Win: Juice Gossage (2-0) Loss: Dick Hampton (0-1)
Save: Doc Hollywood (1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Lou Fernandez pitching. Drew Benintendi strikes out. Atsushi Tanaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bill Shirley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Juice Gossage pitching. Henry Okrie singles to left field. Dana Lyle grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Henry Okrie is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Stoneham doubles to right field. Dana Lyle uses his aggressiveness and scores. Aiden Garcia flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Heinie Melton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Joe Musgraves singles to right field. Mel Black flies out to the center fielder. Paul Jackson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ed Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Coulter singles to center field. Gabe Melendez walks. Lou Fernandez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Henry Okrie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Bruce Cable pops out to the third baseman. Kevin Bahnsen flies out to the right fielder. Juice Gossage strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dana Lyle strikes out. Mike Stoneham singles past the shortstop. Aiden Garcia hits a home run. Mike Stoneham scores. Heinie Melton grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Drew Benintendi lines out to the second baseman. Atsushi Tanaka lines out to the first baseman. Bill Shirley hits a home run. Joe Musgraves grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mike Coulter strikes out. Gabe Melendez singles to center field. Gabe Melendez steals second. Kevin Bahnsen throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Lou Fernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Henry Okrie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Mel Black singles to center field. Mel Black steals second. Paul Jackson pops out to the catcher. Bruce Cable singles to center field. Mel Black scores. Kevin Bahnsen walks. Juice Gossage lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Dana Lyle singles to left field. Mike Stoneham singles to center field. Dana Lyle advances to third on the hit. Aiden Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Heinie Melton walks. Ed Williams strikes out. Mike Coulter pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 St. Louis Atsushi Tanaka strikes out. Bill Shirley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Musgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gabe Melendez grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Fernandez flies out to the right fielder. Henry Okrie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Mel Black flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Paul Jackson lines out to the third baseman. Bruce Cable reached on a 2-base fielding error by Heinie Melton. Kevin Bahnsen pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dana Lyle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Stoneham grounds out to the third baseman. Aiden Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Juice Gossage pops out to the first baseman. Drew Benintendi singles to right field. Drew Benintendi steals second. 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. Atsushi Tanaka pops out to the third baseman. Bill Shirley hits a home run. Drew Benintendi scores. Joe Musgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Heinie Melton grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Williams walks. Mike Coulter singles to right field. Ben McEntire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gabe Melendez reached on a fielding error by Mel Black. 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 into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ruben Zdeb pitching. Mel Black flies out to the center fielder. Paul Jackson singles to right field. Bruce Cable singles in front of the right fielder. Paul Jackson advances to third on the hit. Kevin Bahnsen flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Paul Jackson scores. Smooth Ed Simpson is pinch hitting for Ben McEntire. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Smooth Ed Simpson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Doc Hollywood pitching. Henry Okrie hits a home run. Dana Lyle strikes out. Mike Stoneham pops out to the catcher. Aiden Garcia walks. Aiden Garcia is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Bill Shirley 2 (4).SF - Kevin Bahnsen.GIDP - Paul Jackson. Baserunning: SB - Drew Benintendi (2), Mel Black (2). Fielding: E - Mel Black, Kevin Bahnsen.
Game Notes Pete Lyons is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Slapnicka did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Stone improves in power_vs_lefty Don Vosmik improves in speed Mickey Millwood improves in range
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Murphy Hughes improves in velocity John Castillo did not respond to coaching in speed Otie Zinn improves in range Marty Wilke did not respond to coaching in range Otie Zinn did not respond to coaching in C