Win: Don Dittmer (11-6) Loss: Grover Ritter (14-4)
Save: Rick Howell (2)
Inning: 1 San Francisco Don Dittmer pitching. Steve Niehaus hits an infield single to the third baseman. George Jackson singles to left field. John Springer walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Webster Hardy lines out to the first baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Effie Coggins strikes out. Frank Shaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 St. Louis Grover Ritter pitching. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Natal strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Francisco Chris Wingo strikes out. Cal Lockhart walks. Grover Ritter fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Grover Ritter strikes out. Steve Niehaus grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Cal Lockhart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Al Hawes strikes out. David Sutton triples. Charley Green singles to left field. David Sutton scores. Shawn Munoz walks. Ellis Jones walks. Don Dittmer grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Charley Green is out at home. Forrest Kuenn strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 San Francisco George Jackson strikes out. John Springer walks. Webster Hardy walks. Effie Coggins flies out to the right fielder. Frank Shaw grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Ernie Nielsen singles to right field. Ernie Natal walks. Al Hawes strikes out. David Sutton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ernie Natal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charley Green singles to left field. Ernie Nielsen scores. Shawn Munoz walks. Ellis Jones doubles to left field. David Sutton scores. Charley Green scores. Don Dittmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 San Francisco Chris Wingo grounds out to the third baseman. Cal Lockhart pops out to the pitcher. Grover Ritter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Forrest Kuenn pops out to the third baseman. Ernie Nielsen walks. Ernie Natal singles to center field. Ernie Nielsen advances to third on the hit. Al Hawes singles to right field. Ernie Nielsen scores. David Sutton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Francisco Steve Niehaus walks. Steve Niehaus steals second. George Jackson singles to center field. Steve Niehaus scores. John Springer flies out to the left fielder. Webster Hardy singles to center field. George Jackson advances to third on the hit. Effie Coggins strikes out. Frank Shaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Darrel Jackson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charley Green flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Shawn Munoz grounds out to the shortstop. Ellis Jones singles to right field. Don Dittmer walks. Forrest Kuenn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 San Francisco Chris Wingo grounds out to the third baseman. Cal Lockhart flies out to the left fielder. Darrel Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Ernie Nielsen strikes out. Ernie Natal singles to left field. Al Hawes pops out to the shortstop. Ernie Natal steals second. David Sutton walks. Charley Green walks. Shawn Munoz singles to right field. Ernie Natal scores. David Sutton scores. Charley Green advances to third on the hit. Mike Bubbles Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ellis Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Francisco Steve Niehaus strikes out. George Jackson hits a home run. Chris Smith 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. John Springer singles to left field. Webster Hardy hits a home run. John Springer scores. Rick Howell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Effie Coggins flies out to the right fielder. Frank Shaw singles past the shortstop. Chris Wingo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Rick Howell strikes out. Forrest Kuenn singles to right field. Ernie Nielsen doubles to center field. Forrest Kuenn uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ernie Natal walks. Al Hawes doubles to right field. Ernie Nielsen scores. Ernie Natal uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tom McKnight comes in from the bullpen to pitch. David Sutton singles to center field. Al Hawes scores. Charley Green flies out to the right fielder. Shawn Munoz walks. Ellis Jones grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Shawn Munoz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 San Francisco Cal Lockhart grounds out to the shortstop. John Campanis is pinch hitting for Tom McKnight. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Campanis strikes out. Steve Niehaus hits a home run. George Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Keith Embree pitching. Rick Howell strikes out. Forrest Kuenn singles to center field. Ernie Nielsen lines out to the second baseman. Ernie Natal walks. Al Hawes singles to right field. Forrest Kuenn scores. Ernie Natal is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Francisco John Springer flies out to the center fielder. Webster Hardy strikes out. Effie Coggins walks. Joel Smith is pinch hitting for Frank Shaw. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joel Smith singles past the shortstop. Effie Coggins advances to third on the hit. Elmer Nagy is pinch hitting for Chris Wingo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Elmer Nagy walks. Cal Lockhart grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Effie Coggins is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 San Francisco total runners left on base: 12 St. Louis total runners left on base: 13
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Hank Barone improves in arm Al Dravecky improves in power_vs_lefty Howard Martina improves in velocity Luis Menefee improves in arm Jim Brown did not respond to coaching in LF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Randy Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Coleman improves in arm Jesse Benes improves in arm Howie Clines did not respond to coaching in arm