Win: Jeff Barber (1-0) Loss: Mike Francis (0-1)
Save: Dutch Leppert (1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Scythe Smith pitching. French Frey flies out to the center fielder. Billy Limmer flies out to the right fielder. Cotton Nyee hits a home run. John Huenke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh YoYo Yamada pitching. Tony Wetherby strikes out. Matt Marty singles to left field. Matt Marty steals second. Oliver Beamon grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Marty advances to third on the play. Red Ray singles to left field. Matt Marty scores. Heinie Ponder reached on a 2-base throwing error by Yukio Eguchi. Art Barnowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Yukio Eguchi strikes out. Matt Ott strikes out. Tarrik Shoun flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Brook Williams grounds out to the pitcher. John Ames grounds out to the second baseman. Scythe Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Tony Wares flies out to the right fielder. YoYo Yamada grounds out to the shortstop. French Frey singles to right field. Billy Limmer singles to left field. Cotton Nyee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tony Wetherby pops out to the catcher. Matt Marty walks. Oliver Beamon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis John Huenke walks. Yukio Eguchi flies out to the center fielder. Matt Ott strikes out. Tarrik Shoun walks. Tony Wares grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Red Ray hits a home run. Heinie Ponder singles to center field. Art Barnowski pops out to the second baseman. Brook Williams pops out to the first baseman. Heinie Ponder is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis YoYo Yamada singles to left field. French Frey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Billy Limmer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John Ames grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Scythe Smith flies out to the center fielder. Tony Wetherby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Cotton Nyee pops out to the shortstop. John Huenke grounds out to the shortstop. Yukio Eguchi walks. Mike Francis 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. Matt Ott strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Matt Marty flies out to the center fielder. Oliver Beamon flies out to the center fielder. Red Ray singles to center field. Heinie Ponder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Tarrik Shoun grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Wares flies out to the left fielder. George Katt is pinch hitting for YoYo Yamada. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Katt walks. George Katt steals second. French Frey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jeff Barber pitching. Art Barnowski singles to left field. Brook Williams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. John Ames singles to center field. Mike Francis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Clyde Kiecker enters the game as a defensive replacement for Matt Marty at C. Billy Limmer strikes out. Cotton Nyee flies out to the left fielder. John Huenke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tony Wetherby grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde Kiecker flies out to the center fielder. Oliver Beamon singles to center field. Red Ray flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Yukio Eguchi walks. Matt Ott doubles to right field. Yukio Eguchi scores. Passed ball. Matt Ott advances to third. Tarrik Shoun singles to center field. Matt Ott scores. Mike Gerhardt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Wares singles to center field. Tarrik Shoun is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Erisbel Escalante is pinch hitting for Jeff Barber. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Erisbel Escalante grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tony Wares is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. French Frey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dutch Leppert pitching. Heinie Ponder singles to left field. Art Barnowski strikes out. Brook Williams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Corey Lyons did not respond to coaching in range Hal Knox did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Gillespie did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rob Gregory did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Hohnhorst did not respond to coaching in control Ray Gillespie did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ray Gillespie did not respond to coaching in range Shane Weekly did not respond to coaching in arm Hal Knox did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Hohnhorst did not respond to coaching in endurance
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Dave Rodriguez improves in range Ken Powell did not respond to coaching in range Joe Bowman improves in power_vs_righty Virgil Howard improves in speed Omar Gaspar improves in arm Willie Mickelson improves in range Bob Wright did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Powell did not respond to coaching in arm Milt Earley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ruden Vega did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Bradley did not respond to coaching in 1B