Win: Billy Sketchley (16-3) Loss: George Stocksdale (10-10)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh George Stocksdale pitching. Ace Luskey walks. Chad Slagle strikes out. Jim Strickland singles to left field. Ace Luskey advances to third on the hit. John Beasley grounds out to the shortstop. Ace Luskey scores. Jim Strickland advances to second on the play. John Melillo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Billy Sketchley pitching. Doc Galvez flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Harris doubles to right field. Gary Irvine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jeff Harris advances to third on the play. Al Dear strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Luis Clowers strikes out. Miguel Rosen singles to left field. Luis Coughtry singles to left field. Miguel Rosen advances to third on the hit. Billy Sketchley flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Miguel Rosen scores. Ace Luskey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bud Anderson strikes out. Bartolo Schofield strikes out. Kevin Donahue doubles to center field. Cy Hardy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Chad Slagle doubles to right field. Jim Strickland hits a home run. Chad Slagle scores. John Beasley strikes out. John Melillo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Clowers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis George Stocksdale strikes out. Doc Galvez singles to center field. Jeff Harris strikes out. Gary Irvine grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doc Galvez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Miguel Rosen grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Coughtry flies out to the left fielder. Billy Sketchley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Al Dear grounds out to the pitcher. Bud Anderson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bartolo Schofield doubles to center field. Kevin Donahue singles to center field. Kevin Donahue steals second. Cy Hardy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ace Luskey grounds out to the second baseman. Chad Slagle singles to right field. Chad Slagle steals second. Jim Strickland singles to center field. Chad Slagle scores. John Beasley hits a home run. Jim Strickland scores. John Melillo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Clowers lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis George Stocksdale strikes out. Doc Galvez grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Miguel Rosen grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Coughtry grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Sketchley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Gary Irvine triples. Al Dear singles to right field. Gary Irvine scores. Bud Anderson strikes out. Bartolo Schofield singles to right field. Al Dear advances to third on the hit. Kevin Donahue grounds out to the pitcher. Bartolo Schofield advances to second on the play. Cy Hardy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ted Nixon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ace Luskey walks. Ace Luskey steals second. Chad Slagle walks. Jim Strickland grounds out to the second baseman. Ace Luskey advances to third on the play. Chad Slagle advances to second on the play. John Beasley grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ace Luskey scores. Chad Slagle advances to third on the play. John Melillo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis John Kaufman is pinch hitting for Ted Nixon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. John Kaufman walks. Walter Shields is pinch hitting for Doc Galvez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walter Shields singles to left field. John Kaufman advances to third on the hit. Jeff Harris grounds out to the third baseman. John Kaufman scores. Walter Shields advances to second on the play. Gary Irvine pops out to the second baseman. Al Dear grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jeff Rollins pitching. Luis Clowers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Miguel Rosen singles to left field. Luis Coughtry singles to center field. Miguel Rosen is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Art Robles is pinch hitting for Billy Sketchley. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Art Robles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Pat Blaylock pitching. Bud Anderson is hit by a pitch. Bartolo Schofield grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Kevin Donahue walks. Cy Hardy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ace Luskey singles to left field. Ace Luskey steals second. Chad Slagle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ace Luskey advances to third on the play. Jim Strickland hits a home run. Ace Luskey scores. John Beasley strikes out. John Melillo lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ernie Nelson is pinch hitting for Jeff Rollins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ernie Nelson walks. Walter Shields singles to center field. Ernie Nelson advances to third on the hit. Jeff Harris singles to right field. Ernie Nelson scores. Gary Irvine reached on a 2-base fielding error by Luis Clowers. Walter Shields scores. Al Dear pops out to the third baseman. Bud Anderson strikes out. Bartolo Schofield flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 4 St. Louis total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Chad Slagle (23).HR - Jim Strickland 2 (22), John Beasley (15).SF - Billy Sketchley. Baserunning: SB - Ace Luskey 2 (31), Chad Slagle (12). Fielding: E - Luis Clowers.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Wasdell did not respond to coaching in control Ed Hendrickson did not respond to coaching in control Eddie Sexauer did not respond to coaching in control Les Ryan did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Mazzera did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Hendrickson did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Logan did not respond to coaching in 2B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Katoll improves in power_vs_righty Phil Kmak did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Win Cotter improves in contact_vs_righty Phil Kmak did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Magner did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.