Win: Greg Thompson (11-10) Loss: Doc Cooney (18-8)
Save: Kevin Smith (6)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Doc Cooney pitching. Ezra Robinson singles to center field. Jack Tierney flies out to the center fielder. Jack Zwilling grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ezra Robinson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Billy Nevers grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jack Zwilling is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Greg Thompson pitching. Jocko Luebber walks. Cole Childress reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Zwilling. Leo Seats grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jocko Luebber scores. Cole Childress advances to third on the play. Joe Tyrone walks. JuJu Freeman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Duncan grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Ryan singles to right field. Charley Eaves strikes out. Frank Ganzel grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Ryan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills singles to right field. Joe Wallace strikes out. Tom Brunansky flies out to the left fielder. Doc Cooney grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ruben Mills is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Greg Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Ezra Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Jack Tierney pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Cole Childress strikes out. Leo Seats grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jack Zwilling grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Nevers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bill Duncan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone flies out to the left fielder. JuJu Freeman walks. Ruben Mills flies out to the right fielder. Joe Wallace grounds into a force play to the shortstop. JuJu Freeman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Ray Ryan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Charley Eaves flies out to the left fielder. Frank Ganzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Brunansky singles to center field. Doc Cooney lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the pitcher. Cole Childress flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Greg Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Ezra Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Tierney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Leo Seats grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Joe Tyrone lines out to the shortstop. JuJu Freeman singles to right field. Ruben Mills singles to center field. JuJu Freeman advances to third on the hit. Joe Wallace walks. Tom Brunansky grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jack Zwilling strikes out. Billy Nevers grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Duncan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Doc Cooney strikes out. Jocko Luebber singles to right field. Jocko Luebber is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Cole Childress singles to left field. Leo Seats grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ray Ryan singles to right field. Charley Eaves singles to center field. Ray Ryan advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Frank Ganzel singles to left field. Ray Ryan scores. Gael Reyes is pinch hitting for Greg Thompson. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Gael Reyes hits a home run. Charley Eaves scores. Frank Ganzel scores. Ezra Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Tierney strikes out. Jack Zwilling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Kevin Smith pitching. Joe Tyrone grounds out to the second baseman. JuJu Freeman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ruben Mills flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Billy Nevers flies out to the right fielder. Bill Duncan doubles past the left fielder. Charlie Meyer 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. Ray Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Charley Eaves strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Joe Gaston enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ezra Robinson at CF. Joe Wallace grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Brunansky singles to right field. Pretzel Kruk is pinch hitting for Charlie Meyer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Pretzel Kruk lines out to the shortstop. Jocko Luebber strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 3 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Victor Holtgrave did not respond to coaching in control John Dykhoff did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rube Clontz did not respond to coaching in arm Dave Bonham did not respond to coaching in control Xavier Horton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hiroshige Arakawa did not respond to coaching in arm Jimmy Gantenbein did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Geiger improves in contact_vs_lefty Bryan Ens improves in arm Ed Orie improves in control Joe Connor improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Connor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Orie did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Denning did not respond to coaching in 1B