Win: Sam Brea (3-0) Loss: Bob Bambo (1-3)
Save: Pat Kubiak (1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Bob Bambo pitching. Johnny Baines grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshiyuki Maeda hits a home run. Doc Best flies out to the left fielder. Marty Nieman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Sam Brea pitching. Jack Rabbits grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Tsetse Fly strikes out. Stan Staziak flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Slim Musser singles to center field. Reggie Hammonds doubles past the third baseman. Slim Musser uses his aggressiveness and scores. Eikichi Horiuchi grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Dave Lucas grounds out to the second baseman. Reggie Hammonds advances to third on the play. Sam Brea flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Jethro Bodein grounds out to the third baseman. Biff Sailor singles to right field. Pinky Woodard strikes out. Jim Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Johnny Baines walks. Yoshiyuki Maeda flies out to the center fielder. Doc Best singles to left field. Johnny Baines aggressively advances to third on the hit. Marty Nieman strikes out. Slim Musser strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Colorado Rico Ricardo strikes out. Bob Bambo strikes out. Jack Rabbits grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Reggie Hammonds grounds out to the third baseman. Eikichi Horiuchi doubles to center field. Dave Lucas walks. Sam Brea fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sam Brea grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dave Lucas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Johnny Baines grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Colorado Fred Tsetse Fly singles to left field. Stan Staziak walks. Jethro Bodein grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Fred Tsetse Fly advances to third on the play. Stan Staziak advances to second on the play. Biff Sailor strikes out. Pinky Woodard singles to right field. Fred Tsetse Fly scores. Stan Staziak scores. Jim Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Yoshiyuki Maeda grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Best hits a home run. Marty Nieman strikes out. Slim Musser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Rico Ricardo strikes out. Bob Bambo strikes out. Jack Rabbits pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Reggie Hammonds strikes out. Eikichi Horiuchi flies out to the left fielder. Dave Lucas doubles to right field. Sam Brea flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Colorado Fred Tsetse Fly pops out to the catcher. Stan Staziak flies out to the right fielder. Jethro Bodein grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Johnny Baines singles to right field. Yoshiyuki Maeda grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Doc Best grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Biff Sailor strikes out. Pinky Woodard singles to center field. Pat Kubiak 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 1st. Jim Moore grounds out to the catcher. Pinky Woodard advances to second on the play. Rico Ricardo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Marty Nieman flies out to the left fielder. Slim Musser flies out to the right fielder. Reggie Hammonds pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Fonzy Aye is pinch hitting for Bob Bambo. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Fonzy Aye lines out to the shortstop. Jack Rabbits strikes out. Fred Tsetse Fly singles to center field. Stan Staziak singles to right field. Fred Tsetse Fly advances to third on the hit. Jethro Bodein grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Joe Fields pitching. Eikichi Horiuchi walks. Dave Lucas singles to left field. Eikichi Horiuchi advances to third on the hit. Pat Kubiak lines out to the third baseman. Johnny Baines lines out to the second baseman. Yoshiyuki Maeda walks. Doc Best flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Colorado Biff Sailor walks. Pinky Woodard strikes out. Jim Moore grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9 Colorado total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Fonzy Aye is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ben Susce did not respond to coaching in control Jim Delgado did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Patton did not respond to coaching in control Jim Delgado did not respond to coaching in velocity
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Spring Poullete improves in contact_vs_righty Johnny Bones improves in range Yimny Magotto improves in control Festo Mondo did not respond to coaching in arm