Win: Rod McCurdy (7-6) Loss: Paul Etchebarren (2-6)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Rod McCurdy pitching. Pat Gardner grounds out to the shortstop. Karl Fontenot doubles to center field. Matt Weiters grounds out to the second baseman. Karl Fontenot advances to third on the play. Rich Virgil grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Paul Etchebarren pitching. Marty Cady grounds out to the shortstop. Harvey Specter singles to left field. Tom Smith walks. John Burke strikes out. Manny Sanford singles to right field. Harvey Specter scores. Tom Smith advances to third on the hit. Jack Danger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Wally Tincup pops out to the third baseman. Hooks Nen pops out to the shortstop. John Orie pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Dummy Prokopec flies out to the center fielder. Rico Partenheimer flies out to the center fielder. Rod McCurdy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Carl Conwell flies out to the right fielder. Paul Etchebarren grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Gardner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Marty Cady flies out to the center fielder. Harvey Specter walks. Tom Smith strikes out. John Burke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Karl Fontenot doubles to left field. Matt Weiters walks. Rich Virgil grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Karl Fontenot advances to third on the play. Wally Tincup grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Manny Sanford flies out to the left fielder. Jack Danger hits a home run. Dummy Prokopec grounds out to the shortstop. Rico Partenheimer singles to right field. Rod McCurdy reached on a fielding error by Hooks Nen. Marty Cady flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Hooks Nen grounds out to the shortstop. John Orie grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Conwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Duane Wakamatsu 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. Harvey Specter strikes out. Tom Smith lines out to the shortstop. John Burke walks. Manny Sanford doubles to right field. John Burke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Danger pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Willie Zitzmann is pinch hitting for Duane Wakamatsu. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Willie Zitzmann flies out to the left fielder. Pat Gardner strikes out. Karl Fontenot grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Clarence McGlothin pitching. Dummy Prokopec grounds out to the shortstop. Rico Partenheimer flies out to the left fielder. Rod McCurdy reached on a fielding error by Hooks Nen. Marty Cady hits a home run. Rod McCurdy scores. Harvey Specter walks. Harvey Specter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Matt Weiters grounds out to the shortstop. Rich Virgil pops out to the first baseman. Wally Tincup strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Tom Smith grounds out to the shortstop. John Burke flies out to the center fielder. Manny Sanford walks. Manny Sanford is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Hooks Nen walks. Bill Vaughn is pinch hitting for John Orie. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Vaughn strikes out. Carl Conwell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hooks Nen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Oscar Fitzgerald is pinch hitting for Clarence McGlothin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Oscar Fitzgerald strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Curt Judson pitching. Case Jordan is pinch hitting for Jack Danger. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Case Jordan strikes out. Dummy Prokopec flies out to the right fielder. Ramon Gardner is pinch hitting for Rico Partenheimer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ramon Gardner walks. Ramon Gardner steals second. Rod McCurdy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Pat Gardner lines out to the second baseman. Karl Fontenot grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Weiters walks. Rich Virgil singles to right field. Wally Tincup grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 5 St. Louis total runners left on base: 7
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Walt Vaughan did not respond to coaching in control Emil Marshall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tony Schmidt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jose Schwartz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Rochefort improves in contact_vs_lefty Dennis Bright did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty