Win: Juice Gossage (14-8) Loss: Jim Hurtado (5-4)
Save: Will Trent (32)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Joe Chesnes pitching. Drew Benintendi strikes out. Walton Ramsey flies out to the center fielder. Bill Shirley singles to right field. Smooth Ed Simpson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Juice Gossage pitching. Mark Graceless grounds out to the third baseman. John Palmeiro singles to right field. Winn Dixie flies out to the left fielder. Lenn Nieves strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Joe Musgraves strikes out. Mel Black grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Carson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Benny Archer strikes out. Joe Wynne grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Shannon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Hajime Tsujino strikes out. Juice Gossage flies out to the left fielder. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Fin Tanner flies out to the left fielder. Joe Chesnes singles to left field. Mark Graceless triples. Joe Chesnes scores. John Palmeiro pops out to the second baseman. Winn Dixie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Walton Ramsey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Shirley flies out to the center fielder. Smooth Ed Simpson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Lenn Nieves grounds out to the third baseman. Benny Archer singles to left field. Joe Wynne flies out to the center fielder. Benny Archer steals second. Mike Shannon singles to left field. Benny Archer scores. Fin Tanner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Joe Musgraves pops out to the shortstop. Mel Black hits a home run. Chris Carson grounds out to the second baseman. Hajime Tsujino grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Joe Chesnes flies out to the left fielder. Mark Graceless grounds out to the shortstop. John Palmeiro grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Juice Gossage grounds out to the third baseman. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the third baseman. Walton Ramsey walks. Bill Shirley grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Walton Ramsey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Winn Dixie flies out to the left fielder. Lenn Nieves grounds out to the shortstop. Benny Archer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Smooth Ed Simpson flies out to the right fielder. Joe Musgraves flies out to the right fielder. Mel Black flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Joe Wynne singles to right field. Mike Shannon singles to right field. Fin Tanner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Wynne advances to third on the play. Clark Benton is pinch hitting for Joe Chesnes. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Clark Benton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jim Hurtado pitching. Chris Carson grounds out to the pitcher. Hajime Tsujino grounds out to the shortstop. Juice Gossage flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Mark Graceless strikes out. John Palmeiro flies out to the left fielder. Winn Dixie grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Drew Benintendi triples. Walton Ramsey singles past the second baseman. Drew Benintendi scores. Bill Shirley pops out to the second baseman. Smooth Ed Simpson doubles to right field. Walton Ramsey uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Musgraves strikes out. Mel Black walks. Chris Carson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Atlanta Will Trent comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lenn Nieves lines out to the third baseman. Benny Archer flies out to the left fielder. Joe Wynne singles past the third baseman. Mike Shannon lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4 Atlanta total runners LOB: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Henry McHenry did not respond to coaching in control Dickey Stephens did not respond to coaching in control Henry McHenry did not respond to coaching in velocity Doc Halladay CIN did not respond to coaching in velocity
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Herman Pizarro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Colin Currie did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Robin Colman improves in arm Fred Ducey improves in contact_vs_lefty