Win: Don Dittmer (12-8) Loss: Tom Sanders (6-15)
Save: Chris Smith (3)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Tom Sanders pitching. Forrest Kuenn singles past the second baseman. Ernie Nielsen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ray Noren flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Arizona Don Dittmer pitching. Masami Nakamura strikes out. Antonio Basadoolee grounds out to the pitcher. Fitz Kennedy walks. Charlie Jantzen singles to left field. Fitz Kennedy is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ernie Natal grounds out to the third baseman. Al Hawes strikes out. David Sutton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Klondike Covington grounds out to the shortstop. Tristan Schaut strikes out. Red Hall grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Charley Green singles to center field. Shawn Munoz doubles to left field. Don Dittmer strikes out. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the shortstop. Charley Green scores. Shawn Munoz advances to third on the play. Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Cooper McPheeters grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Sanders strikes out. Masami Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ray Noren triples. Ernie Natal pops out to the second baseman. Al Hawes strikes out. David Sutton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Antonio Basadoolee singles to center field. Fitz Kennedy strikes out. Antonio Basadoolee is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Charlie Jantzen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Charley Green flies out to the center fielder. Shawn Munoz flies out to the left fielder. Don Dittmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Klondike Covington flies out to the center fielder. Tristan Schaut flies out to the right fielder. Red Hall grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the pitcher. Ernie Nielsen flies out to the center fielder. Ray Noren flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Cooper McPheeters walks. Tom Sanders lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masami Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman. Antonio Basadoolee flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Ernie Natal grounds out to the shortstop. Al Hawes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ellis Jones is pinch hitting for David Sutton. Ellis Jones grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Greg Higginbotham enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ellis Jones at C. Sean Daniels enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shawn Munoz at 3B. Fitz Kennedy pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Jantzen pops out to the second baseman. Klondike Covington singles to center field. Tristan Schaut strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Carl Hermanski is pinch hitting for Charley Green. Carl Hermanski strikes out. Sean Daniels grounds out to the third baseman. Don Dittmer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Red Hall flies out to the right fielder. Cooper McPheeters grounds out to the third baseman. 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. Seiji Mori is pinch hitting for Tom Sanders. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Seiji Mori flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Angel Young pitching. Forrest Kuenn flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Noren grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Masami Nakamura flies out to the right fielder. Antonio Basadoolee grounds out to the shortstop. Fitz Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 2 Arizona total runners LOB: 3
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Huck Russell improves in speed Johnny Menke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bruce Sharman did not respond to coaching in speed Huck Russell improves in speed
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Causey did not respond to coaching in control Evelio Hundley improves in contact_vs_lefty Chicken Snopek improves in arm Ernie Jones did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ernie Jones did not respond to coaching in SS