Win: Rod Scurry (10-6) Loss: Mark Hemus (11-11)
Save: Javi Escobar (2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Mark Hemus pitching. Jack Collins walks. Don Penson walks. Hank Moss singles to center field. Hiroyuki Matsui strikes out. Bert Gwynn strikes out. Arturo Cuellar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 St. Louis Clay Currie pitching. J. Fletcher Creamer strikes out. Earl Moss flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Augie Sterling walks. Joe Cerutti hits a home run. Augie Sterling scores. Neil Shantz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Harley Rafter triples. Johnny Smoltz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clay Currie grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Collins flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jeff Fisher flies out to the right fielder. Ed Oliver grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Collard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Don Penson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hank Moss singles to left field. Hiroyuki Matsui flies out to the left fielder. Bert Gwynn singles to right field. Arturo Cuellar singles to left field. Hank Moss scores. Bert Gwynn advances to third on the hit. Harley Rafter walks. Johnny Smoltz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 St. Louis Mark Hemus grounds out to the pitcher. J. Fletcher Creamer singles to left field. J. Fletcher Creamer steals second. J. Fletcher Creamer steals third. Earl Moss singles to center field. J. Fletcher Creamer scores. Rod Scurry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Augie Sterling grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Rod Scurry grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Collins flies out to the left fielder. Don Penson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Joe Cerutti strikes out. Neil Shantz walks. Jeff Fisher singles to left field. Neil Shantz advances to third on the hit. Ed Oliver flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Neil Shantz is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Hank Moss grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Hiroyuki Matsui strikes out. Bert Gwynn hits a home run. Arturo Cuellar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Rod Collard flies out to the right fielder. Mark Hemus flies out to the center fielder. J. Fletcher Creamer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Harley Rafter singles to right field. Johnny Smoltz hits a home run. Harley Rafter scores. Rod Scurry strikes out. Jack Collins singles to left field. Don Penson pops out to the second baseman. Hank Moss flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Earl Moss walks. Augie Sterling flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cerutti grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Moss advances to second on the play. Neil Shantz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ray Kurowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hiroyuki Matsui strikes out. Bert Gwynn strikes out. Arturo Cuellar is hit by a pitch. Harley Rafter doubles to center field. Johnny Smoltz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jeff Fisher singles to center field. Ed Oliver pops out to the third baseman. Rod Collard grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Rod Scurry grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Collins grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Don Penson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Larry Edington is pinch hitting for Ray Kurowski. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Larry Edington reached on a 2-base fielding error by Don Penson. J. Fletcher Creamer flies out to the center fielder. Earl Moss grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Edington advances to third on the play. Augie Sterling pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tom Cordero pitching. Hank Moss singles to left field. Hiroyuki Matsui strikes out. Bert Gwynn grounds out to the catcher. Hank Moss advances to second on the play. Arturo Cuellar triples. Hank Moss scores. Harley Rafter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Javi Escobar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Cerutti singles to center field. Neil Shantz strikes out. Jeff Fisher hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jeff Cadaret is pinch hitting for Ed Oliver. Jeff Cadaret grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Cerutti advances to third on the play. Jeff Fisher advances to second on the play. Mike Miller is pinch hitting for Rod Collard. Mike Miller pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 11 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rafael Perkins improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Fuchs did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Jose Kloza did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Crosetti improves in speed Bob Morton did not respond to coaching in control Bernie Pyecha did not respond to coaching in velocity John Crosetti improves in power_vs_righty