey flies out to the right fielder. Drew Benintendi singles to left field. Mel Black advances to third on the hit. Dick Hampton 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. Yoshitaka Oishi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ed Williams flies out to the right fielder. Mike Coulter singles to center field. Gabe Melendez doubles to center field. Pete Lyons is pinch hitting for Dick Hampton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Pete Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Coulter scores. Gabe Melendez advances to third on the play. Henry Okrie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ruben Zdeb pitching. Joe Musgraves grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Vaughn singles to center field. Paul Jackson lines out to the third baseman. Gil Taylor is pinch hitting for Ben McEntire. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gil Taylor walks. Atsushi Tanaka doubles to center field. Oscar Vaughn scores. Gil Taylor uses his aggressiveness and scores. Earl Sanford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mel Black doubles to left field. Atsushi Tanaka scores. Carl Hoey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Jack Teacher pitching. Dana Lyle singles to center field. Dana Lyle steals second. Heinie Melton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dana Lyle advances to third on the play. Joe Bella walks. Clay Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dana Lyle scores. Ed Williams singles to left field. Mike Coulter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 St. Louis Drew Benintendi strikes out. Yoshitaka Oishi flies out to the left fielder. Joe Musgraves flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 St. Louis total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Atsushi Tanaka (22), Mel Black (15), Oscar Vaughn (6).GIDP - Drew Benintendi, Joe Musgraves. Fielding: E - Mel Black, Mike McCready, Ben McEntire.
Game Notes Earl Sanford is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Castillo did not respond to coaching in speed Marty Wilke improves in arm Kevin Verbanic did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Salkeld did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Otie Zinn did not respond to coaching in C
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chris Carson did not respond to coaching in arm Bruce Cable did not respond to coaching in speed Bruce Cable did not respond to coaching in range Jeb Romney improves in control